In agtech, deals from Grow Indigo, FreezeM and others were all about insect farming, forest restoration and capturing more carbon.
In agtech, produce quality control platform Clarifruit raised $12 million while more layoffs struck the food delivery sector.
UM6P, the venture arm of the Moroccan university with the same name, says the deals are “investment-partnerships” as the two startups stand to benefit from scientific support and testing of their technologies at the university.
Kalera recently announced plans to open what it describes as the largest vertical farm in Texas.
In this roundtable, execs from Waycool, Future Group, and RipePlanet give a detailed picture of Covid-19’s impact on the fresh produce sector.
Agriculture has not been immune to the sweeping societal changes of the last two months as everyone adjusts to the Covid-19 virus. Here’s a high-level look at the impact from farm gate to consumer.
Technology is helping food companies connect consumers to their food but it’s also creating new opportunities to mislead them. Where do we draw the line between truth and questionable marketing?
5G loomed large at CES 2020. “5G” was written in the sky Tuesday morning in Las Vegas as the show kicked off. The technology now has real-world applications and the nation’s carriers are building out their 5G networks as we speak. But how relevant is this development for farming?
Did you know that if America’s cats and dogs were a country, they’d be the fifth largest consumer of meat products globally? Now add the world’s pets into that; that’s a big contribution to the carbon footprint of the world’s meat industry.
LA’s historical but also growing bond with agriculture, technology, and food uniquely positions it to be a leader in the industry’s transformations, writes Liron Brish.
Ann Venemean tells AFN her thoughts on where agri-foodtech can improve, plant-based protein, and one of the biggest takeaways from her career to date.
This is the second-largest round for a cultivated meat startup after Memphis Meat’s $17 million Series A.
Daniel Vradenburg is the former president of Wilbur-Ellis and the board chair of Cavallo Ventures and now he’s joining soil science startup Trace Genomics.
What’s this? A product review? On AFN? I know; we’re moving out of our comfort zone and spreading our wings – or rather our tastebuds – to sample the cutting edge of consumer food products with a new series.
Word has been getting around about Aerobotics’ incredible decision support technology for tree crops. Rob Leclerc shares some facts and figures about the startup’s rapid growth to-date.
Evolv Ventures launched late last year as the venture arm of ketchup and mac-and-cheese behemoth Kraft Heinz with $100 million to invest in startups. We caught up with Steve Sanger, a partner at Evolv, to find out more about the fund’s strategy and his personal shift from startup to investor
Ag historian Darcy Maulsby has dedicated her career to bridging the gap between Iowa’s farmers and the non-farming community.
Mareese Keane, the program director of agtech accelerator THRIVE presented the Animal AgTech Landscape Map at the inaugural Swine Innovation Summit last week.
The statement calls asks corporations to tackle the financial risks associated with ongoing deforestation along their operations and global supply chains.
Tia Lupita Foods, LocalCoho and Capro-X won at FoodBytes! Chicago yesterday.
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