The Week in AgriFoodTech: Colossal Biosciences raises $200m, Chipotle invests in methane reduction
January 16, 2025
Plus: Syngenta launches partnership to speed up R&D for biologicals
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Breaking: FMC Corporation restructures agtech VC arm FMC Ventures ‘to optimize operations’
January 14, 2025
Lower commodity prices and high costs have created a tough environment for ag input companies such as FMC Corporation.
Food waste reduction targets ‘out of reach’ without major changes to state-level policy, say UC Davis, ReFED
January 14, 2025
US states must address their ‘disproportionate’ focus on food waste recycling and focus on redistribution and repurposing solutions.
ReGen Brands unveils a three-fold approach to boosting demand for regenerative agriculture through CPGs
January 13, 2025
“The most regenerative brands were really receiving the least support,” says ReGen Brands cofounder Anthony Corsaro.
The Week in AgriFoodTech: India’s Botanic Healthcare bags $29m, Fermata secures $10m, Plenty facing value cut
January 9, 2025
Plus: Ohalo teams with Florida farmers on “disease-resistant strawberries.”
Seed gene-editing startup Inari eyes commercialization with $144m round: ‘It puts us in a robust financial position’
January 7, 2025
Inari is currently working with seed company customers in demonstration plots to further showcase products.
Here are the top 15 foodtech deals of 2024
January 2, 2025
For many foodtech startups 2024 has been a year of resilience and confidence, a time when they managed to win investors’ trust and secure new funding despite an ongoing credit crunch. Here are the top 15 foodtech deals of the year.
What were the top 15 agtech deals of 2024?
January 2, 2025
Ag biotechnologies and robotics are two segments that have shown significant resilience in 2024 and attracted large deals.
ClimateAi builds ‘adaptation playbook’ via long-range forecasting: ‘I think we’ll be profitable by Q3 or Q4 of next year’
December 23, 2024
A flurry of startups offering AI-powered ag insights driven by long-range weather forecasting has emerged on the scene in recent years. But are they delivering actionable info for food & ag companies?
Guest article: The real impact of tariffs on US produce prices
December 20, 2024
The past has shown that tariffs have often been more a tool for negotiation than anything else. Will 2025 be the same?
The Week in AgriFoodTech: Rebel Foods raises $210m, Terradot bags $58m, Plenty shutters Compton farm
December 19, 2024
Plus…John Kempf’s Advancing Eco Agriculture nabbed a USDA rural development award.
🎥 Onego Bio eyes Wisconsin site for chicken-free egg production, files GRAS notice
December 19, 2024
Food manufacturers have been looking for viable egg replacements for years as prices yo-yo with every avian flu outbreak, says Onego Bio.
Biostimulant-maker Sound Agriculture bags additional $25m, will pay growers to replace nitrogen and phosphorus
December 17, 2024
Plant-and-soil health startup Sound Agriculture will use the new funding to enter new markets and develop new products.
Inside the Good Meat Project’s mission to change meat consumption
December 16, 2024
Agency, education, and myth-busting are key.
Brief: Meati settles false advertising lawsuit over ‘mushroom root’ claims
December 12, 2024
The firm did not provide any details of the settlement, but confirmed the case—which mirrors a class action filed in 2016 vs Quorn Foods—has been voluntarily dismissed.
CPG manufacturing platform Keychain sees uptick in activity as firms prepare for tariffs
December 12, 2024
“Supply chains don’t move overnight,” says Keychain CEO Oisin Hanrahan. “Above all, people don’t want to be caught flat-footed.”
Navigating tariffs and trade in 2025: ‘There will be carnage’
December 12, 2024
There is “a misconception that tariffs reduce trade deficits,” says economist Joseph Gagnon at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. “Well they don’t.”
UC Davis spinoff One Bio raises $27m Series A to bridge the fiber gap
December 12, 2024
One Bio has patented technology to chop up polysaccharides from agricultural waste into “odorless, colorless, and tasteless” oligosaccharides to bridge the fiber gap.
‘A pivotal moment in the egg industry…’ NestFresh celebrates first hatch of in-ovo sexed chicks in the US
December 10, 2024
NestFresh plans to transition its entire egg line to this new process, with certified eggs from the sexed chickens launching in retail in July 2025.
Less regulation, more funding for regen ag? AgFunderNews readers tell us what they want from the Trump administration
December 2, 2024
Responses to our survey reflect sharply contrasting views on topics from RFK Jr to tariffs and regenerative agriculture.
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