Meet the GROWhort: Decomer proposes plant-based solution to food packaging problem
The Estonian startup is producing edible and compostable food-grade packaging materials from plant-derived polysaccharides.
The Estonian startup is producing edible and compostable food-grade packaging materials from plant-derived polysaccharides.
Marica Quarsingh calls her cell-cultured seafood startup, Sea-Stematic, the “Tesla of seafood” to communicate how seafood should be produced: sustainably and with the right market insights.
Argentina’s ucrop.it, a blockchain-enabled platform, announced the close of its pre-series A funding round to track sustainable farming practices.
Re-Nuble, a New York-based agtech company that indoor farming nutrients from food waste, has partnered with California’s CruzFoam to source waste from seafood producers.
There is one area where indoor farming lags behind traditional agriculture: energy consumption. A few simple measures could change the game.
Chief innovation officer Ethan Soloviev shares how his other day job – running a regenerative farm – informs his work at the impact intelligence platform.
Cargill will enroll US cotton growers in its RegenConnect program that pays farmers for implementing soil health practices.
For Britain to unlock its agritech potential, government policies must be rooted in science, writes British member of parliament Julian Sturdy.
The Lithuania-based startup is partnering with YesHealth Group to build and operate a network of farms across its home country and the wider Baltic region.
Norichukin Bank recently joined the first close of AgFunder’s $100m Fund IV as a limited partner to advance Japan’s agriculture, fisheries, and forestry industries.
Waste streams from agriculture and food production can become an additional source of value for Asian economies, thanks to advances in technology.
Agri-SMEs in Africa and Southeast Asia need $160 billion in funding to tackle climate change; but they’re getting just a third of that, a new report says.
As agriculture embraces sustainability, ESG-driven investors see a $3 trillion opportunity.
Carbon Collective hopes to give individual sustainable investment portfolios more power and in doing so force corporations to decarbonize faster.
Farm payments should mirror social welfare schemes in having both the short-term needs, and the long-term interests, of users in mind.
Victory Farms, East Africa’s largest commercial fish farmer, is setting its sights further afield in DRC, Tanzania and Rwanda.
A bioeconomy approach to the utilization and conservation of biological resources can lead to “better nutrition and more resilient livelihoods” in Africa.
Regrow will use the funds to boost its presence in “key food-producing regions across the globe,” says founder Anastasia Volkova.
But early signs suggest a slowdown in 2022.
The F&A Next 2022 conference highlights 12 startups solving issues ranging from food wastage to providing alternative protein sources. Here are six.
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