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China International Food Safety & Quality (CIFSQ) Conference

October 30, 2019

Good health starts with safe food and the latest innovations for preventing contamination are explored at the annual CIFSQ Conference. Each year up to 1,000 delegates including 140 speakers from 30 nations attend to address common challenges facing the industry such as anti microbial resistance, food fraud, next generation sequencing, etc..

Foodvalley Tours 16 October 2019 Wageningen The Netherlands

October 16, 2019

Prior to the Foodvalley Summit, Foodvalley organizes thematic business experience tours on Wednesday the 16th of October. The Foodvalley Tours are a full day of company visits with four different themes of innovation and include lunch and interactive dinner.

The Modern Acre podcast: Restoring food as medicine with Brightseed

September 5, 2019

In partnership with AgFunder, Tim & Tyler Nuss have produced a 4-part series including three of our portfolio companies. Here's the first one, enjoy!

Future Food: ‘From the moment we’re born, we’re going to know exactly what foods we should eat, for what purpose’

July 29, 2019

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.

DouxMatok Raises $22m Series B to Commercialize Sugar Reduction Tech

June 19, 2019

The deal was led by Singapore-based BlueRed Partners, Südzucker AG, Royal DSM, and Singha Ventures.

The FDA and Food Entrepreneurs Need to Better Define the Consumer

May 30, 2019

Here Shmuel Rausnitz writes about his concerns relating to the FDA and foodtech entrepreneur's tendency to oversimplify consumer demands and needs across demographics.

Food Tech Innovators Need to Focus More on Global Nutrition

May 13, 2019

Despite their ingenuity and a commendable focus on sustainability and food loss, entrepreneurs are missing a huge opportunity by not prioritizing nutrition, writes Amy Beaudreault.

FIA Food for the Future Summit

April 25, 2019

The FIA Food for the Future Summit will bring together regional CEOs and senior executives from multinational and Asia-based food companies, entrepreneurs and innovators, leaders in government and experts from NGOs and academia.

‘Over Ten Thousand Times Sweeter Than Sugar’: Meet The Man Making Some of The World’s Sweetest Proteins

April 11, 2019

Dr. Ilan Samish is the CEO and founder of Amai Proteins — an Israeli startup lab-designing hyper-sweet, thermo-stable, zero-calorie proteins out of exotic fruits.

5 Things Vonnie Estes Saw at World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit This Week in San Francisco

March 22, 2019

With the growth of the event, we are hearing different voices, including changing corporate cultures and new business models.

Reclaiming the Promise of Food for Health

March 14, 2019

The real power to endow people with fundamentally longer, healthier lives resides in the hands of the food industry, writes Jim Flatt.

Why 2019 is The Year of the Mushroom

February 6, 2019

One month into 2019, it’s clear that this year’s “it” produce is gourmet mushrooms. Smallhold's Andrew Carter tell us why.

Food Tech Startup Spotlight: Noluma’s Innovative Packaging is Reducing Risk of Milk Degradation

January 30, 2019

Noluma has developed a unique technology that measures the light protection of packaging as a function of its effects on the product contents by placing a marker ingredient in a solution inside a test package, which is then exposed to intense light.

UPDATE: AgFunder Opens New Food Tech/AgTech Fund to Investors, Commitments Reach $4m in 1 Week

November 1, 2018

On our mission to democratize venture capital and increase investment in the food and agriculture industry, our fund is open to accredited investors as well as institutional investors, and we already have commitments from both.

Saxon & Parole Exec Chef Farmerie on Food Tech, Impossible Burger, and Consumer Acceptance

June 1, 2017

We caught up Brad Farmerie to find out how he’s incorporated tech and innovation into his farm-to-table philosophy and why he’s all-in with today’s hottest plant-based burger.

Five Startups Win Accelerator Backing to Fight Food Insecurity, Waste, and Unsustainable Food Systems

May 25, 2017

The Good Kitchen, launched last year as Europe's first accelerator program for social startup businesses tackling food issues, will award low-interest loans to the startups to get their businesses off the ground.

How a Startup from KSU is Replacing Fat in Chocolate with a Low Calorie Alternative

February 14, 2017

It may sound too good to be true, but according to David Rowe, founder and president at Choco Finesse, the proof is in the chocolate pudding.

Agtech Funding Sheet: Habit Raises $32m from Campbells Soup for DNA Testing Nutrition Kit, Eaze Raises $13m Series B, more

October 27, 2016

A bumper week for agtech fundings includes a diverse mix of cannabis tech, nutrition tech, food e-commerce, weather monitoring, and indoor agriculture.

EU Continues Debate Over Glyphosate, General Mills Partners with Organic Valley to Increase Organic Acreage, more

June 13, 2016

General Mills has launched a new partnership with the largest organic cooperative in the U.S. that will help about 20 dairy farms add around 3,000 acres to organic dairy production over the next three years.

Kite Hill Raises $18m from General Mills’ VC for Plant-Based Dairy Products

June 8, 2016

The startup combines natural ingredients and patented biochemistry with traditional cheese- and dairy-making techniques to create dairy alternatives.

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Tag: nutrition

China International Food Safety & Quality (CIFSQ) Conference

Foodvalley Tours 16 October 2019 Wageningen The Netherlands

The Modern Acre podcast: Restoring food as medicine with Brightseed

Future Food: ‘From the moment we’re born, we’re going to know exactly what foods we should eat, for what purpose’

DouxMatok Raises $22m Series B to Commercialize Sugar Reduction Tech

The FDA and Food Entrepreneurs Need to Better Define the Consumer

Food Tech Innovators Need to Focus More on Global Nutrition

FIA Food for the Future Summit

‘Over Ten Thousand Times Sweeter Than Sugar’: Meet The Man Making Some of The World’s Sweetest Proteins

5 Things Vonnie Estes Saw at World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit This Week in San Francisco

Reclaiming the Promise of Food for Health

Why 2019 is The Year of the Mushroom

Food Tech Startup Spotlight: Noluma’s Innovative Packaging is Reducing Risk of Milk Degradation

UPDATE: AgFunder Opens New Food Tech/AgTech Fund to Investors, Commitments Reach $4m in 1 Week

Saxon & Parole Exec Chef Farmerie on Food Tech, Impossible Burger, and Consumer Acceptance

Five Startups Win Accelerator Backing to Fight Food Insecurity, Waste, and Unsustainable Food Systems

How a Startup from KSU is Replacing Fat in Chocolate with a Low Calorie Alternative

Agtech Funding Sheet: Habit Raises $32m from Campbells Soup for DNA Testing Nutrition Kit, Eaze Raises $13m Series B, more

EU Continues Debate Over Glyphosate, General Mills Partners with Organic Valley to Increase Organic Acreage, more

Kite Hill Raises $18m from General Mills’ VC for Plant-Based Dairy Products

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