Investor network FAIRR calls on fast food restaurants to do more about AMR in their supply chains May 29, 2023 FAIRR asks companies to disclose their strategies around mitigating antimicrobial resistance and its threat to the global supply chain.
What the growing biologicals market can do for speciality crops around the world May 28, 2023 The upcoming Salinas Biological Summit aims to show growers, investors and others the benefits of using biologicals for specialty crops.
Meet the founder: Four Growers on what it takes to build ag robots that harvest faster than humans May 26, 2023 Pennsylvania-based Four Growers just released its second-generation automatic harvester for greenhouse-grown tomatoes.
Brief: KKR & L Catterton co-lead $135m funding for Restaurant365’s back-office management software May 22, 2023 Restaurant365 aims to simplify the back office for restaurants bring businesses more granular data about the cost of their operations.
Network, funding and market: How 3 female-led agrifoodtech startups benefited from the Grow-NY effect May 18, 2023 “Ninety percent of things don’t happen because people don’t ‘ask’. Female reflections as Grow-NY opens for applications.
AppHarvest to reopen listeria-impacted CEA farm in “a few weeks” but could run out of cash “as soon as October” May 18, 2023 AppHarvest says it needs to raise additional funds to continue operating and that it is pursuing “additional financing alternatives.”
Former Impossible Foods CFO David Lee launches new startup, Inevitable Tech, to be ‘the AI for agtech’ May 15, 2023 The company’s first product will be a “clean propagation system” to ensure healthier, higher-quality plants.
Global startups: here’s how to connect with potential investors and customers at the 2023 IFT FIRST event May 11, 2023 IFT FIRST’s Startup Pavilion brings technical, business and scientific professionals under one roof — a true rarity at agrifood events.
70% of specialty crop growers now investing in farm robots, says new Western Growers report May 8, 2023 Robots that automate the task of weeding are far and away the most popular right now amongst specialty crop growers, says Western Growers.
Movin’ on, up and out: A new CMO for Regrow Ag, controversy as Bud Light execs take leave May 5, 2023 Bud Light scandals aside, JBS USA appointed a new CEO as PR battles rage on and an Impossible Foods vet joined Alphabet X.
Meet the Founder: Inside Mercato’s goal to make healthy food and local business accessible to everyone May 5, 2023 Founder Bobby Brannigan explains how the Mercato tech platform is keeping mom-and-pop stores in business while also serving food deserts.
Why Farmers Business Network launched Norm, an AI advisor for farmers built on ChatGPT May 4, 2023 Generative AI platform Norm could become “a principal way to interact with a lot of parts of the FBN experience,” says the company.
US generated 91m tons of surplus food in 2021, representing 6% of all GHG emissions. Just 2% was donated. April 26, 2023 Key barriers to widespread adoption are ‘not enough measurement and not enough funding’ for food waste solutions, says ReFED.
Stop food waste day: Later-stage funding, M&A remain robust for US food waste mitigation startups, despite downturn April 26, 2023 Later-stage deals for food waste startups increased in 2022, while larger platforms are starting to acquire smaller solution providers.
IFT: We need more science-first solutions to effectively future-proof the food system April 21, 2023 Advancing the food system in the 21st century requires a hands-on approach to innovation that connects business and technology with deep science.
Pivot Bio pilot replaces synthetic nitrogen on nearly 1m acres of farmland April 19, 2023 The N-OVATOR program in 2023 opens to all Pivot Bio customers hoping to replace synthetic nitrogen and bring down on-farm emissions.
Tevel named winner at World Ag Expo for advancing autonomous harvesting using flying robots April 18, 2023 Tevel is partnering with ag machinery manufacturers and integrating its robots and ground computing software system with harvesting machinery.
Food & ag corporates prefer to engage with academia, research over startups, according to open innovation report April 17, 2023 Only half of agrifood corps have used startup scouting in open innovation efforts, preferring to collaborate with research, according to new report.
Data snapshot: Almost half of all AgriFoodTech VC investment in the US goes to California startups April 12, 2023 California startups raised nearly twice as much funding as the second-largest global market for VC investment in agrifoodtech.
Carbon Robotics bags $30m to fight the war on weeds with autonomous laser bots April 11, 2023 Carbon Robotics will bring its LaserWeeder robot to new parts of North America and launch into international markets in the near future.
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