Q&A: Upward Farms wants to attract more microbes to vertical ag environments
Co-founder and CEO Jason Green discusses its new 250,000-square-foot facility and the importance of the microbiome.
Co-founder and CEO Jason Green discusses its new 250,000-square-foot facility and the importance of the microbiome.
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.
The Kirkland, Washington startup offers farmers high-precision plant and soil health management.
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.
Full Harvest’s recent Series B fundraise will go towards accelerating data insights for sellers and buyers of surplus and imperfect food.
Carbon markets are now a fixture in industry headlines – and Iowa is leading the way to encourage carbon sequestration in farming.
Its animal-free leather analog, Reishi, is produced using mycelium – the vegetative ‘roots’ of fungi.
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.”
The fund will offer discounted loans to growers who implement regenerative farming practices to improve soil health and nitrogen management.
The deal will allow the company to deliver its “improved” ingredients to plant-based protein producers more quickly, according to CEO Matt Crisp.
Beyond Meat’s southern fried chicken analog will be available to diners at 4,000 KFC locations across the US from Monday.
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.Â
The Annapolis, Maryland-based company uses microbes to convert agrifood byproducts into fuel and fertilizer.
The New Orleans-based firm discusses its approach to investing in early-stage companies in synthetic biology, supply chain tech, and cellular agriculture.
Focusing on higher yields instead of novel technologies will make vertical farming more productive, he tells AFN.
A growing number of startups are creating “climate-friendly” snacks that cut carbon and promote regenerative agriculture practices.
It’s the largest single funding round yet for a cell-cultured meat startup, according to AgFunder data.
There is “no non-engineered way” to fight climate change at scale and in time, says chief science officer Ellen Jorgensen.
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 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.