Chew’s Plant-Based Burger Report Card found the Beyond Burger to smell like “pet food,” while Impossible’s effort is “more reminiscent of liver.”
Animal agriculture can become a more sustainable enterprise with the help of technology, investment, and entrepreneurialism.
The Kansas City startup says it offers livestock producers a faster way to identify the “elite” members of a herd in order to multiply their genetics.
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.
The Dutch government may consider farm expropriation, among other measures, in an effort to reduce nitrogen emissions.
The Dutch company claims that a quarter-teaspoon of Bovaer administered per cow, per day can reduce enteric methane emissions by up to 90%.
A new report from the investor group examines how 10 major animal health companies are tackling – or failing to tackle – antibiotic resistance in animal agriculture.
The trio are using tech to help the world’s poorest farmers improve their yields and increase their incomes.
It’s aiming to build “the world’s largest algae factory” to supply raw material for a feed supplement that can reduce livestock methane emissions by up to 80%.
Vence aims to use the Series A funds to support more rotational grazing with its GPS-enabled collars that can keep livestock within virtual boundaries.
Alongside the US National Fish & Wildlife Foundation, the partners will fund grants for sustainable grazing practices in the Southern Great Plains.
Grassroots Carbon will tap PastureMap’s database of users to offer opportunities to earn carbon credits for sequestering carbon.
Sea Forest will use the funds to start supplying commercial quantities of seaweed that Australian science agency CSIRO has shown to reduce cattle methane emissions by as much as 80%.
Japfa aims for “viable solutions that improve the production of quality proteins and, ultimately, the nutrition of millions of people,” says Tan Yong Nang.
Organic Valley is piloting a tool that uses satellite data to help its dairy farmers make better grazing management decisions.
The North Carolina startup is tapping into the microbiome to develop non-antibiotic treatments for respiratory infections in cattle and other animals.
The Canadian telco recently launched Telus Agriculture after acquiring a string of agtech startups. But AgriWebb is just fine with remaining an independent portfolio company for now, says co-founder Justin Webb.
The Brazilian firm’s AgVentures II fund now exceeds $25 million, with animal nutrition company Adisseo and US miner Mosaic leading the latest raise.
It’s an “effort to establish the cattle feeding segment as an attractive space for innovators and investors,” said incoming chair Scott Whitefoot.
Investor network FAIRR concludes that 86% of major meat, egg, and dairy suppliers are failing to declare greenhouse gas emissions or set meaningful reduction targets.
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