Swiss startup Impossible Materials has raised $3.8m in seed funding to help commercialize its first product, a cellulose-based alternative to titanium dioxide, a white pigment recently banned in the EU for use in foods.
Shiru has identified plant proteins that can be combined with unsaturated oils to create a solid fat that can replace highly saturated animal or tropical fats such as palm and coconut oil.
Investors are reluctant to fund large-scale fermentation facilities before products are tested in the marketplace, says Superbrewed Food, which has paused plans to build out its own biomass fermentation plant in Minnesota and is now aiming to scale up with a partner so it can still enter the market this year.
As thousands of farmers and ag industry professionals descend on Boone, Iowa, for the 2022 Farm Progress Show, Iowa’s leadership in the ag industry will be in the spotlight.
The Mexico agtech ecosystem is not bowing to global pressures as new innovations continue to crop up and develop, writes Adrian Garcia-Casarrubias.
Leaf wants to make it easier for agtech innovators to create apps by harnessing clean, standardized, and aggregated data from multiple sources.
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 app-based program syncs with a user’s credit card to identify eligible fuel related purchases and generates the necessary IRS form to claim a refund.
The San Francisco-based food waste startup is tackling the global issue from different angles through what it describes as its early-investment platform.
We speak to two up and coming startups in the GROW accelerator’s latest cohort, as they tackle contemporary problems with age-old solutions.
“When pigs fly,” muttered some alt-protein naysayers. Well, they may have to eat their words after Omnipork’s CEO tells us the company’s heading to China.
Asia’s getting richer faster than anywhere else, and there’s a huge need to produce enough food for growing populations. Here’s why you should get into it.
As the deadly African Swine Fever keeps spreading, we identify tech that could potentially help farmers win in the battle against it.
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.
A startup needs reliability and funds, while a corporate needs fresh ideas. Sounds like a win-win, doesn’t it? But there’s more than meets the eye.
Narrowed down from over 160 applicants, the GROW accelerator showcased its nine talents to a turnout with big names like Temasek, ESG and Mondelez.
Even before the state of Israel’s founding, pioneers emphasized cultivating the land through innovative and efficient agricultural work, writes Ofir Schlam.
“I think the whole business model of just make more, sell more is broken; that’s not going to be a sustainable business model,” says Karin Schofield at Sprout Accelerator.
Produce farmers from the Salinas Valley to the Hudson Valley are beginning to make sense of a new set of rules that regulate how they do business.
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