Technology is helping food companies connect consumers to their food but it’s also creating new opportunities to mislead them. Where do we draw the line between truth and questionable marketing?
It’s been all about pork in the alternative meat space so far in 2020 and it’s a welcome shift from the focus on beef.
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Do more with less. It’s probably fair to say that’s been the key mantra for the agtech industry over the past decade. As we approach 2020, expect more attention on improving the quality of the food we produce. Benson Hill is one example.
Luckily I didn’t have to choose. Here’s a few things I heard while living it up at the St Regis and bumping into celebs at every turn.
Plant Response Biotech has merged with Koch Biological Solutions in the first of a planned series of “rollup” deals for the biological crop input category, AFN can exclusively reveal. Read on to get the scoop on how this deal came about.
America’s biggest milk producer has just filed for bankruptcy — a newsflash that’s been a bit like hearing thunder after seeing lightning: stunning, but predictable.
“I’m very optimistic and excited about what the world will look like in 2050 but I think it is helpful though to think about where we’ve come from in order to think about where we’re going.”
As vertical farming moves into its next phase where operating expenses are dropping, Boaz Toledano writes that it will be able to compete with the industry organic industry.
Recent comments from the Sec’y of Agriculture have rallied small farmers across the country who aren’t going out without a fight. But does the tech industry feel the same?
Prodded by rising public concerns about climate change, the UK government wants its agricultural sector to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2040. This is a bold target and there isn’t enough heft in the right places, British investors have warned AFN.
I tucked into my first ever breakfast in Israel early this Sunday morning faced with a blatantly biblical reminder, but there’s nothing typical about the future milk and honey being developed by the country’s booming foodtech scene.
The statement calls asks corporations to tackle the financial risks associated with ongoing deforestation along their operations and global supply chains.
A deadly fungus is putting the world’s banana supply at risk. Here’s what you need to know about Fusarium TR4, and what researchers are doing to fight it
A recent report dubbed Cargill ‘The Worst Company in the World’ on the basis that it failed to live up to its sustainability promises particularly around deforestation. But is vilification really the best way for consumers to support change at the global corporate level?
A drive across this city-state takes less than getting from San Francisco airport to Silicon Valley. But Singapore’s making up for its lack of space by making it easier for startups to access funding and resources, as a Singapore foodtech startup ecosystem stars to grow.
There was something of a Mark Twain twang about investigating the curious disappearance of Eatsa, a partly-automated healthy fast-food chain where robots rustled up nutritious bowls of quinoa, writes Richard Martyn-Hemphill
Solinftec could be the operating system for the autonomous farm and they’ve just hired a new CEO to rapidly drive the startup’s global expansion, writes AgFunder founding partner Rob Leclerc.
A group of leading food and agriculture companies led by Danone has formed a coalition to make the global dairy industry more sustainable by helping
You may not realize that seafood is the fastest-growing protein category, with an annual growth rate surpassing that of all land-based animal meat combined. But the fish farming industry is in need of innovation to mitigate and reduce environmental concerns.
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