Why it pays to be a ‘Certified B Corporation’ in the Ag industry
How does getting your company a ‘B corporation’ certification help? Large corporates like Danone North America and Bigelow Tea are already in on this.
How does getting your company a ‘B corporation’ certification help? Large corporates like Danone North America and Bigelow Tea are already in on this.
Benedikt Bosel is regenerating his family’s farm in East Germany and inspiring other farmers in the region to do the same.
We speak to two up and coming startups in the GROW accelerator’s latest cohort, as they tackle contemporary problems with age-old solutions.
The UK startup has developed a smart kitchen tool that helps restaurants account for their food waste to see where they can improve.
Vertical Future plans to cut down London’s carbon ‘foodprint’ with its latest £4m seed round, led by impact investor Earthworm. Read on to find out more.
Trigo’s technology uses computer vision and AI to see what shoppers put in their carts, charging their accounts when they walk out the door. Tesco invested just after its Series A round.
#WorldFoodDay calls for action to make healthy and sustainable diets affordable and accessible to everyone. We find out what chefs and suppliers are doing.
The startup’s robots roam around poultry houses floors to encourage more bird movement and to prevent hens from laying eggs outside designated nest boxes.
UK startup Hummingbird Technologies tells us it plans to expand into North America with its fresh injection of funds from BASF VC and TELUS Ventures.
The cheat-sheet comprises 14 international agri-tech start-ups that will present their tech at the World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit in London on October 15-16; they come with a special seal of approval from the organizers, the Brighton-based Rethink Events.
Provivi produces pesticide alternatives for farmers based on insect pheromones, the natural secretions animals use to find one another for mating.
Pontifax AgTech Fund II is targeting $250m overall.
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.
Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the Tesco’s Finest of them all?
Ten agri-tech start-ups have been flinging 7-minute pitches at UK supermarket giant Tesco and its supply chain partners for most of Monday.
LeadX Capital Partners, which is backed by German retailer Metro Group, led the round, joined by the likes of Ingka Group (IKEA), Northzone, D-Ax, and Norrsken.
This is the second-largest round for a cultivated meat startup after Memphis Meat’s $17 million Series A.
What’s this? A product review? On AFN? I know; we’re moving out of our comfort zone and spreading our wings – or rather our tastebuds – to sample the cutting edge of consumer food products with a new series.
The Greek tech startup will use the funds to support commercialization of its real-time device that analyzes crops and manages input application.
EFKO Group is well known from Moscow to Vladivostok for its sunflower oils, milk products, margarine, and ketchup.
Aleph Farms — a startup designing bio-reactor grown and 3D-printable beef steaks — has been busily turning the International Space Station into, well, an International ‘Space Steak’ Station.
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International Fresh Produce Association launches year 3 of its produce accelerator