Guest review: Documentary film ‘The Grab’ unpacks the global scramble for farmland
January 20, 2025
Notwithstanding a couple elements, The Grab provides a clear-eyed view of the high stakes struggle for food security.
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Regenerative agriculture’s biggest developments in 2024 — and what they mean for 2025
January 8, 2025
Finance for farmers, agrifood corporate involvement, and smallholder operations all made headlines in 2024.
Q&A: CEO Sam Sneddon on how WollemAI plans to become the climate tech vendor of choice in Australia and Southeast Asia
December 10, 2024
WollemAI’s CEO Sam Sneddon talks to AgFunderNews about the company’s strategic positioning and future plans
YoLa Fresh founders on how a more efficient food system can reduce emissions and water consumption in Africa.
November 4, 2024
In an interview with AgFunder News YoLa Fresh co-founders explain how their company is addressing key challenges like food waste, inefficiencies in fresh produce distribution, and limited market access for smallholder farmers.
‘Protected needs to mean protected’: new report finds governments falling ‘far short’ of marine biodiversity targets
October 16, 2024
A paltry 2.8% of the world’s oceans are effectively protected, according to a new report from a consortium of NGOs and funders.
Regenerative agriculture must ‘pay dividends’ on yields and livelihoods to increase farmer adoption, says survey
September 30, 2024
Regenerative agriculture must enhance soil health, productivity, and livelihoods for farmers, according to a new study from Bayer.
HowGood & Informatica team up to tackle food and ag’s ‘garbage in, garbage out’ data problem
September 25, 2024
HowGood will integrate its sustainability data into Informatica’s AI-powered Intelligent Data Management Cloud for ESG Sustainability.
Guest article: the EUDR is an opportunity to progress data standards in agriculture
September 9, 2024
Integrating smallholder farmers into digital ag can help meet the EUDR objectives while also making farming more inclusive and sustainable.
Deere leads HabiTerre’s $10m Series A first close to build ‘the global standard’ for sustainability metrics
August 26, 2024
HabiTerre will use the funds to scale up its environmental systems models that can analyze farming’s impact on the environment.
FBN and ADM launch a new company to connect grain buyers with more regeneratively grown goods
August 19, 2024
The companies have launched Gradable to expand their platform of the same name both nationally in the US and globally.
Ag & forestry carbon services face testing times after raising less than $10m in H1 2024
August 5, 2024
Despite challenges, the agro-carbon services industry has shown a certain degree of resilience in recent months.
Exclusive: Agrobiomics lands $4.3m from NOON Ventures to tackle soil salinity and make plants climate resilient with biostimulants
July 23, 2024
Agrobiomics says its biostimulant product can boost plant resilience to abiotic stressors like drought and salinity.
Q&A: Enhanced rock weathering 101 with Syntopa, a new startup ‘flipping the script’ on ag biologics
May 27, 2024
Syntopa co-founder Hans Holtan discusses the promise of enhanced rock weathering for carbon removal in agriculture.
Who’s investing in climate adaptation for smallholder farmers?
May 22, 2024
Mitigation receives about 90% of global public and private climate financing, which frequently sidelines efforts around adaptation.
Middle-income countries hold 75% of all climate mitigation opportunities, says new World Bank report
May 6, 2024
MICs have “an outsized role to play” when it comes to climate mitigation, says a new report from World Bank.
The climate change battle will be ‘won or lost’ on Scope 3 emissions. Here are the companies taking action
April 22, 2024
Scope 3 emissions can account for the bulk of a company’s carbon impact, and are typically also the hardest to track.
Gro Intelligence sued by ex-employees for failing to provide advance notice of mass layoffs
April 8, 2024
Gro did not provide advance written notice of its mass layoffs as required under federal and state law, allege former employees in a proposed class action lawsuit.
TRACT’s newly appointed CEO Allison Kopf on the challenge of tracking corporate sustainability
March 26, 2024
TRACT aims to help agrifood corporates trace sustainability performance across supply chains and various commodities.
From seed varieties to finance access, South-South collaborations are critical to boosting African agriculture
March 25, 2024
Deeper collaborations with Global South peers can herald a paradigm shift in Africa’s agricultural landscape.
More agrifood corporates committing to water stewardship targets
March 22, 2024
Agribusiness worldwide accounts for 70% of the world’s water usage in addition to contributing enormously to pollution.
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