Regrow raises $38m Series B funding to expand reach of its regen ag tech platform
May 24, 2022
Regrow will use the funds to boost its presence in “key food-producing regions across the globe,” says founder Anastasia Volkova.
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Pachama nets $55m Series B to bring accountability to forest carbon markets
May 5, 2022
The San Francisco-based company’s platform leverages remote monitoring and AI to bring better data and more transparent accounting to forest carbon markets.
Australia can still become a world leader in climate action
May 2, 2022
A recent roundtable involving several of the country’s ag thought leaders – now published as a white paper – explored how the country’s farming sector can help us get to net zero.
Tracking corporate climate goals for meat & dairy is more crucial than ever
April 22, 2022
Keeping tabs on meat and dairy corporate climate goals is vital to holding these companies accountable for meaningful emissions reductions.
Brief: New IPCC report says time’s running out to meet emissions targets – but food & ag can help
April 5, 2022
Food and ag offer significant emissions reduction opportunities; but only if changes are made to farming, eating, and everything in between, the report states.
Designing carbon markets for agriculture: World Agri-Tech 2022 takeaways
March 31, 2022
Designing carbon markets was one of the many topics explored at the World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit, held earlier this month in San Francisco
EXCLUSIVE: Hone brings on impact investor following $4.7m Series A for realtime soil carbon testing
February 22, 2022
It’s developing a range of services for the agrifood industries based around handheld spectrometers and AI.
Carbon is not a dirty word: the case for recarbonizing our soils
February 17, 2022
Lack of understanding about the role of carbon is a problem for the future of the space, writes TerraMerra CEO Karn Manhas.
Here’s how the CEOs of Bayer, Cargill & 2 agtech startups would spend Elon Musk’s $6bn for world hunger
February 15, 2022
Local language services for farmers, enhanced capital access, and regenerative ag are just some of the options.
Brief: Almost 40% of purchased carbon credits are more than 5 years old
February 11, 2022
Credits generated under older, less-rigorous schemes have questionable impact – and could damage confidence in nascent carbon markets.
‘Double climate dividend’ awaits high-income countries that adopt plant-based diet: study
February 7, 2022
Widespread adoption of plant-based diets would result in lower emissions and higher carbon sequestration, researchers claim.
Collaboration & innovation key to developing farmer-focused carbon markets
January 13, 2022
Carbon markets are now a fixture in industry headlines – and Iowa is leading the way to encourage carbon sequestration in farming.
Q&A: Bioenergy Devco is ‘future-proofed’ for the coming hydrogen economy, says CEO
January 4, 2022
The Annapolis, Maryland-based company uses microbes to convert agrifood byproducts into fuel and fertilizer.
Better Origin on using insects to produce ‘carbon-neutral’ eggs for Morrisons
December 22, 2021
The UK startup will use its insect farms to turn food waste from Morrisons supermarkets into feed for hens to produce ‘carbon-neutral’ eggs.
The 4 paradigms of agriculture: What are you sourcing from?
December 2, 2021
Regenerative agriculture can perhaps be best explained in terms of how it contrasts with other farming paradigms, writes HowGood’s Ethan Soloviev.
UPDATE: ‘Depressing’ report reveals meat & dairy company failings on methane, deforestation
December 1, 2021
The FAIRR Protein Producer Index has just been published for the fourth time; and many of the world’s major meat and dairy companies still have a lot to do.
FBN’s $300m Series G with Fidelity, ADM brings ‘validation’ to oft-controversial company
November 18, 2021
An ADM spokesperson told AFN that it was “the first major food and ag company to have been invited to invest in FBN.”
How to avoid COP26: a net-zero pledge & replanting fail
November 13, 2021
At Davos in 2019, an acquaintance of mine had been cornered by a journalist into committing to net zero. It might just have got him out of COP26.
Bioenergy Devco raises $100m to build anaerobic digesters across North America
November 10, 2021
The Annapolis, Maryland-based startup uses anaerobic digestion to convert organic waste, such as discarded food or ag byproducts, into fuel and fertilizer.
Supply chain overtaking ag, land use as main source of food emissions: FAO
November 9, 2021
Pre- and post-production supply chain processes are already the main contributor to agrifood-related GHG emissions in advanced economies, a new study says.
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