The news cycle for the entire Covid-19 pandemic crisis has been awash with crises in the food industry, forcing various tech providers to step up to the challenge. But which will be left wanting when the virus eventually subsides?
“Social Solidarity” is beyond any doubt one of the most used phrases of recent weeks. At the same time, the foodservice industry is probably the most affected sector of the global Covid-19 pandemic, as Italy is the worst-hit European country, writes Antonio Iannone.
In an effort to try and navigate how our growing but still relatively small asset class gets through the Covid-19 crisis, we’ve launched a series of digital talks for our community. In the first, we chatted with Climate Corp’s Dave Friedberg and Alexandria’s Blake Stevens.
Covid-19 has wreaked havoc on the restaurant industry leaving many farmers dependent on wholesale accounts without a place to sell harvests.
A shift in consumer habits in the region amid Covid-19 presents new opportunities for e-grocers, meal kit makers, and health-conscious food and drink brands.
In this Earth Day special of the Future Food podcast, I speak to Cees Jan Hollander, global director of farm relations, and Connecterra CEO Yasir Khokhar about their efforts to make the dairy sector more sustainable.
Although VC funding is in short order, Covid-19’s new challenges create new opportunities for some agrifood tech startups to shine.
Agtech adoption in Africa is limited. But where new technologies are gaining traction, there is often a clear connection to climate impact.
Vertical farming companies have largely seen Covid-19’s pressure on globalized food supply chains as a confirmation of what they had been saying already: resilient supply chains are hyper-local supply chains, especially when it comes to fresh produce. But there is also a more direct way vertical farmers want to confront the virus.
Big Blue claims its weather monitoring tools can help farmers and agritech startups save costs and improve revenues through better decision-making.
Gousto, a UK meal kit company, is seizing the moment either way; it has tapped its investors for an additional £33 million ($41 million) in a funding round led by Perwyn, BGF, MMC Ventures and the influencer and fitness guru Joe Wicks.
Mercaris, an organic and non-GMO trading platform and data service, thinks Covid-19 brings market risks as well as unique opportunities.
Agriculture has not been immune to the sweeping societal changes of the last two months as everyone adjusts to the Covid-19 virus. Here’s a high-level look at the impact from farm gate to consumer.
While Gaston Marquevich is thankful his fresh produce operation Generation Farms in Florida and Georgia has always sold into grocery stores, the Covid-19 pandemic has placed other pressures on his vertically-integrated farm business.
Covid-19 has laid bare the region’s food supply chain problems. Collaboration between government and industry – often tech-based – will be key to solving them.
Henry Gordon-Smith is founder of urban farming consultancy Agritecture and is today launching a new urban farm planning software tool called Agritecture Designer.Â
Trade Me – New Zealand’s answer to eBay – is listing livestock and feed on its auction platform after being registered as an ‘essential service’ provider.
Rebel Foods previously raised $125 million from Coatue, Goldman Sachs, Gojek, and Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick in its Series D round last year. It’s now expanding to Southeast Asia and the Middle East.
The ’30×30 Express’ grant program will fund local agrifood players – including urban farmers – who can increase domestic output of eggs, fish, and leafy vegetables.
Although many farmers are preparing for financial hardship due to Covid-19, it may cause some to see agtech in a new light.
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