Tag: organic

Pasturebird Raises Funding to Create Largest Pastured Poultry Farm in US Using Regenerative Techniques

February 23, 2017

Pasturebird is using rotational grazing to raise organic and wholesale pastured chicken on 100 acres.

Agtech Funding Sheet: Otto Robotics Raises $1.5m, Organic Chicken Processor Raises $2.7m, Diet to Go Raises $500k, more

January 12, 2017

A busy week of fundings saw $89m raised by startups offering technologies from farm-to-fork.

Ag Industry Brief: SunCulture CEO on Forbes 30 Under 30, NOAA May Open More Federal Waters to Aquaculture, Fast Food Chains Adopt New Antibiotic Policies, More

January 7, 2017

The White House, FDA, and NOAA made key moves that could impact the food & ag industry during the first few days of 2017.

S2G Ventures Invests $3.7m in Shenandoah Organic Chicken Company – exclusive

January 5, 2017

Organic chicken production company Shenandoah Valley Organic has raised $3.7 million in growth funding in a round led by food and ag investor S2G Ventures with other investors.

Best of 2016: AgFunder’s 10 Most Read Stories

December 28, 2016

It’s been a busy year for AgFunder as our member and subscriber base grew to over 25,000 and we posted nearly 500 articles on AgFunderNews. Here’s a look at the year’s 10 most read stories:

Ag Industry Brief: Organic Board Excludes Gene-Edited Food, Agriculture Accelerators Launch, New Hires, more

November 28, 2016

NOSB votes to exclude gene-edited food from organic register while INOVISA extends application period for cropUP accelerator.

Ag Industry Brief: Big Strides in Cannabis Legalization, Organic Farmland Hits New Highs, Trimble’s Precision Ag Products, more

November 11, 2016

It was a busy week for the agriculture sector including anti-Trump CEOs, cannabis legalization, organic farmland increases and GMO bans.

How Consumer Preferences and the Role of Women are Informing Food & Ag Innovation

October 7, 2016

The idea for this week’s podcast came from Sanjeev Krishnan, founding partner at S2G Ventures, the Chicago-based food and agtech venture capital firm.

Ag Industry Brief: Monsanto Licenses CRISPR, Ginkgo Bioworks Partners with Cargill, California Wants to Regulate Cow Farts, more

September 23, 2016

Monsanto’s CRISPR license comes with restrictions.

Agrilyst Reports Indoor Agriculture Over 4k Times More Productive Than Outdoor Commodity Crop Production

September 12, 2016

Better yields, the opportunity to harvest more times a year and higher retail prices are making indoor farming more productive than conventional outdoor operations, according to a new report from data software company Agrilyst.

Indoor Ag Industry to Go Its Own Way Amid Debate on Organic Labeling

September 1, 2016

A recent movement by some outdoor organic growers to prevent the inclusion of hydroponic operations from the organic register highlights what organic really means.

Industry-in-Brief: Kashi Acquires Vegan Snack Company, California hosts Ag Hackathon, FAA Drone Regulation Update, more

June 20, 2016

Kashi Acquires Vegan Snack Brand Pure Organic Kashi, a business unit of Kellogg’s, has acquired Pure Organic, a maker of organic nutrition bars and fruit

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.

Industry-in-Brief: Conservis Joins WGA Innovation Center, Costco Offers Loans to Organic Farmers, more

April 22, 2016

The farm management software platform has opened a new office at WGA’s center in Salinas, while Costco is making loans to organic farmers as demand grows, and find out how many billionaires are getting farm subsidies.

Industry-in-Brief: Farmobile Launches Data Store, Sam Kass Joins Innit and Acre Venture Partners, more

April 8, 2016

The Data Store offers farmers a way to sell their agronomic and machine data to third parties and split the proceeds with Farmobile. Plus former White House staff Sam Kass makes move into food tech.

Juicero Raises $70m for High-End Juicing Device and Fresh Produce Pack Delivery Service

April 7, 2016

The Californian start-up raised the Series B funding from names such as Kleiner Perkins, Google Ventures and Campbell Soup Company.

Industry-in-Brief: Surterra Opens Florida’s First Cannabis Cultivation Plant, FoodBytes! Selects Startups, more

February 26, 2016

Politicians are also urging a close eye is kept on the mergers of Dow Chemicals and DuPont and Syngenta and ChemChina in this week’s Industry-in-Brief.

McDonald’s Supply Chain Director on Agriculture Technology and GMO

January 22, 2016

AgFunderNews caught up with McDonald’s UK supply chain director Connor McVeigh to find out more about the fast food restaurant chain’s influence on farming practices and his views on agriculture technology.

Food & Ag Industry-in-Brief: GMO Labeling Developments, USDA Organic Grants, Cage-Free Egg Expansion, more

January 21, 2016

Secretary Vilsack hosted a private meeting to hash details of a GMO labeling deal, while applications opened for organic research grants and poultry producers moved to organic and cage-free.