Tag: sustainability

Future Food-Tech San Francisco

March 11, 2021

Future Food-Tech is a world-leading event series focusing on the most disruptive technologies transforming our food system. The flagship event, held in the innovation capital

Green World Asia

November 18, 2020

Join Green World Asia – Asia Pacific’s leading B2B sustainable business platform connecting professionals to innovative solution providers across the UTILITIES, MATERIALS, RESOURCES and FOOD

What 2020 has taught the agrifood sector: resilience

November 2, 2020

After a brief slowdown at the start of the pandemic, agrifoodtech investing is back in full swing, with investors more eagerly chasing sustainable, disruptive solutions.

EXCLUSIVE: Colorado’s Meati secures $28m for whole-cut alternative meats

October 29, 2020

It’s developing a line of alternative meat products made from the protein-rich ‘root’ networks of fungi.

Future Food-Tech London

October 22, 2020

The Future Food-Tech Summit returns to London and brings together over 500 leaders, senior executives, pioneering innovators and VCs from around the globe. The

World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit

October 20, 2020

The World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit takes place each year in London, San Francisco and São Paulo . With more than 41 countries represented in London

Cutting down food loss and food waste: 3 retail stories

September 23, 2020

Find out how three of the world’s biggest retailers – Carrefour, Ikea, and Tesco – are tackling food waste within their own operations and supply chains.

The 12th International Conference on Life Cycle Assessment of Food: LCAFood2020

September 22, 2020

The International Conference on Life Cycle Assessment of Food is the leading conference series on sustainability of food systems worldwide. Every second year it unites

True Gum raises $1.2m to produce ‘plastic-free,’ plant-based chewing gum

September 18, 2020

The Danish startup runs what it calls “the smallest chewing gum factory in the world” – but with the new funding, that factory is set to get a little bigger.

AgTech NEXT 2020: Impossible’s Pat Brown in his own words, corporate partnerships, and the new realities of “risk” after Covid

September 17, 2020

This post is part of a collaboration with the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center. The research institute is hosting its first AgTech NEXT conference—virtually—from September

Agrifoodtech has ‘captured the retail investor’s imagination,’ says BlackRock fund manager

September 17, 2020

BlackRock recently relaunched its BGF World Agriculture vehicle as the more broadly themed, sustainability-focused BGF Nutrition Fund.

Unilever’s sustainable sourcing supremo talks radical supply chain transparency

September 16, 2020

Giulia Stellari, sustainable sourcing director at Unilever, explains how the consumer goods giant is responding to food traceability concerns amid Covid-19.

Farm automation, urban ag & alt-protein will be key to Asia’s food security, says UNDP advisor

September 11, 2020

The UN Development Program’s Armen Harutyunyan was speaking at NURTURE, a new series of events presented by AgFunder-backed impact accelerator GROW.

“No alternative”: India embraces a meat-based future, and other 2030 food trends

August 27, 2020

India will be home to more than 1.4 billion people by 2030. Unlike consumers in Europe and the US, they’ll be looking to eat more meat – not less.

Tune in to NURTURE, our upcoming series of talks on the future of Asia’s agrifood system

August 27, 2020

Starting next week, NURTURE by GROW will feature talks from Asia-Pacific thought leaders on tech’s role in creating a more secure and sustainable food system.

TemperPack raises $31m Series C to meet surge in demand for food e-commerce

August 13, 2020

The Richmond, Virginia-based startup is ramping up production to meet the surge in demand for meal kits and other food e-commerce offerings amid Covid-19.

AgFunder is launching an impact fund. Here’s why.

July 30, 2020

The need to revolutionize our food system is becoming critical. The problems are manifold and acute.

Why we invested in SIMULATE

July 30, 2020

Mail order, frozen, plant-based chicken nuggets… Before we met Ben Pasternak, the founder of SIMULATE (formerly NUGGS), this would have sounded like the worst idea ever.

Farmer survey encourages Syngenta to commit $2bn to sustainable ag by 2025 & two tech breakthroughs each year

June 30, 2020

The Good Growth Plan is a response to a recent survey showing that 72% of farmers have concerns about the impact of climate change.

Olam banks $250m financing linked to sustainability KPIs

June 19, 2020

It’s the Singapore-based agribusiness’s third sustainability loan, and follows its $176 million financing last month for digitalizing the smallholder economy.