The Week in AgriFoodTech: GALY lands $33m for lab-grown cotton, EarthOptics & Pattern Ag merge, new CFO at Tyson
Plus: Matt Crisp joins Alpine Bio, AgroSpheres gets EPA approval on pesticide.
Plus: Matt Crisp joins Alpine Bio, AgroSpheres gets EPA approval on pesticide.
Plus: Delivery Hero plans an IPO in the Middle East, Mycorena gets acquired.
Plus: High-protein foods maker David and a hand full of others announced new funding.
Plus… Impossible Foods opens a brick-and-mortar store while Florida’s cultivated meat battle rages on.
Two agtechs join forces to address the overlooked tropical crop sector.
Plus: autonomous delivery startup Nuro looks to be making a comeback.
Plus: NoPalm Ingredients raises funds for its palm oil alternative and layoffs at Cargill.
Agrobiomics says its biostimulant product can boost plant resilience to abiotic stressors like drought and salinity.
ADM has transitioned more than 2.8 million of its acres to regen ag, according to its newly released progress report.
Meanwhile, Voyage Foods enters the bean-less coffee space and alt-protein startup Mycorena files for bankruptcy.
Specific benefits to the end product are far more relatable than technical or environmental points.
Plus: Tyson’s backpedaling on its beef pledge and another biomaterials startup makes a splash.
Plus: Denmark to tax livestock farming emissions and Ohio lawmakers create a stink about cultivated meat.
The grower trial network will conduct extensive global field trials of promising biologicals on grower farms.
Plus: New funds from Proterra, Asian Development Bank and others, and lawsuits aplenty.
Meanwhile, a longtime hot-dog-eating champion got the boot from a famous contest, and plant-based meat is the culprit.
Plus: new funding for Packwise, Aeropowder, and HerdDogg
Plus: new fundraises from MENA-based startups Grubtech, YoLaFresh, and Mileutis.
“We have the financial model, investors, and playbook to scale rapidly,” says the Sweden-based company.
The shift towards increased productivity and better societal benefits needs talent, expertise, and ambitious young minds from new areas.