Advancing the food system in the 21st century requires a hands-on approach to innovation that connects business and technology with deep science.
Believer Meats has a new Burger, Freight Farms grows its indoor ag team.
[Disclosure: AFN’s parent company, AgFunder, is an investor in The Supplant Company. Scroll down to watch our video interview with founder and CEO Dr. Tom Simmons
While it is true, as the saying goes, that ‘healthy soils produce healthy plants’, the question is: “What creates healthy soils?” asks John Kempf.
Panelists at World Agri-Tech and in AgFunder’s new report say agrifoodtech investment will get worse, but those solving ‘the right’ issues have opportunity.
Plus, the USDA’s office of the chief scientist gets a new director and cultivated meat startup Upside Foods expands its leadership team.
High-protein, low-sugar “complete nutrition” brand Soylent sees opportunities to expand its retail presence and improve marketing, according to its CEO.
Despite war and market volatility, EIT Food says Eastern and Central European startups are defying the odds with continued advancements in agtech.
Alternative protein technologies like casein and whole-cut “meats” are the first investments from PeakBridge and Edmond de Rothschild Private Equity’s fund.
Co-founder and CEO Rachel Yarcony discusses the personal nature of stress, the role of tech in managing it, and why she left Big Pharma to create myAir.
The US company’s forthcoming “mega Ranch” facility is expected to produce tens of millions of pounds of mushroom root meat analogues annually.
The San Francisco-based startup will use the funds to bring its first ingredient, which is aimed at improving gut health, to market.
BioActive Foods is the latest program from FoodShot Global – focused on nutrient-dense and optimized bioactive foods supporting human health.
Premium Branded Foods remained one of India’s most active categories, despite a pandemic-related slowdown.
The US-based investment platform’s third installment wants to make food more nutritious, sustainable, and accessible through bioactive elements.
This year’s Nutrition for Growth Summit, held in Olympic host city Tokyo, provided a platform from which to accelerate global progress on malnutrition.
The San Francisco-based company will use the Series A funds to grow its team and further develop its “proprietary” food preparation platform.
“The insights from this agreement will [inform] how we grow, separate, and treat our cranberries to optimize for target health benefits and sustainability.”
Soylent meal replacement drinks, reportedly beloved of some entrepreneurs and VCs, have proven somewhat controversial in the podcast’s ‘hot or not’ rounds.
The future of food is exciting and unknown; but one way or another, it’s going to require more consumer education, writes Soylent’s Demir Vangelov.
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