Plant-based food products are often touted for their environmental benefits over those involving animal agriculture, but they’re certainly not perfect.
It’s hosting an inaugural tech-agnostic challenge targeting 13 countries and seeking scalable solutions that address smallholder farmers’ biggest needs.
Mission-driven investment firms are writing early stage checks to companies that aim to replicate, improve, and restore natural growing environments.
As scrutiny over livestock production intensifies, some ranchers are highlighting the ecosystem services that they can provide and their capacity to combat climate change.
Climate scientist, inventor and founder of two sustainable businesses, Adam Lowry is currently CEO of Ripple Foods, a dairy-free milk products company. His first company was Method, the sustainable cleaning products brand that’s now a household name.
We spoke to Banks Baker ahead of his speaking slot at the Animal AgTech Innovation Summit in San Francisco in March.
The firm has already made two investments from the new fund: Agrofy, the Argentinian agribusiness marketplaces that made waves a couple of weeks ago with its record-breaking Series B round, and Inari, the gene-editing for ag startup.
This is ArcTern’s fourth investment from its $200 million Fund II but appears to be its first in agtech beyond a bet on ethanol production.
The Swiss company has secured an undisclosed amount of funding from California-based Agroecology Capital, an agtech venture capital firm.
The global situation right now is stark. Cotton supports the livelihoods of over 250 million people, yet less than 20% of cotton is grown sustainably. The Better Cotton Innovation Challenge is on the lookout for global game-changing innovations to change this.
Although many agrifood corporates will miss a key 2020 deforestation target, some are making meaningful progress towards sustainability.
The San Francisco-based food waste startup is tackling the global issue from different angles through what it describes as its early-investment platform.
The Vancouver-based venture capital firm has raised a further C$145 million to invest in environmental tech and sustainable consumer products, including organic food and alternative protein.
In this episode of Future Food, AFN editor Louisa Burwood-Taylor speaks to Klaus Kunz, head of Sustainability and Business Stewardship at German agro-pharma giant Bayer.
Find out which food and beverage companies are committing themselves to The Paris Agreement ahead of the UN Climate in New York.
Tia Lupita Foods, LocalCoho and Capro-X won at FoodBytes! Chicago yesterday.
Indigo Agriculture is looking for new technologies that can help restore the world’s soils through regenerative agriculture. Apply now to the Terraton Challenge!
The global giant has chosen a farmer-to-farmer, business-minded approach for inspiring its proprietary potato growing partners to adopt more sustainable practices.
The Israeli startup sells compostable packaging solutions that breakdown within 180 days to packaging manufacturers and retailers
Karn Manhas, CEO of Terramera, believes organic input products could soon be as effective if not more effective than damaging chemicals used today.
