Targeting $50m, Mad Capital unveils new fund aiming to de-risk regenerative-organic farming
Early commitments to the fund include The Rockefeller Foundation, Builders Vision, and the Schmidt Family Foundation.
Early commitments to the fund include The Rockefeller Foundation, Builders Vision, and the Schmidt Family Foundation.
As farm production costs increase, more farmers look to alternative financing options to pay for inputs, equipment and other needs.
A non-exhaustive look at agrifood corporates’ goals and ambitions for bringing better farming practices to their supply chains.
Here are some of highlights (and a few low lights😉) from 2023, plus some areas to watch in 2024, from designer probiotics to livestock methane reduction.
Readers of AgFunderNews were glued to stories on indoor ag, regenerative ag, plant-based and cultivated meat, and an ugly spat between Miyoko’s Creamery and its namesake founder in 2023.
Our top guest articles in 2023 are are a mix of recent thought leadership pieces and several items that date back as far as 2017.
Food processing and commodities giant ADM aims to have 4 million acres signed up for regenerative agriculture by 2027.
As agtech innovation accelerates, companies and investors need trustworthy insights on likely farmer adoption rates to assess the best tools.
“This is probably the fundamental platform that can enable sustainability at scale in the commodities,” says FBN’s Charles Baron.
Areas of interest include sustainable packaging, fermentation, agriculture biologicals, crop disease resistance, soil health and regenerative agriculture.
We all hope that big agrifood cos will meet their regenerative ag and C02 reduction goals by 2030. But ‘hope is not a strategy,’ says Chonex.
Mercy Corps Ventures and Farm Star are testing the use of Web3-enabled rewards to drive adoption of regenerative agricultural practices.
There’s a lot of talk, but rather less action on regenerative agriculture from some agrifood companies, says a new report from the FAIRR investor network.
Bio-agriculture integrates conventional and natural farming, reducing farmers’ and consumers’ health imbalance and risks.
FLORA will invest in early-stage agrifood startups via the launch of its $80 million fund backed by Israel’s Kibbutzim community.
Nestlé is partnering with ADM and Ardent Mills for the initiative, two key wheat suppliers for the DiGiorno brand.
The agrifoodtech industry has descended into a high school movie-style food fight. It’s not only off-putting but is emerging as a dangerous cancel culture for farming and food production practices rather than people.
Peter R. Mueller talks food security, efficacy and a host of other reasons we need both biological and chemical crop protection.
Nestlé is partnering with VC firm the Yield Lab Latam to support agtech startups in Latam and bolster its own sustainability goals.
Some of the largest food companies have set ambitious climate targets for 2030 and 2040, but they are not on track to reach them, says Kenny Fahey at Leading Harvest.
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International Fresh Produce Association launches year 3 of its produce accelerator