Local language services for farmers, enhanced capital access, and regenerative ag are just some of the options.
The Kirkland, Washington startup offers farmers high-precision plant and soil health management.
Carbon markets are now a fixture in industry headlines – and Iowa is leading the way to encourage carbon sequestration in farming.
The fund will offer discounted loans to growers who implement regenerative farming practices to improve soil health and nitrogen management.
The Annapolis, Maryland-based company uses microbes to convert agrifood byproducts into fuel and fertilizer.
Regenerative agriculture can perhaps be best explained in terms of how it contrasts with other farming paradigms, writes HowGood’s Ethan Soloviev.
The Ithaca, New York-based startup will use the funding to commercialize its biopesticide product and expand field trials to more row crops.
The Annapolis, Maryland-based startup uses anaerobic digestion to convert organic waste, such as discarded food or ag byproducts, into fuel and fertilizer.
The Australian startup inoculates crops with symbiotic microbial fungi that boost plants’ natural ability to sequester carbon in the soil they grow in.
Soil Metrics was spun-out of Colorado State University in 2019 to commercialize “biogeochemical” soil modeling techniques.
The Iowan platform helps growers manage soil health data to implement practices like no-till farming and cover cropping.
Carbon credits generated by ag-related projects make up less than 1% of all issued credits, according to data from the University of Berkeley, California.
The Soil Health Tech Stack illustrates the interdependence of technology, science, and economics in connecting suppliers and buyers of carbon credits and other soil health outcomes.
The Virginia startup is measuring soil health, compaction, and carbon content for applications in agriculture and beyond.
Agroforestry has a multitude of benefits in terms of soil health, water quality, and food security – so long as it is done right.
Prosus Ventures led the Series B round, with JME Ventures and Seaya Ventures among the other participating investors.
‘Net zero by 2050’ has become the rallying cry for many agrifood businesses. Here are some of the ways they can make those aspirations into reality.
The Breton startup claims its products can stimulate beneficial fungi growth, improve soil structure, fix nitrogen, and improve root nutrition.
The San Jose-based startup aims to offer farmers an easy, cost-effective route to measuring soil carbon and participating in carbon credits markets.
Dr Robb Fraley, former CTO of Monsanto, has joined the board of directors at soil health diagnostics startup Trace Genomics.
