French insect ag pioneer Ÿnsect has received an offer from an undisclosed party for its pilot plant in Dole...
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[Disclosure: AgFunderNews’ parent company is AgFunder.] Agrifoodtech investment in developing markets reached $3.7 billion in 2024, surging...
What prompts a doctor to turn to become a VC? For Dr. Amy Godfrey, it was witnessing...
Agrifoodtech investment grew sharply in India, Mexico, Vietnam and some other developing markets in 2024 against a...
Eat Just—the US market leader in plant-based egg alternatives—has struck a deal with UK-based Vegan Food Group...
Guest article: Farming is no longer ‘old-school.’ It’s the ultimate testbed for AI innovation.
Guest article: Farming is no longer ‘old-school.’ It’s the ultimate testbed for AI innovation.
Tim Bucher is the cofounder and CEO of Agtonomy, a California-based, software, services and technology company enabling autonomy...
Blocking federal funding for R&D projects mentioning ‘climate change,’ ‘greenhouse gas emissions,’ and related terms “would directly...
Rather than controlling cell function by adding expensive growth factors or other molecules to cell culture media...
The self-affirmed GRAS (Generally Recognized as Safe) process is flawed, says a new white paper from the...
It’s fair to say that investor sentiment in foodtech has soured somewhat in recent years, but specialist...
This week, salmon-farming startup First Water raised $43 million, while precision fermentation company INTAKE closed a $9.2million...
In 2021, chemical engineer and engineering consultant Dave Humbird PhD published a widely-publicized techno-economic analysis (TEA) concluding that cultivated...
[Disclosure: AgFunderNews’ parent company is AgFunder.] Like most regions of the world, East Asia’s agrifoodtech industry suffered...
The bulk of startups in any new industry will fail, but foodtech really stands out as a...
A large number of European landowners would participate in afforestation projects—those that establish new forests on land...
Nematode communities have been trusted indicators of soil health for decades, but the process of identifying types...
Fungi fermentation specialist MycoTechnology has discontinued its fermented plant proteins and shelved plans to produce a fungi-based...
As markets roil amid a trade war triggered by President Trump, agrifoodtech investors say portfolio companies should...
Johan Jörgensen is the founder of Sweden Foodtech, a leading think tank on the future of food. The views expressed...
Tensorfield Agriculture is pioneering the commercial adoption of thermal micro-jetting for weed control and thinning in vegetable crops....