Brief: Nestlé aims to transition 100,000 acres of its wheat supply chain to regen ag
July 18, 2023
Nestlé is partnering with ADM and Ardent Mills for the initiative, two key wheat suppliers for the DiGiorno brand.
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Why Patagonia Provisions bought Moonshot: ‘It’s the best impact story of a food business I’ve ever come across’
March 9, 2023
Patagonia Provisions “fell in love” with Moonshot’s business, which is built around the concept of shorter supply chains and more traceable ingredients.
Startups and scientists weigh in on future of vertical farming: “A lot of it is still a DIY hobby industry right now”
January 26, 2023
As many in the vertical farming industry struggle, tech companies, growers and academics weigh in on what must happen next in order to progress.
Meet the founder: Maarten Vandecruys talks wheat on Mars, food waste & challenging the CEA status quo
December 16, 2022
From space bakeries to bioreactors, here’s what excites Urban Crop Solutions’ founder Maarten Vandecruys about controlled environment agriculture.
Infarm’s indoor wheat suggests we re-examine the realities of vertically-farmed commodities
November 15, 2022
War and supply chain issues make indoor wheat an attractive concept. Can the vertical farming industry manage to grow that crop at scale?
It’s time for a Marshall Plan for food
October 25, 2022
Redrawing the rules of the food system could support close to 50 billion people globally and upend the geopolitical side effects of the Green Revolution.
BREAKING: Biologicals startup Puna Bio lands $3.7m to fight climate change with ‘extreme bacteria’
September 1, 2022
Puna Bio will launch its seed treatment that leverages the power of extremophiles — bacteria that can make plants more resilient to extreme conditions.
Brief: Ukraine conflict puts food security at risk for 3% of global population, says McKinsey
August 17, 2022
War, climatic events, and supply chain strains are putting millions of tons of grain and roughly 1.4 billion people in vulnerable countries at risk.
Stuck for holiday gift ideas? How about … a chocolate bar-sized wheat DNA sequencer!
December 23, 2019
If you’re still on the lookout for agtech-themed holiday gifts, here’s a suggestion: How about a chocolate bar-sized portable DNA sequencer that accurately and quickly diagnoses wheat viruses? (More gift ideas welcome, by the way!)
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