Did you know one of our most common drugs was derived from plants? In this episode of Future Food, I speak to Sofia Elizondo, cofounder of Brightseed.
The deal was led by Singapore-based BlueRed Partners, Südzucker AG, Royal DSM, and Singha Ventures.
Rob Leclerc, Founding Partner at AgFunder, will be participating in the online conference Virtual Summit on AgTech next week alongside alternative meat leaders such as Ethan Brown from Beyond Meat.
The real power to endow people with fundamentally longer, healthier lives resides in the hands of the food industry, writes Jim Flatt.
Hyasynth Bio is a Montreal-based biotech company that has developed a way to produce the active compounds in cannabis without ever growing a plant.
According to the company, Douxmatok allows food companies to use 40% less sugar in their products while achieving the same level of sweetness, with no aftertaste.
Blue Prairie Brands, a startup producing chicory flour to replace white flour in food, has raised $6 million in Series A funding.
Indian business incubator CIIE, which was responsible for India’s first agtech accelerator, contributed to the funding round alongside two angel investors.
The San Francisco startup is providing fresh, healthy alternatives to the unhealthy snacks that currently dominate vending machines.
Green Blender, the DIY green smoothie kit service, is an alumnus of Food-X and the latest in a string of food e-commerce investments in the wake of an operational downsizing by Good Eggs last week.
According to the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), each year roughly 48 million get sick, 128,000 require hospitalization, and 3,000 lose their lives
Oakland-based food company Back to the Roots announced this morning that it has closed its first funding round to the tune of $2 million. Fund
NatureBox, the online delivery service that drops healthy snacks at your door on a monthly basis, reported $30 million in Series C investment. Global Founders Capital
Native Traits, a Michigan based bio tech company, has received a $250,000 commitment from Northern Michigan Angels investment group. Founded in 2013, Native Traits set up shop
Think of an agriculture system that leads to better nutrition, higher wages, fair global trade, and more security for each person along the supply chain.
Climate change will affect just about everything, including your stomach. New research from UC Davis shows how increased levels of carbon dioxide are harming
Stickers aren’t just for price tags anymore. Researchers from Tufts University have shown that high-tech silk stickers may soon be used to tell the
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International Fresh Produce Association launches year 3 of its produce accelerator