Tag: rural startups

Smartagrifood Summit

September 24, 2020

the third year of Startup Europe’s Smart Agrifood Summit, an industry-leading event for the creation of innovative ecosystems within the European agri-food sector. This year

F³ (Farm-Fish-Food) Tech Pre-Accelerator

June 4, 2019

A free six-week program is offered online from June 4 to July 18. The program is designed to help entrepreneurs, students and start-ups define and

Only 58% of Rural Households Have Broadband Access Despite Policies Impacting Viability of Agtech Products

February 27, 2019

While broadband offers connectivity for rural dwellers in their homes, it may not bridge the technology divide between tech-hungry farmers and their inability to send or receive data from the most remote acres of their operations.

How One Iowa AgriTech Accelerator Alum Found a Valuable Mentor from Unexpected Field

April 3, 2018

Amos Peterson is founder and CEO of FarrPro. After realizing that keeping piglets warm is an essential and challenging issue in hog rearing, Peterson, who

Remote Sensing Startup Skycision Raises $1.1m Seed from Rural America Ag Innovation Fund

March 19, 2018

Skycision technology focuses on identifying changes in fields over time, analyzing three to five years of satellite data to find trends in specialty crops

Don’t Tell The Kids, But We Should Be Eating Reindeer Meat

December 25, 2017

Are you ready to start a new tradition and eat reindeer meat on Christmas Day? Whether the answer is yes or no, at least with new wearable tech, we’ll be able to prove once and for all if they really can fly.

6 Sources of Startup Funding for Veterans in Farming and Tech

November 9, 2017

In honor of Veterans Day, we compiled a list of funds, grants, loans, and programs available to US military veteran entrepreneurs in farming and tech.

The Opportunities and Challenges of Building a Rural Agtech Startup

June 21, 2017

While agtech startup activity tends to concentrate on the two coasts of the US, there are a growing number of rural agtech startups. We speak to three to find out what it’s like building a startup outside of San Francisco and New York.