Tag: Technology Corner

5 questions with AquaBounty on feed ingredients, social license for GE animals, and regulation

August 13, 2019

AquaBounty was the first company to obtain FDA approval for genetically modified seafood intended for human consumption. We spoke to COO Alejandro Rojas ahead of the Animal AgTech Innovation Summit in Amsterdam in October.

New Harvest 2019: Envisioning a food system built around cells, not animals

August 1, 2019

Investors are paying attention. So are larger meat, dairy and seafood groups. And yet the cell ag industry still has a long way to go, agreed delegates of the recent New Harvest conference in Boston. Brittany Solano reports for AFN.

Does This Smell Off? Aryballe’s “Digital Nose” Can Tell You

July 15, 2019

Remember doing the “smell test” before you poured the contents of your questionable, perhaps expired milk bottle on your morning cereal? French startup Aryballe has a solution to that deep, apprehensive whiff.

The Quest For Sustainable Seaweed

July 2, 2019

Seaweed is an exciting source of energy, proteins, biodegradable plastics, fertilizers, clothes or pharmaceuticals, but can its production keep up with growing demand?

Regenerative Agriculture is Getting More Mainstream But How Scalable is it?

May 28, 2019

Dubbed “beyond sustainable,” regenerative agricultural methodologies seek to add to the soil through a self-nourishing ecological system that benefits the environment in the process.

3Bar Biologics and Pivot Bio Team Up to Crack One of the Biggest Barriers to the Adoption of Biologicals

March 20, 2019

The duo is hoping to smash one of the biggest barriers to biologics adoption by providing farmers with a way to cultivate living microbial inputs on the farm that cannot survive in the current supply chain without cold storage.

Digital Agtech Spotlight: Intterra is Integrating Farmers, Suppliers, Advisors, Traders, Bankers on 5m Acres

March 8, 2019

Earlier this month, a Russian agtech startup called Intterra entered into a partnership with global agribusiness Syngenta to use its digital platform in Russia, connecting more than 100 farmers across 2 million hectares (nearly 5 million acres) of cropland in 2019.

In the Mooood For Love: UK Startup Launches Tudder, a Tinder For Cows

February 14, 2019

Tudder is a new swipe-led matchmaking app, helping farm animals across the UK find breeding partners in the quest for moo love.

Food Tech Startup Spotlight: Noluma’s Innovative Packaging is Reducing Risk of Milk Degradation

January 30, 2019

Noluma has developed a unique technology that measures the light protection of packaging as a function of its effects on the product contents by placing a marker ingredient in a solution inside a test package, which is then exposed to intense light.

TechAccel and Donald Danforth Center Launch RNAissance to Create Environmentally-Friendly Pesticides

January 24, 2019

TechAccel, the venture development organization, and Donald Danforth Center for Life Sciences, the leading plant science research institute, have created a new startup called RNAissance.

Maersk Invests in ImpactVision’s “Game-Changing” Hyperspectral Imaging Tech for Food System

December 18, 2018

"Several departments and colleagues within Maersk will look forward to exploring opportunities with ImpactVision," Peter Jorgensen, venture partner at Maersk told AgFunderNews.

FDA Makes Move Towards Clearing Up Food Tech Regulation with New Action Plan

November 19, 2018

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has come under fire for not providing more guidelines to food tech companies on what is and what is not allowed.

Taranis Lands $20m Series B to Expand Imagery Analytics Platform for Farmers

November 6, 2018

Israeli imagery analytics for ag platform Taranis has closed a $20 million Series B round of funding led by Viola Ventures, an Israeli venture firm making its first investment into agtech.

Bear Flag Robotics Raises $3.5m Seed Round to Automate Common Tasks on the Farm

September 5, 2018

The round takes Bear Flag’s total funding efforts to $4.5 million after it took part in the Y Combinator accelerator and raised a pre-seed round in the fall of 2017.

Embracing Digital Agriculture: Coffee’s Fourth Wave?

August 22, 2018

Shuchi Nijhawan, VP of agriculture at Eka, writes about the adoption of digital agriculture in the coffee industry, particularly in India.

DouxMatok Partners with Europe’s Largest Sugar Producer to Commercialize Sugar Reduction Tech

July 31, 2018

Israeli sugar reduction technology DouxMatok has landed a partnership with Europe’s largest sugar producer Südzucker, and a similar US announcement is on the way

The Revolution in Food and Biomass Production Will See Co2 Used to Make Proteins

June 13, 2018

Move over insects; carbon dioxide can now be used to make proteins and fatty acids, according to Michael Carus, founder of the nova-Institute.

Should You Be Using CRISPR for Your Ag Business?

May 10, 2018

Management teams in plant genetics companies have likely been asked by at least one well-intending board member: “Are we using CRISPR? I sat next to this guy on the plane and he said that CRISPR will change everything," writes Vonnie Estes.

Bayer, Netafim, Swiss Re, and IFC Team-Up to Bring New Tech to Smallholders

April 24, 2018

A new coalition of agriculture and finance industry players is working together to find new ways to get technology into the hand of smallholders farmers

Startup Using Deep Learning to Fight Food Waste Raises $2m Seed Round

March 26, 2018

After photographing strawberries, the AgShift app tells the user what the percentage of red is in the photo, which speaks to how much shelf life is left.

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Tag: Technology Corner

5 questions with AquaBounty on feed ingredients, social license for GE animals, and regulation

New Harvest 2019: Envisioning a food system built around cells, not animals

Does This Smell Off? Aryballe’s “Digital Nose” Can Tell You

The Quest For Sustainable Seaweed

Regenerative Agriculture is Getting More Mainstream But How Scalable is it?

3Bar Biologics and Pivot Bio Team Up to Crack One of the Biggest Barriers to the Adoption of Biologicals

Digital Agtech Spotlight: Intterra is Integrating Farmers, Suppliers, Advisors, Traders, Bankers on 5m Acres

In the Mooood For Love: UK Startup Launches Tudder, a Tinder For Cows

Food Tech Startup Spotlight: Noluma’s Innovative Packaging is Reducing Risk of Milk Degradation

TechAccel and Donald Danforth Center Launch RNAissance to Create Environmentally-Friendly Pesticides

Maersk Invests in ImpactVision’s “Game-Changing” Hyperspectral Imaging Tech for Food System

FDA Makes Move Towards Clearing Up Food Tech Regulation with New Action Plan

Taranis Lands $20m Series B to Expand Imagery Analytics Platform for Farmers

Bear Flag Robotics Raises $3.5m Seed Round to Automate Common Tasks on the Farm

Embracing Digital Agriculture: Coffee’s Fourth Wave?

DouxMatok Partners with Europe’s Largest Sugar Producer to Commercialize Sugar Reduction Tech

The Revolution in Food and Biomass Production Will See Co2 Used to Make Proteins

Should You Be Using CRISPR for Your Ag Business?

Bayer, Netafim, Swiss Re, and IFC Team-Up to Bring New Tech to Smallholders

Startup Using Deep Learning to Fight Food Waste Raises $2m Seed Round

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