The Kenyan agtech venture is helping small farmers shift toward sustainable commercial farming with access to seeds, finacing and markets.
The Dutch VC invested in the 25-year-old tilapia farming company to curb Africa’s reliance on food imports and address skyrocketing protein needs.
The GROW Impact Accelerator is focused on innovations that allow for scalability while delivering tangible impact at an environmental or social level.
The Annapolis, Maryland-based company uses microbes to convert agrifood byproducts into fuel and fertilizer.
The UK startup will use its insect farms to turn food waste from Morrisons supermarkets into feed for hens to produce ‘carbon-neutral’ eggs.
The pair said they’re partnering to “fix the freezer aisle and provide plant-based, environmentally responsible, positive food choices” globally.
Australia’s Jupiter Ionics says it has found a way to produce ammonia – a key fertilizer ingredient – on-demand, using only air, water, and renewable electricity.
Regenerative agriculture can perhaps be best explained in terms of how it contrasts with other farming paradigms, writes HowGood’s Ethan Soloviev.
The FAIRR Protein Producer Index has just been published for the fourth time; and many of the world’s major meat and dairy companies still have a lot to do.
EIT Food, which conducted the survey, is calling for 25% of the EU’s agricultural land to be managed under regenerative practices by 2030.
The Cape Town-based startup considers itself a farming company enabled by technology, rather than a tech company working in ag, says CEO James Paterson.
“The potential for remote farming is huge,” says CEO Moses Kimani.
They’ll work together on The Yield LatAm Opportunity Fund, a new vehicle which will invest in roughly 30 companies in the region over the next five years.
An ADM spokesperson told AFN that it was “the first major food and ag company to have been invited to invest in FBN.”
The Asia Sustainable Foods Platform will co-invest $22.2 million alongside Singapore’s national R&D agency into the new Food Tech Innovation Center.
At Davos in 2019, an acquaintance of mine had been cornered by a journalist into committing to net zero. It might just have got him out of COP26.
REG sustainability head Kristin Dillavou said its roots in ag, and Iowa, are a strong driver behind its ability to innovate for more environmentally-friendly solutions.
It leans on the community group-buying model popularized in China, allowing consumers to form teams in order to make bulk buys on its platform.
Chew’s Plant-Based Burger Report Card found the Beyond Burger to smell like “pet food,” while Impossible’s effort is “more reminiscent of liver.”
The Stockholm-based startup claims its platform has tracked over 8,000 suppliers, 250,000 products, and goods worth more than $12 billion to date.
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