Climate-related cost increases for livestock companies will come from higher feed prices and expected carbon taxes, says FAIRR.
“It’s going to take fully-fledged tissue muscle tissue to convince die hard meat lovers [to eat cell-cultured meat],” says the founder of Myodenovo, a cultivated meat startup emerging from stealth with a mission to create thick, whole cuts, starting with a filet mignon steak.
Innovators creating bio-based alternatives to synthetic, fossil fuel and animal-based products and materials are capturing investor attention.
As pricing parity gets closer to conventionally grown produce, focus on demand attributes will be increasingly important to the whole industry.
Researchers recently demonstrated that epigenome editing can reduce blight symptoms in cassava plants without impacting plant growth or yield.
Clean Crop Technologies tackles food waste with cold plasma tech, says CEO Dan White: “We target applications where we can achieve the same or similar decontamination as thermal pasteurization without harming quality.”
While it is true, as the saying goes, that ‘healthy soils produce healthy plants’, the question is: “What creates healthy soils?” asks John Kempf.
The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) has launched a new tool for agriculture impact investment funds to measure the impact of their investments against others.
So far, carbon markets have proven more beneficial to corporates trying to offset emissions than to the farmers themselves.
Bayer and Microsoft will offer off-the-shelf digital tools to aggregate ag data and better track everything from plant growth to supply chain visibility.
Patagonia Provisions “fell in love” with Moonshot’s business, which is built around the concept of shorter supply chains and more traceable ingredients.
Meati president Scott Tassani says he remains confident his minimally-processed mushroom root-based steaks and cutlets can breathe fresh life into the North American meat alternatives category, and believes Meati can capture “20% of what we think will be a $5 billion retail market in five years.”
Farm Action is championing for a Fair 2023 Farm Bill: an opportunity to create a fair, inclusive, and competitive agricultural system, writes Dee Laninga.
The deal will help Divert build more anaerobic digestion facilities across North America to turn food waste from grocery stores into renewable gas.
Sustainable Planet works with smallholder farmers in some of the world’s most arid places to produce water lentils that provide both food and income.
Indoor Ag-Con panelists discuss vertical farming failures and assemble a checklist of best practices to help the industry moving forward.
The Fresh Field Catalyst program seeks solutions for climate challenges as they relate to the produce and floral industries.
A US patent recently granted to Perfect Day— the highest-profile startup in the ‘animal-free’ dairy field—has been challenged by an anonymous petitioner
Beyond Meat CEO Ethan Brown faced a grilling from analysts Thursday evening as the plant-based meat firm posted a 20.6% decrease in net revenues to $79.9 million in Q4, 2022 vs Q4, 2021, with a net loss of $66.9 million.
The partnership’s initial transaction will be for a multi-farm facility in Virginia where Plenty and Driscoll’s will grow strawberries.
