Q&A: Upward Farms wants to attract more microbes to vertical ag environments
January 24, 2022
Co-founder and CEO Jason Green discusses its new 250,000-square-foot facility and the importance of the microbiome.
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Bowery’s KKR-led $150m credit facility may hint at robust business model, industry inflection point
January 20, 2022
The timing of KKR’s vote of confidence is particularly interesting as concerns mount about the future of some vertical farms, but Bowery CEO Irving Fain says it’s a positive inflection point for the industry.
Aigen gets $4m from NEA, AgFunder to boost farm sustainability with solar robots
January 18, 2022
The Kirkland, Washington startup offers farmers high-precision plant and soil health management.
Faeth raises $20m from Khosla, AgFunder to battle cancer with food
January 18, 2022
It uses “precision therapies, software, and nutrition to help treat cancer, for the millions of patients who desperately need better outcomes,” according to CEO Anand Parikh.
How surplus food marketplace Full Harvest will spend its $23m Series B funding
January 17, 2022
Full Harvest’s recent Series B fundraise will go towards accelerating data insights for sellers and buyers of surplus and imperfect food.
Collaboration & innovation key to developing farmer-focused carbon markets
January 13, 2022
Carbon markets are now a fixture in industry headlines – and Iowa is leading the way to encourage carbon sequestration in farming.
Brief: MycoWorks banks $125m Series C funding to build alt-leather factory
January 13, 2022
Its animal-free leather analog, Reishi, is produced using mycelium – the vegetative ‘roots’ of fungi.
Olam calls on Brightseed’s AI to uncover health properties of garlic & pepper
January 12, 2022
The head of Olam’s spices business said that Brightseed’s data insights “will help us unlock the health potential and differentiation in our spice supply and fuel future innovation.”
FBN launches $25m regenerative ag pilot fund
January 11, 2022
The fund will offer discounted loans to growers who implement regenerative farming practices to improve soil health and nitrogen management.
Brief: Benson Hill acquires soy processor for $102m
January 7, 2022
The deal will allow the company to deliver its “improved” ingredients to plant-based protein producers more quickly, according to CEO Matt Crisp.
Brief: Beyond Fried Chicken to make US nationwide debut at KFC
January 6, 2022
Beyond Meat’s southern fried chicken analog will be available to diners at 4,000 KFC locations across the US from Monday.
Brief: John Deere unveils its first commercially available, fully autonomous tractor
January 5, 2022
The US company said it expects to begin shipping the driverless version of its 8R row crop tractor during the second half of the year.
Q&A: Bioenergy Devco is ‘future-proofed’ for the coming hydrogen economy, says CEO
January 4, 2022
The Annapolis, Maryland-based company uses microbes to convert agrifood byproducts into fuel and fertilizer.
Synbio & supply chain key for agrifoodtech in 2022, according to VC firm E²JDJ
January 3, 2022
The New Orleans-based firm discusses its approach to investing in early-stage companies in synthetic biology, supply chain tech, and cellular agriculture.
Meet the founder: Dream Harvest’s Zain Shauk thinks vertically farmed crops ‘make business sense’
December 28, 2021
Focusing on higher yields instead of novel technologies will make vertical farming more productive, he tells AFN.
Airly, WhatIf Foods & Moonshot aim to make climate-friendly snacks the main course for 2022
December 27, 2021
A growing number of startups are creating “climate-friendly” snacks that cut carbon and promote regenerative agriculture practices.
Brief: ADM, Tyson back cultivated meat company Future Meat in record-breaking $347m round
December 20, 2021
It’s the largest single funding round yet for a cell-cultured meat startup, according to AgFunder data.
Q&A: Aanika Biosciences on why GMOs drive sustainability and fight climate change
December 20, 2021
There is “no non-engineered way” to fight climate change at scale and in time, says chief science officer Ellen Jorgensen.
For those new to carbon markets, Land O’Lakes & Truterra offer a ‘farmer favorable’ access point
December 15, 2021
The carbon 2022 program aims to make both carbon markets and conservation practices more accessible and rewarding to a greater number of farmers in the US.
Vertical farming is headed for the ‘trough of disillusionment.’ Here’s why that’s a good thing.
December 14, 2021
Vertical farming is facing a period of depression and correction as big farms struggle to pay investors back while running complex and expensive operations. But that’s not necessarily a bad thing, writes Henry Gordon-Smith.
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