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 Tech Venture News
S2G Ventures Announces New Advisory Board Members – PR
E. Coli Outbreak Prompts SafeTraces To Launch Rapid On-Site Test – PR
Gotham Greens plans a new farm at site of former steel mill – Technical.ly
TerrAvion and Cerra Announce Analytical Offering – PR
Ireland establishes Food Tech cluster as part of €26.75m in technology funding – PR
Hebrew University’s Yissum launches ag-tech accelerator – PR
Future Food Asia Award Selects 2018 Finalists – PR
Heliponix putting computer-controlled ‘greenhouses’ in kitchens – PR
AgriFood Industry News
Bayer announces Executive Leadership Team for new Crop Science division – PR
Dangerous E. coli outbreak tied to romaine lettuce spreads – CNN
Report: American Farms Are Under Threat – Farmland.org
Meat is crucial to balanced diet, Michael Gove tells farmers – The Guardian
House Ag Members Highlight the Importance of Work in Lifting SNAP Recipients Out of Poverty – YouTube
AgriFood & Tech Commentary
Beyond Bitcoin: How blockchain will transform agriculture – Agroop
The direction of smart automation – Analytics Magazine
To Innovate Like a Startup, Make Decisions Like VCs Do – Harvard Business Review
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