Tag: transparency

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

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.

Seeking to save olive oil’s virginity or sleuth for horse meat, Europe’s Hyris and SwissDeCode gain funding

June 11, 2020

Two European testing technologies promising to avoid future scandals like horsemeat and olive oil fraud have raised funding this week.

Opinion: 50 Shades of Food Transparency

February 24, 2020

Technology is helping food companies connect consumers to their food but it’s also creating new opportunities to mislead them. Where do we draw the line between truth and questionable marketing?

Sequoia, Omidyar in first Indian agritech bet with $2.5m seed for ag trading platform Bijak

December 17, 2019

Investors included Omnivore and Better Capital, along with Omidyar Network India and Sequoia Capital India’s rapid scale-up program Surge.

Maersk Leads Blockchain of Food Startup Ripe.io $2.4m Seed Round

September 11, 2018

Ripe.io creates what it calls a “digital bridge” between farmers, distributors, processors, traders, restaurants, grocers, and consumers to record and share data on aspects of food’s journey from farm to fork.

Can Technology Get Slavery Out of Food Supply Chains?

December 8, 2017

Modern slavery is back at the top of concerned consumers minds and new agrifood tech startups and some established players are working to shine a light at the very bottom of the supply chain.