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🎥Ohalo CEO Dave Friedberg on ‘boosted’ breeding: ‘Yields are through the roof’

Agtech

Plant breeding & genetics

Dave Friedberg, CEO, Ohalo. Image credit: Elaine Watson

Tropic to launch non-browning bananas in March, extended shelf-life bananas by year-end

Agtech

EMEA

Tropic non browning bananas

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The death of cultivated meat has been greatly exaggerated, says report as Vow predicts it will soon be ‘unit margin positive’

Alternative protein

APAC

George Peppou, cofounder and CEO, Vow. Image credit: Vow

Guest article: Agtech poised for a rebound in 2025?

Phytoform says its gene-edited tomato could produce ‘up to 400% more fruit’ in a vertical farm

Dark side of the genome: Inside Plantik’s mission to grow heat-tolerant crops through genome editing

Corteva Catalyst exec on investing in agrifoodtech startups: ‘We’re trying to be very intentional…’

Agtech

Startups & funding

Dr. Tom Green, Corteva Catalyst. Image credit: Elaine Watson

Meet the 10 agrifoodtech startups chosen to pitch at GLOCAL’s Game Changers 2024

Agtech

Startups & funding

GLOCAL is an agrifoodtech acceleration and investment fund and certified B Corp. Image credit: GLOCAL

Pairwise raises $40m series C, forms JV with Corteva to accelerate gene editing on row crops

Agtech

Investing

Dr Sam Eathington, Corteva. Image credit: Corteva

Investment in agriculture gene editing grew 206% YoY in H1 2024, hinting at sector recovery and new momentum

CRISPR: A gamechanger for livestock methane reduction? ‘It’s high-risk, high-reward,’ says UC Davis professor

Researchers net $85m to tap ancient eDNA to inspire next-gen climate resilient crops: ‘The early data is breathtaking’

CRISPR and the new era of precision plant breeding: In conversation with Pairwise CEO Dr. Tom Adams

Armed with $100m in funding, Dave Friedberg unveils ‘boosted breeding’ tech at Ohalo in ‘holy shit’ moment for crop breeders

🎥 Wild Microbes CEO: ‘Today the bioeconomy runs on a handful of microorganisms; in future it will run on hundreds’

Exclusive: BSF ‘breeding as a service’ startup FreezeM nets $14.2m series A. ‘We want to be the seed company for the insect ag industry’

Elo Life Systems raises $20.5m in series A2, aims to launch natural sweetener in 2026: ‘Everyone is trying to reduce sugar’

Meet the founder: How Insignum AgTech’s Kyle Mohler got plants to ‘talk’ to cut farmers’ costs

New research targets malnutrition with biofortified pea shoots grown with aeroponics

Agtech

Novel farming systems

Tropic brings novel gene editing approach to corn and soybeans via Corteva partnership

Agtech

Agrifoodtech VC: Trade war will ‘make food security an urgent priority’

Agtech

FoodTech

A trade war will drive interest in food security, say experts Image credit: istock/wildpixel

Entrepreneur’s egos, European poo culture, CRISPR supermarket: What we heard at London’s agrifoodtech summits

ALORA reactivates dormant genes to unlock ‘best performing salt-tolerant rice plant in the world’

🎥SCiFi Foods on cultivated meat unit economics: ‘We can make a blended product commercially viable without needing crazy-scale bioreactors’

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