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Inflation, supply chain challenges drove Q1 2022 growth for crop genetics company Benson Hill
May 23, 2022
Consolidated revenues for the St. Louis, Missouri-based crop genetics company increased 191% to $92.4 million for the quarter.
EXCLUSIVE: Solis Agrosciences launches to accelerate ag biotech startup innovation
May 16, 2022
The US-based company provides ag biotech startups with many of the complex processes and equipment required to grow genetically engineered plants at scale.
Corporate commitments, policy drive record $1.9bn funding for food waste solutions: ReFED
May 12, 2022
But early signs suggest a slowdown in 2022.
Cargill family members added to world’s richest list amid rising food prices
April 19, 2022
The Cargill-MacMillan family, which owns about 87% of Cargill, has seen its fortunes soar as global commodity prices hit all-time highs against a backdrop of pandemic, war, and economic uncertainty.
Crop scientists must seize upon every new technology to future-proof food systems
April 4, 2022
Crop scientists at facilities like the new Future Seeds gene bank are making use of genomic sequencing, AI, and ML to enhance our pool of agricultural resources, Joe Tohme writes.
Q&A: Scaling CEA’s future farms with IUNU’s Allison Kopf
March 29, 2022
The chief marketing officer discusses the risks of CEA, the crops we’ll grow indoors in the future, and how indoor agtech will change.
Bezos Earth Fund pledges $17m to Colombia’s Future Seeds plant gene bank
March 17, 2022
CGIAR’s Alliance of Biodiversity International aims to “climate-proof” tropical food systems through its brand-new plant genebank.
Q&A: Amplified Ag’s female leaders discuss the future of CEA & container farming
March 11, 2022
Jackie Jones and Rachel Downing are two of the major forces behind CEA company Amplified Ag and its mission to evolve container farming.
S2G leads $12m Series A for food rescue app Flashfood
February 28, 2022
Funding will support further expansion of Flashfood’s food rescue and redistribution program at grocery retailers across the US.
10 startups join Endeavor & FMO’s cohort to accelerate agrifoodtech in Africa
February 23, 2022
The year-long program is designed to prime Africa’s agrifoodtech VC pipeline by supporting early-stage startups with investment and business readiness.
Here’s how the CEOs of Bayer, Cargill & 2 agtech startups would spend Elon Musk’s $6bn for world hunger
February 15, 2022
Local language services for farmers, enhanced capital access, and regenerative ag are just some of the options.
New Danforth Center unit aims to launch more agtech companies from the campus
February 14, 2022
The Center launched the Danforth Technology Company to commercialize its research and technology and launch new agtech startups from its own campus.
Ending malnutrition by 2030 is possible with an Olympian effort
December 10, 2021
This year’s Nutrition for Growth Summit, held in Olympic host city Tokyo, provided a platform from which to accelerate global progress on malnutrition.
Two-thirds of Gen Z believe current food systems are ‘destroying the planet’: survey
December 1, 2021
EIT Food, which conducted the survey, is calling for 25% of the EU’s agricultural land to be managed under regenerative practices by 2030.
First-ever Food Systems Summit sees billions in pledges & plenty of disagreements
October 1, 2021
The US alone pledged $10 billion to transform global food production and consumption over the next five years. But is it enough?
AgTech NEXT launches 3-part conference series to tackle climate change
July 22, 2021
AgTech NEXT is offering free registration for a new conference series that will focus on specific issues at the intersection of agriculture and climate change.
Quantum computing’s answer to the global food security problem
June 15, 2021
Quantum hardware’s depth of analysis would likely advance our understanding of the genetic code of plants – and humans – far beyond what we know today.
Complexity, AI & the future of food: AI’s food security impact
April 22, 2021
AI must be applied not just to growing more of this crop or that crop, but to optimizing agriculture’s entire value chain, writes Joseph Byrum.
Brief: UAE’s Madar Farms partners with UK vertical farming startup IGS
April 22, 2021
Madar Farms is one of several indoor ag operations that the UAE – which imports 80% of its food – has invested in to boost domestic production.
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