2nd World Plant and Soil Congress
July 23, 2021
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AgriVoltaics 2020 conference
October 14, 2020
The first international AgriVoltaics Conference will take place from October 14-16, 2020 in Perpignan, France. Agrivoltaics combines the agricultural use of land with the production
Soil testing startup Krishitantra secures $1m seed capital from Omnivore, NABVentures
October 8, 2020
The funding will enable the Indian startup to take its rapid soil testing kit and analytics services to the country’s 130 million smallholder farmers.
CropX acquires New Zealand precision effluent and smart irrigation decision startup
September 10, 2020
Covid-19 has created new opportunities for acquisitions as startups struggle to fundraise, according to CropX CEO Tomer Tzach.
Future Food: From software to regen ag, Soilworks says key to better health is in the ground
July 6, 2020
Soilworks’ co-founders formed the regenerative ag-focused investment group after working together at B2B SaaS investor Scaleworks.
Using microfungi and melanin, this soil carbon startup just raised $6.9m in a round led by Li Ka-shing’s VC
June 24, 2020
Early Twitter and Uber backer Chris Sacca’s firm also invested in Australia’s Soil Carbon Co, which is developing a microbe-mediated method to sequester carbon.
Fertilizer startup Upcycle & Co closes $825k seed round, sets sights on ag market
June 22, 2020
Focusing on gardeners and commercial landscapers for now, Upcycle & Co closed its recent seed round during the pandemic.
Why is no one talking about agriculture as a solution to climate change?
May 28, 2020
Agriculture has only recently entered into the public conversation on climate change — and mostly in a negative way. Far less attention has been paid to agriculture’s capacity to be a climate solution.
Meet the Farmer: This soil nerd is most intrigued by what is right under her feet
January 24, 2020
From driving equipment to building a fence to stacking hay, there was always something new for Elyssa McFarland to learn growing up on her family’s grain and livestock farm near Columbus Junction, Iowa. Yet, the area that intrigued her the most was right under her feet.
Regen Ag Renegades: Rodale’s new CEO on reclaiming organic with new ‘Regenerative Organic’ label
December 5, 2019
Rodale is staking claim to the word regenerative with its new label and returning to organic’s original fundamental goals: soil, welfare, and social justice.
The Center for Rural Affairs wants more grazing and soil health support from the 2018 farm bill
November 12, 2019
The 2018 farm bill included many new provisions for regenerative agriculture and the CRA is hoping administrative agencies make good use of the opportunities.
Regen Ag Renegade: How an investment banker turned farmer is making regenerative ag happen in Germany
October 22, 2019
Benedikt Bosel is regenerating his family’s farm in East Germany and inspiring other farmers in the region to do the same.
Why Dan Vradenburg joining Trace Genomics as CEO is a big deal
October 9, 2019
Daniel Vradenburg is the former president of Wilbur-Ellis and the board chair of Cavallo Ventures and now he’s joining soil science startup Trace Genomics.
The Terraton Challenge seeks solutions to help make farmers “the heroes of climate change”
September 19, 2019
Indigo Agriculture is looking for new technologies that can help restore the world’s soils through regenerative agriculture. Apply now to the Terraton Challenge!
Biome Makers secures $4m Series A in another sign that investors are digging soil science startups
August 7, 2019
Are you a terroir-ist? If so, you’ll understand — along with almost any winegrower — how sexy soil can be.
World Soil Day: Startups aiming to improve the condition of agricultural soils
December 5, 2018
A growing number of stakeholders in the agricultural world have started asking more questions about whether conventional farming practices are causing irreparable harm to our soil ecosystem and whether there are any practices or technologies we can implement to reverse the damage.
8 Transformational Food Tech Startups
November 22, 2018
This Thanksgiving, we at AgFunder are thankful for our portfolio companies. Over the last year, we have invested in transformational food system companies, operating across the supply chain, from farm to fork.
AgFunder Invests in Trace Genomics $13m Series A for First Scalable Soil Microbiome Test
November 15, 2018
Trace Genomics has built the first scalable soil microbiome test to help farmers predict soil disease, soil health, and crop quality, using high-throughput DNA sequencing and machine learning.
Ecological Farming: a Different Form of Agtech – exclusive report
January 13, 2016
Farmland fund manager SLM Partners argues that ecological farming provides an alternative way to produce more with less, through deeply science-based and knowledge-intensive farming systems.
AquaSpy’s Moeller: Agriculture is a Vertical Business; Tracking Weather is Not Enough
December 7, 2015
It’s been a long road since 1998 to get AquaSpy technology into the hands 3,000 subscribing farmers and agribusinesses, CEO Bruce Moeller tells AgFunderNews.
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