The women-led investment firm says this early stage fund will help get new innovations to Canadian producers.
Good Meat says the approval of its new serum-free media is the first of its kind and will enable them to increase the production of its cultivated chicken while lowering its manufacturing costs.
Indian farmtech startups raised $1.5bn in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2022, which was around 30% of total funding but 60% of deal count.
African Agrifoodtech investment deals in 2021 were dominated by seed stage deals, which took 80% of 150 deals recorded.
The tech-enabled parks are a joint project between India, Israel, the UAE, and the US.
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.
Subsidies are “driving the destruction of ecosystems and species extinction,” according to a new report from The B Team and Business For Nature.
Credits generated under older, less-rigorous schemes have questionable impact – and could damage confidence in nascent carbon markets.
The agency will fund pilot projects to produce commodities “using farming, ranching or forestry practices that reduce emissions or sequester carbon.”
Greenlight Biosciences develops RNA products for agriculture and human health, including in the Covid-19 vaccine arena.
The Federal Advisory Committee for Urban Agriculture includes several entrepreneurs and experts from the world of agrifoodtech.
‘Future food’ is one of several areas outlined in a new document setting out agricultural policy objectives under the country’s 14th Five-Year Plan.
Drones could be revolutionary for Indian agriculture – but their cost means they remain out of reach for most of the country’s farmers.
The Chennai-based startup will use the Series D funds to expand into “aligned” categories including alt-protein, according to CEO Karthik Jayaraman.
Its animal-free leather analog, Reishi, is produced using mycelium – the vegetative ‘roots’ of fungi.
Beyond Meat’s southern fried chicken analog will be available to diners at 4,000 KFC locations across the US from Monday.
The US company said it expects to begin shipping the driverless version of its 8R row crop tractor during the second half of the year.
Symbotic said it’ll use the proceeds to “accelerate its growth plans” and “efficiently deliver on its contracted backlog.”
The pair said they’re partnering to “fix the freezer aisle and provide plant-based, environmentally responsible, positive food choices” globally.
The San Francisco precision fermentation company will scale up its process for brewing animal-free egg proteins and other high-functioning ingredients.
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