Functional foods, alternative proteins, digital and bio-farmtech all feature in the list of companies set to pitch at the inaugural FoodBytes! Chicago in September.
Impossible is ramping up production with this deal that follows fellow plant-based meat producer Beyond Meat’s earnings earlier this week that sent the stock down 15% yesterday.
Tired? Anxious? Chronic pain? Trouble sleeping? There’s probably a strain of cannabis for that and Namaste Technologies is using an AI-powered app to help you find it.
Did you know one of our most common drugs was derived from plants? In this episode of Future Food, I speak to Sofia Elizondo, cofounder of Brightseed.
Plant-based meat still costs two-to-five times as much as its animal counterparts and solving this problem is far from an inevitability, writes Christie Lagally.
Applications are now open for innovators to apply to Indigo’s Terraton Challenge for the chance of winning $20k in grant funding and up to $3m in Indigo contracts, as well as participation in a virtual incubation program, and trials with Indigo’s farmer partners.
Biologics hold substantial promise for a more sustainable food system, but with millions of microbes to sort through, startups are turning to partnerships to hunt for the most promising strains in the bacterial haystack.
A household name in the UK, the Grosvenor family can trace its ancestry back to William the Conqueror’s cousin and today Hugh Grosvenor, Duke of Westminster, is godfather to Prince George. No big deal then. But what’s the link to foodtech?
Data management company Farmobile plans to use the new funding to help it expand its aggregation and data-for-profit services worldwide. For Ag Growth International, it could mean integrates more data-focused tech into its equipment offerings.
Instead of scouring newspaper ads, fliers, and facebook, farmers can take control of the equipment buying process on Tractor Zoom using keyword searches and auction alerts.
Regenerative agriculture is having a moment. For long-time regen ag practitioners and proponents, this is probably jarring. But having written about regenerative agriculture for five years now, I’ve never seen such engagement or our stories about this ultra-sustainable method of farming perform so well.
The Western Sustainability Exchange is helping farmers adopt rotational grazing plans that improve carbon sequestration by helpingthem sell carbon credits.
New York is a leading agricultural state in the US and NYFVI is hoping to spur agrifood tech innovation in the state by letting a group of farmers pick which grant projects get funded each year.
AeroFarms has now raised over $230 million in total but has been slow to expand, particularly overseas despite plans to do so.
Jennifer is an expert marketer with a career spanning many different industries outside of agriculture, most recently at StubHub the event ticketing business, so it’s really interesting to hear about her transition into this industry.
“Agricultural land is generally being managed in a manner that is degrading the land resource. In particular, the soil function and ecosystem biodiversity,” Teague tells AFN.
Cannabis crop science and growing practices are decades behind almost every other cultivated crop.
Manure is considered an inconvenient byproduct by many, but Crena Resources sees it is pure gold in the battle to achieve more sustainability in agriculture.
Vestaron wants farmers to know that its peptide-based products are different from existing microbial products, offering more consistent efficacy with the same environmental benefits.
Indigo Agriculture has unveiled its latest initiative, and it’s the most ambitious yet; the Boston-based agtech startup wants to reverse climate change.
Smoke & mirrors, not worth the extra cost: 50 US farmers speak out on carbon markets