Why 2019 is The Year of the Mushroom
One month into 2019, it’s clear that this year’s “it” produce is gourmet mushrooms. Smallhold's Andrew Carter tell us why.
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Food Tech Startup Spotlight: Noluma’s Innovative Packaging is Reducing Risk of Milk Degradation
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The startup combines natural ingredients and patented biochemistry with traditional cheese- and dairy-making techniques to create dairy alternatives.
Industry-in-Brief: Freight Farms Receives NASA Grant, White House Launches Microbiome Initiative, more
Freight Farms will use the NASA funding to build a new type of indoor ag facility based on its shipping container model, while a new report concluded that food products derived from GM crops are not only safe, but beneficial for the environment.
Institutional Investors Unite in Fight Against Antibiotic Use in Meat Production
A group of institutional investors worth $1 billion and led by Coller Capital, has joined forces to lobby 10 publicly-traded food companies over the use of antibiotics in their supply chains.
Food-X Picks 10 Food Tech Startups for Fourth Cohort and $500k of Investment
FreshSurety, which is using IoT to report real-time freshness, location, and temperature of food, and Plasma Nutrition are two startups receiving $50k each.
Juicero Raises $70m for High-End Juicing Device and Fresh Produce Pack Delivery Service
The Californian start-up raised the Series B funding from names such as Kleiner Perkins, Google Ventures and Campbell Soup Company.
Industry-in-Bref: FarmLink Divides Company in Two, Dietary Guidelines and Menu Labeling Developments, more
FarmLink's division, rules around healthy eating and food labeling, and updates in the GMO labeling debate make up this week's Industry-in-Brief.
2 Female Agtech Entrepreneurs Raise $75k Each as Village Capital Accelerator Concludes
2 Female Agtech Entrepreneurs were selected by their peers to receive investment from VilCap Investments and Radicle Capital.
5 Major 2015 Policy Actions that will Shape the Food & Ag Industry in 2016
Last year, we saw a surge in the number of policy shifts and regulatory moves affecting food and agriculture in the US. Here's five from 2015 that will likely have a ripple effect into the new year.
Irish A.I. Startup Nuritas Raises $3.4m Seed Round to Expand Database
The startup is building a database of healthy peptides found in agriculture byproducts for use in the food, pharmaceutical, cosmetic and supplement markets.
OpenTable Founder Talks GMO, Organic, and Agtech Challenges with S2G Ventures’ Krishnan
After S2G's official fund launch last week, AgFunderNews caught up with the firm to hear a bit more about its investment process and how it views the food and agriculture sector.
How Biotech Startup Phytoption is Helping Fortune 500 Companies
Phytoption poised to transform the natural additives sector with its solubilizing technology and recently won the BioCrossroads New Venture Competition.
Finistere Ventures Breaks Norm to Invest in a Nutritional Food Discovery App
Agtech VC veteran Finistere led a $3.4m investment round into food discovery app ShopWell alongside S2G Ventures and other VCs.