It seems counterintuitive that shorter crops can result in enhanced yields; but they are more resistant to high winds and other extreme weather events, writes Bayer’s Richard Lawrence.
If this is really is our “last, best chance,” the UK royal’s well-researched and well-grounded approach is worth taking seriously.
The future of food is exciting and unknown; but one way or another, it’s going to require more consumer education, writes Soylent’s Demir Vangelov.
Animal agriculture can become a more sustainable enterprise with the help of technology, investment, and entrepreneurialism.
The ocean industry could be as big as the burgeoning space industry so long as investment and innovation are focused on sustainability, writes guest author Tony Chen.
Protein has become a bit of a battleground in Australia of late; but the economics suggest there’s plenty of room for all players – traditional and alternative.
Gates isn’t the only one to have recognized that farmland investments can lead to solid returns.
Cell lines for cultivated meat R&D are proving hard to come by. But don’t point the finger of blame at startups, as a major UK newspaper appeared to do this week.
Carbon credits schemes involving agriculture are growing in number – but not all are necessarily equal in their impact, Dan Blaustein-Rejto writes.
New research from biotech startup BYAS suggests that a microalgae extract could improve the commercial viability of indoor & vertical farms.
Several factors have kept farmers guessing which fields are producing the lion’s share of profit – and which are responsible for making losses, writes Dmytro Lennyi.
Agriculture has only recently entered into the public conversation on climate change — and mostly in a negative way. Far less attention has been paid to agriculture’s capacity to be a climate solution.
As investors seek diversity in order to weather the storms ahead, now, more than ever, FoodTech stands out for its value, its strength, its opportunities and the benefits it brings, writes PeakBridge Partners.
Jeff Bezos committing $10 billion to fight climate change through his new Earth Fund could not have been timelier. Climate change is for real. Here’s a look at some Indian agritech innovations that are trying to address climate change risks.
How do you farm in the ocean? It turns out there are lots of ways, as Scott Nichols explains.
BDS Analytics has forecast that the worldwide legal cannabis industry generated revenues in the region of £11.5 billion in 2019 and is expected to grow to around £35 billion by 2024. Alongside this phenomenal rate of growth, the UK agriculture sector is embarking upon a period of unprecedented change.
Tom Shields is a venture partner at AgFunder and works with the deal team on sourcing and leading investments. A serial entrepreneur, he has co-founded two highly successful companies, NetGravity (IPO 1998) and Yieldex (acquired by AppNexus/AT&T in 2015).
This episode is perhaps a tad awkward as I interview my boss Rob Leclerc, founding partner of AgFunder, but Rob was as insightful as ever, sharing his thoughts on working in and around the agriculture sector for the past decade.
Agri-food tech events all too often fall victim to an extremely irritating shortcoming — the food served is bland and unimaginative. Thankfully, that stodgy fate did not await delegates at this year’s Asia-Pacific Agri-Food Innovation Week in Singapore.
I tried Karana’s alt turkey at the recent Asia Agri-Food Innovation Week in Singapore. Here’s what I thought.
Smoke & mirrors, not worth the extra cost: 50 US farmers speak out on carbon markets