The Week in AgriFoodTech: Oishii bags another $15m, BTG launches Betagro Ventures, HeavyFinance eyes Ukraine
Plus: Delivery platform Pipedream raises $13 million and Florida signs a ban on cultivated meat.
Plus: Delivery platform Pipedream raises $13 million and Florida signs a ban on cultivated meat.
Plus: Swiss cleantech startup Bcomp raises new funds and Shake Shack expands its carbon neutral shake offerings.
Plus: more pesticide alternatives enter the agtech arena.
Plus: Science Based Targets initiative’s new rules for Scope 3 emissions are causing more than a little chaos.Â
Also: farm labor management platform Seso raises $26 million, L’Oreal backs sustainable pigment producer.
Plus: more funding for ag robotics and bad news for Kroger’s e-commerce business.
The ADM regenerative ag program has signed up more than 2 million acres in the US and aims for for north of 4 million by 2025.
Plus, meet the Internet of the Forest.
Plus: Impossible Foods unveils a “meatier” new look to attract more carnivorous customers.
As farm production costs increase, more farmers look to alternative financing options to pay for inputs, equipment and other needs.
Plus: Plant-based “NotDogs” from Oscar Mayer and NotCo, John Deere’s “right to repair” case drags on, new meat labeling beef in Iowa.
Meanwhile, France bans the meat from plant-based meat labeling, the US aims for more wind-powered farms.
Plus: Syngenta develops new bioinsecticide, layoffs at Meati, and Miruku raises $5m for molecular farming.
Fresh off a $38 million fundraise, ProducePay chats about problems and solutions in the fresh produce supply chain.
Plus: UPSIDE Foods hits pause on its large-scale cultivated meat production facility and plant-based fur makes its debut.
As regulatory pressure to reduce herbicide use increases, Sentera adds precision weed management to its tech stack.
Plus… 150 job cuts at Plenty, a new green agri fund from Temasek and Norinchukin Bank, cultivated scotch eggs at Fortnum & Mason.
Swiggy makes more cuts to its workforce, France contemplates a ban on cultivated meat.
Plus: much ado (and fundraising) about ag robotics and many updates from Israel’s startup scene.
Plus, corporate restructuring at FreshDirect and R.I.P. for RIP Foods.