Guest article: Technology alone won’t suffice when it comes to transforming the food system
The shift towards increased productivity and better societal benefits needs talent, expertise, and ambitious young minds from new areas.
The shift towards increased productivity and better societal benefits needs talent, expertise, and ambitious young minds from new areas.
At its recent Game Changers LatAm Series 2023, GLOCAL unveiled the 10 companies that won awards for their agrifoodtech innovations.
“Ninety percent of things don’t happen because people don’t ‘ask’. Female reflections as Grow-NY opens for applications.
Japfa Feeds the Future is an innovation challenge run by agrifood giant Japfa and AgFunder-backed GROW, and is open to startups worldwide.
And then there were 10! Thought For Food (TFF) has sent AFN a list of 10 startup teams have secured their spots in the finals of the 2019/20 TFF Challenge, as well as 5 teams that will also take part in an inaugural TFF Boost Program.
Apply to pitch at F&A Next in The Netherlands in May in front of leading corporations such as Unilever and Nutreco, investors and media and be in with a chance of becoming the ‘Next Hero in Food & AgTech 2020’ and other perks.
The competition welcomes agtech startups across many categories including everything from crop enhancement to animal health to supply chain innovations.
The Better Meat Co. offers food manufacturers a plant-based ingredient that can be blended with meat products for a hybrid offering.
Remember, remember! The sixth and seventh of November!
These two dates will mark the autumnal moment when fifteen fledgling agri- and foodtech startups try to make an explosive impression on FoodBytes! by Rabobank at Victoria House in London.
Functional foods, alternative proteins, digital and bio-farmtech all feature in the list of companies set to pitch at the inaugural FoodBytes! Chicago in September.
For Rob Wilson, chief toaster at startup Toast Ale, the experience was far more than just a pitch competition and demo day.
The FoodBytes! platform is introducing some new elements this year including new prizes and resources for participating startups, and new categories.