The AgriFood News Aggregator features headlines from around the globe collected on AgFunder’s news sharing platform #feedit each week. Have news to share? Post it here and engage, share, and debate with your peers.
AgriFood Industry News
Farmer Group Starts Partnership to Lure More Growers to Organic – Bloomberg
This Agriculture Giant Is Bringing in the Drones to Modernize Farming From Cornfields to Vineyards – Fortune
Deere Legal battle highlights race for $240 billion farm tech market – Bloomberg
Britain’s Robot Grocer Is Coming to the U.S. – Bloomberg
Costco signs on with coating company that makes produce last twice as long – The Hustle
One year later, has Amazon become the grocery disruptor everyone feared? – Food Dive
Nestle planting seeds in new frozen food brands – Food Business News
Global Agricultural Drones Market to Grow 18%, 2018-2026 – PR
AgriFood & Tech Commentary
Making buildings, cars and planes from materials based on plant fibres – The Economist
The Robot Farm is Here – Bloomberg
This Scrappy Startup Wants To Save Family Farms. But Big Ag Is Fighting Back – Forbes
The Collapse of a $40 Million Nutrition Science Crusade – WIRED
Launching A Food or Beverage Business In This City Can Help Determine Its Success – Forbes
Are Your Plants Misbehaving? Call a Robotanist – ACM
Meat 2.0? Clean meat? Spat shows the power of food wording – SFGate
Making Rain Forecasts More Accurate – Farm Journal AgTech
Fruits, vegetables and artificial intelligence: a revolution underway – Agroop
Ancient agricultural activity caused lasting environmental changes – Science Daily
Facing NZ’s farming future with confidence – Callaghan Innovation
AgriFood Tech Venture News
Agtech startup AgBiome lands multi-year Gates Foundation grant for crop project – PR
KnipBio Awarded SBIR Phase I Grant to Investigate Effect of Dietary Components on Fish Health – PR
Urban Agriculture Startup Gotham Greens Closes $29 Million Round of Funding – Fortune
Veteran Tesla Engineer Leaving For Greener Pastures: AgTech Startup Plenty – Forbes
Farmdrop picks up £10M Series B – Tech Crunch
AgriFood Policy News
UN experts denounce ‘myth’ pesticides are necessary to feed the world – The Guardian
How The FCC Plans To Heal Rural America’s Broadband Blister – Farm Journal AgTech
Vote on farm bill too close to call – Politico
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