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BILL GATES TELLS REDDIT WHY HE'S BOUGHT SO MUCH FARMLAND Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates responded to questions about his farmland investments during an ‘Ask Me Anything’ (AMA) session on social media platform Reddit this weekend.. It’s the first time Gates has publicly commented on land purchases made by entities associated with him and his wife Melinda since they were named as the top private owners of US CARGILL RESTRUCTURES CORPORATE VENTURE GROUP INTO NEWLY US agrifood giant Cargill has recreated Cargill Ventures, a dedicated VC unit to lead its startup investment activities.. A few years ago, Cargill decided to change the way it interacted with startups and invested in them, preferring a decentralized approach which saw separate business units engage in external innovation endeavors. SYSCO, CARGILL INVEST $5M FOR SUSTAINABLE GRAZING IN THE Sysco and Cargill have announced a new project in partnership with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) that will invest a total of $5 million to support ranchers in the Southern Great Plains with the implementation of sustainable grazing practices.. The Southern Great Plains, which touches Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Kansas, and Colorado, is home to 30% of beef production in AGTECH CVC: ADM VENTURES ON THE MANY WAYS CORPORATIONS CAN Victoria de la Huerga knows a thing or two about transitioning from life at a young company to a corporate career. She held various strategic roles at natural ingredients company WILD Flavors before it was acquired by Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM) in 2014. Two years later, de la Huerga was made vice president of the U.S. agrifood giant’s venture investing group, ADM Ventures. AGTECH CVC: FMC VENTURES ON LAUNCHING A CORPORATE VENTURE Philadelphia-based FMC Corporation has been in the agri-chemicals game for nearly 140 years. It has been in the venture investing business for less than one. Last year, FMC recruited a team of three, including venture professional Amar Singh, to build out an investment strategy in an agrifoodtech venture ecosystem that includes most of FMC’s peers and competitors. 2020 PREDICTIONS FROM AGRIFOODTECH'S LEADING VCS What a decade it's been for the advancement of the food and agriculture industries! It was a decade spent catching up with other industries in the technological revolution. What's in store for 2020? Five of the industry's leading investors tell AFN. THE ECONOMICS OF VERTICAL & GREENHOUSE FARMING ARE GETTING In February 2019, I published an article comparing the cost of growing and delivering greens on a conventional farm, to growing them in a container farm. My conclusion was that the consumer can get both a hyper-local and superior product from a container farm. However, it will be approximately 10 times more costly to grow and deliver. Unless the industry can change the consumer mindset to pay WILL MEAL KITS MAKE IT TO THE 10-YEAR MARK? Editor’s Note: This article was written before the full extent of the coronavirus was felt in the US, leading to a well-documented jump in demand for food delivery services, including meal kits, and based on data collected in 2019. AFN - FOODTECH, AGTECH, STARTUPS, VENTURE CAPITALFOODTECHAGTECHINVESTMENTINDUSTRYRESEARCHOPINION Reporting from the frontlines of the food revolution where foodtech startups, entrepreneurs, and venture capital investors are transforming the industry. 8 STARTUPS RESHAPING THE GLOBAL FOOD SYSTEM Editor’s note: This post is part of a collaboration with F&A Next, an AgFunder Network Partner.F&A Next was founded by Anterra Capital, StartLife, Rabobank, and Wageningen University & Research. F&A Next is a platform dedicated to connecting food and agriculture startups to investors, serving as a springboard to greater innovation and a betterdeal for all.
BILL GATES TELLS REDDIT WHY HE'S BOUGHT SO MUCH FARMLAND Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates responded to questions about his farmland investments during an ‘Ask Me Anything’ (AMA) session on social media platform Reddit this weekend.. It’s the first time Gates has publicly commented on land purchases made by entities associated with him and his wife Melinda since they were named as the top private owners of US CARGILL RESTRUCTURES CORPORATE VENTURE GROUP INTO NEWLY US agrifood giant Cargill has recreated Cargill Ventures, a dedicated VC unit to lead its startup investment activities.. A few years ago, Cargill decided to change the way it interacted with startups and invested in them, preferring a decentralized approach which saw separate business units engage in external innovation endeavors. SYSCO, CARGILL INVEST $5M FOR SUSTAINABLE GRAZING IN THE Sysco and Cargill have announced a new project in partnership with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) that will invest a total of $5 million to support ranchers in the Southern Great Plains with the implementation of sustainable grazing practices.. The Southern Great Plains, which touches Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Kansas, and Colorado, is home to 30% of beef production in AGTECH CVC: ADM VENTURES ON THE MANY WAYS CORPORATIONS CAN Victoria de la Huerga knows a thing or two about transitioning from life at a young company to a corporate career. She held various strategic roles at natural ingredients company WILD Flavors before it was acquired by Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM) in 2014. Two years later, de la Huerga was made vice president of the U.S. agrifood giant’s venture investing group, ADM Ventures. AGTECH CVC: FMC VENTURES ON LAUNCHING A CORPORATE VENTURE Philadelphia-based FMC Corporation has been in the agri-chemicals game for nearly 140 years. It has been in the venture investing business for less than one. Last year, FMC recruited a team of three, including venture professional Amar Singh, to build out an investment strategy in an agrifoodtech venture ecosystem that includes most of FMC’s peers and competitors. 2020 PREDICTIONS FROM AGRIFOODTECH'S LEADING VCS What a decade it's been for the advancement of the food and agriculture industries! It was a decade spent catching up with other industries in the technological revolution. What's in store for 2020? Five of the industry's leading investors tell AFN. THE ECONOMICS OF VERTICAL & GREENHOUSE FARMING ARE GETTING In February 2019, I published an article comparing the cost of growing and delivering greens on a conventional farm, to growing them in a container farm. My conclusion was that the consumer can get both a hyper-local and superior product from a container farm. However, it will be approximately 10 times more costly to grow and deliver. Unless the industry can change the consumer mindset to pay WILL MEAL KITS MAKE IT TO THE 10-YEAR MARK? Editor’s Note: This article was written before the full extent of the coronavirus was felt in the US, leading to a well-documented jump in demand for food delivery services, including meal kits, and based on data collected in 2019. TERRACLEAR RAISES $25M TO HELP FARMERS GET ROCKS OUT OF 4 hours ago · Rocks may seem like the least of farmers’ worries. But for some, they can create serious challenges around planting and harvesting. Medium to large farms incur costs of anywhere from $5,000 to $150,000 annually due to problems and damage caused by rocks, according to US startup TerraClear. “The vast majority of farm ground is between eight to 12 inches deep. CHINESE E-GROCERY GIANTS DINGDONG, MISSFRESH FILE FOR US IPOS 9 hours ago · Dingdong Maicai, an e-commerce platform selling fresh produce in China, has filed to go public on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol ‘DDL.’; Meanwhile, its Beijing-based competitor Missfresh has also filed for a US IPO, aiming for a listing on the Nasdaq under the symbol ‘MF.’; Missfresh reported revenue of $935 million for 2020, with a $252 million net loss. NORTH AMERICA'S INDOOR FARMS TO ADD 500-PLUS ACRES OVER Indoor farming analytics provider Artemis has just released its annual State of Indoor Farming report, which reflects a survey of 205 enterprise horticulture facilities across the US and Canada.Put together in partnership with research firm Startle, the report’s goal is to assess where the region’s industry is today – as well as giving growers a voice around the latest trends, challenges GELTOR DEBUTS 'WORLD'S FIRST' VEGAN COLLAGEN FOR FOOD US “designer protein” startup Geltor has debuted what it describes as the world’s first real vegan collagen for the food and beverage industry.; Bay Area-based Geltor claims that the product, PrimaColl, is different from plant-based ‘collagen builder’ or ‘collagen booster’ formulations on the market because it’s an exact match to the bioactive amino acid core of Type XXI collagen. JBS PAYS $11M CRYPTOCURRENCY RANSOM TO CYBERATTACKERS 1 day ago · The US unit of JBS, the world’s biggest meat processing firm, has paid the equivalent of $11 million in cryptocurrency — reportedly bitcoin — to a group who hacked its IT infrastructure last week.; The ransomware attack brought JBS’s animal slaughtering operations in Australia and North America to a halt for at least a day, leading to the prospect of severe disruptionto global food
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Both companies source fresh produce from farmers and agribusinesses and deliver it to consumers, who can order groceries through a mobileapp
CARGILL CEO SAYS PLANT-BASED WILL 'CANNIBALIZE' PROTEIN Cargill CEO Dave MacLennan has said that his company is preparing for a big shake-up in its business over the next few years, as consumer demand for the new generation of plant-based protein products eats into market share for meat from slaughtered animals. “Our analysis is that in three to four years, plant-based will be perhaps 10% of the market,” he said at a conference held by THE ECONOMICS OF VERTICAL & GREENHOUSE FARMING ARE GETTING In February 2019, I published an article comparing the cost of growing and delivering greens on a conventional farm, to growing them in a container farm. My conclusion was that the consumer can get both a hyper-local and superior product from a container farm. However, it will be approximately 10 times more costly to grow and deliver. Unless the industry can change the consumer mindset to pay JBS PAYS $409M FOR PLANT-BASED PROTEIN MAKER VIVERA JBS, the world’s biggest meat processor, has agreed to acquire Netherlands plant-based protein brand Vivera in a deal worth €341 million ($409 million).. The Brazilian meat firm said the acquisition “strengthens and boosts” its position in the burgeoning alt-protein market by adding a brand to its existing animal-free portfolio that is “well-established in consumer preference.” CARGILL ON THE AGTECH INDUSTRY’S RELUCTANT DIGITAL SHIFT This interview is part of a series on agrifoodtech corporate VC investment strategies and insights. The series is produced in collaboration with the OnRamp Agriculture Conference, which brings together the agriculture and food industries’ leading corporations, investors, and startups to highlight innovations disrupting agriculture and the future of food. AFN - FOODTECH, AGTECH, STARTUPS, VENTURE CAPITALFOODTECHAGTECHINVESTMENTINDUSTRYRESEARCHOPINION Reporting from the frontlines of the food revolution where foodtech startups, entrepreneurs, and venture capital investors are transforming the industry. 8 STARTUPS RESHAPING THE GLOBAL FOOD SYSTEM Editor’s note: This post is part of a collaboration with F&A Next, an AgFunder Network Partner.F&A Next was founded by Anterra Capital, StartLife, Rabobank, and Wageningen University & Research. F&A Next is a platform dedicated to connecting food and agriculture startups to investors, serving as a springboard to greater innovation and a betterdeal for all.
BILL GATES TELLS REDDIT WHY HE'S BOUGHT SO MUCH FARMLAND Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates responded to questions about his farmland investments during an ‘Ask Me Anything’ (AMA) session on social media platform Reddit this weekend.. It’s the first time Gates has publicly commented on land purchases made by entities associated with him and his wife Melinda since they were named as the top private owners of US CARGILL RESTRUCTURES CORPORATE VENTURE GROUP INTO NEWLY US agrifood giant Cargill has recreated Cargill Ventures, a dedicated VC unit to lead its startup investment activities.. A few years ago, Cargill decided to change the way it interacted with startups and invested in them, preferring a decentralized approach which saw separate business units engage in external innovation endeavors. SYSCO, CARGILL INVEST $5M FOR SUSTAINABLE GRAZING IN THE Sysco and Cargill have announced a new project in partnership with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) that will invest a total of $5 million to support ranchers in the Southern Great Plains with the implementation of sustainable grazing practices.. The Southern Great Plains, which touches Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Kansas, and Colorado, is home to 30% of beef production in AGTECH CVC: FMC VENTURES ON LAUNCHING A CORPORATE VENTURE Philadelphia-based FMC Corporation has been in the agri-chemicals game for nearly 140 years. It has been in the venture investing business for less than one. Last year, FMC recruited a team of three, including venture professional Amar Singh, to build out an investment strategy in an agrifoodtech venture ecosystem that includes most of FMC’s peers and competitors. 2020 PREDICTIONS FROM AGRIFOODTECH'S LEADING VCS What a decade it's been for the advancement of the food and agriculture industries! It was a decade spent catching up with other industries in the technological revolution. What's in store for 2020? Five of the industry's leading investors tell AFN. WHO ARE THE MOST ACTIVE AGRIFOOD TECH INVESTORS While still a niche corner of the overall venture capital industry, investment in AgriFood Tech startups has grown exponentially since 2012, reaching $17 billion in 2018, according to our research. AgriFood Tech encompasses all foodtech and agtech startups operating across the food supply chain, aiming to make it healthier, more sustainable, transparent, agile, and able to respond more quickly THE ECONOMICS OF VERTICAL & GREENHOUSE FARMING ARE GETTING In February 2019, I published an article comparing the cost of growing and delivering greens on a conventional farm, to growing them in a container farm. My conclusion was that the consumer can get both a hyper-local and superior product from a container farm. However, it will be approximately 10 times more costly to grow and deliver. Unless the industry can change the consumer mindset to pay WILL MEAL KITS MAKE IT TO THE 10-YEAR MARK? Editor’s Note: This article was written before the full extent of the coronavirus was felt in the US, leading to a well-documented jump in demand for food delivery services, including meal kits, and based on data collected in 2019. AFN - FOODTECH, AGTECH, STARTUPS, VENTURE CAPITALFOODTECHAGTECHINVESTMENTINDUSTRYRESEARCHOPINION Reporting from the frontlines of the food revolution where foodtech startups, entrepreneurs, and venture capital investors are transforming the industry. 8 STARTUPS RESHAPING THE GLOBAL FOOD SYSTEM Editor’s note: This post is part of a collaboration with F&A Next, an AgFunder Network Partner.F&A Next was founded by Anterra Capital, StartLife, Rabobank, and Wageningen University & Research. F&A Next is a platform dedicated to connecting food and agriculture startups to investors, serving as a springboard to greater innovation and a betterdeal for all.
BILL GATES TELLS REDDIT WHY HE'S BOUGHT SO MUCH FARMLAND Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates responded to questions about his farmland investments during an ‘Ask Me Anything’ (AMA) session on social media platform Reddit this weekend.. It’s the first time Gates has publicly commented on land purchases made by entities associated with him and his wife Melinda since they were named as the top private owners of US CARGILL RESTRUCTURES CORPORATE VENTURE GROUP INTO NEWLY US agrifood giant Cargill has recreated Cargill Ventures, a dedicated VC unit to lead its startup investment activities.. A few years ago, Cargill decided to change the way it interacted with startups and invested in them, preferring a decentralized approach which saw separate business units engage in external innovation endeavors. SYSCO, CARGILL INVEST $5M FOR SUSTAINABLE GRAZING IN THE Sysco and Cargill have announced a new project in partnership with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) that will invest a total of $5 million to support ranchers in the Southern Great Plains with the implementation of sustainable grazing practices.. The Southern Great Plains, which touches Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Kansas, and Colorado, is home to 30% of beef production in AGTECH CVC: FMC VENTURES ON LAUNCHING A CORPORATE VENTURE Philadelphia-based FMC Corporation has been in the agri-chemicals game for nearly 140 years. It has been in the venture investing business for less than one. Last year, FMC recruited a team of three, including venture professional Amar Singh, to build out an investment strategy in an agrifoodtech venture ecosystem that includes most of FMC’s peers and competitors. 2020 PREDICTIONS FROM AGRIFOODTECH'S LEADING VCS What a decade it's been for the advancement of the food and agriculture industries! It was a decade spent catching up with other industries in the technological revolution. What's in store for 2020? Five of the industry's leading investors tell AFN. WHO ARE THE MOST ACTIVE AGRIFOOD TECH INVESTORS While still a niche corner of the overall venture capital industry, investment in AgriFood Tech startups has grown exponentially since 2012, reaching $17 billion in 2018, according to our research. AgriFood Tech encompasses all foodtech and agtech startups operating across the food supply chain, aiming to make it healthier, more sustainable, transparent, agile, and able to respond more quickly THE ECONOMICS OF VERTICAL & GREENHOUSE FARMING ARE GETTING In February 2019, I published an article comparing the cost of growing and delivering greens on a conventional farm, to growing them in a container farm. My conclusion was that the consumer can get both a hyper-local and superior product from a container farm. However, it will be approximately 10 times more costly to grow and deliver. Unless the industry can change the consumer mindset to pay WILL MEAL KITS MAKE IT TO THE 10-YEAR MARK? Editor’s Note: This article was written before the full extent of the coronavirus was felt in the US, leading to a well-documented jump in demand for food delivery services, including meal kits, and based on data collected in 2019. JBS PAYS $11M CRYPTOCURRENCY RANSOM TO CYBERATTACKERS 18 hours ago · The US unit of JBS, the world’s biggest meat processing firm, has paid the equivalent of $11 million in cryptocurrency — reportedly bitcoin — to a group who hacked its IT infrastructure last week.; The ransomware attack brought JBS’s animal slaughtering operations in Australia and North America to a halt for at least a day, leading to the prospect of severe disruptionto global food
MOVE OVER LEAFY GREENS: SEEDO CORP IS CULTIVATING SAFFRON 21 hours ago · Often said to be more valuable than gold, saffron is one of the most expensive spices in the world.Comprising the dried stigma and styles of the Crocus sativus flower, it can sell at over $500 per ounce at times – while the global saffron market was valued at $881.7 million in 2019. There’s a black market for fake saffron, too, where spice hustlers attempt to pass off everything from corn GELTOR DEBUTS 'WORLD'S FIRST' VEGAN COLLAGEN FOR FOOD US “designer protein” startup Geltor has debuted what it describes as the world’s first real vegan collagen for the food and beverage industry.; Bay Area-based Geltor claims that the product, PrimaColl, is different from plant-based ‘collagen builder’ or ‘collagen booster’ formulations on the market because it’s an exact match to the bioactive amino acid core of Type XXI collagen. NORTH AMERICA'S INDOOR FARMS TO ADD 500-PLUS ACRES OVER Indoor farming analytics provider Artemis has just released its annual State of Indoor Farming report, which reflects a survey of 205 enterprise horticulture facilities across the US and Canada.Put together in partnership with research firm Startle, the report’s goal is to assess where the region’s industry is today – as well as giving growers a voice around the latest trends, challenges MEAT PROCESSING ARCHIVES The world’s biggest meat packer said that “preliminary investigation results confirm that no company, customer, or employee data was compromised CARGILL CEO SAYS PLANT-BASED WILL 'CANNIBALIZE' PROTEIN 1 day ago · Cargill CEO Dave MacLennan has said that his company is preparing for a big shake-up in its business over the next few years, as consumer demand for the new generation of plant-based protein products eats into market share for meat from slaughtered animals. “Our analysis is that in three to four years, plant-based will be perhaps 10% of the market,” he said at a conference held by 8 STARTUPS RESHAPING THE GLOBAL FOOD SYSTEM Editor’s note: This post is part of a collaboration with F&A Next, an AgFunder Network Partner.F&A Next was founded by Anterra Capital, StartLife, Rabobank, and Wageningen University & Research. F&A Next is a platform dedicated to connecting food and agriculture startups to investors, serving as a springboard to greater innovation and a betterdeal for all.
FOOD SUPPLY CHAIN TECH MARKET MAP & PREDICTIONS FOR 2021 Navigating the food supply chain tech landscape: A primer ‘Food Supply Chain Tech’ here generally refers to the technologies that enable the processes and movement occuring between the farm gate and the loading dock or back door of the grocery retailer or foodservice provider. Integrated livestock tech solutions are a key enabler of end-to-end production and processing visibility in theSAFFRON ARCHIVES
The Israeli company wants to make saffron more accessible and affordable by growing the spice – which is more expensive than gold – indoors with the assistance of technology STARTUP COMPETITION ARCHIVES Grow-NY is accepting applications for Round III of its competition for agrifood startups until July 15 AFN - FOODTECH, AGTECH, STARTUPS, VENTURE CAPITALFOODTECHAGTECHINVESTMENTINDUSTRYRESEARCHOPINION Quorn maker closes slightly down after $1bn market debut; plots US expansion. June 1, 2021. Jack Ellis. Monde Nissin raised just over $1 billion in its Philippines IPO – and is earmarking much of it for expansion in the US. BILL GATES TELLS REDDIT WHY HE'S BOUGHT SO MUCH FARMLAND Responding to the question, “Hey Bill! Why are you buying so much farmland?” posed by one Reddit user, Gates indicated that seed science and biofuel development were major drivers of the acquisitions. “My investment group chose to do this. It is not connected to climate,” he wrote. “The agriculture sector isimportant.
SYSCO, CARGILL INVEST $5M FOR SUSTAINABLE GRAZING IN THE Sysco and Cargill have announced a new project in partnership with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) that will invest a total of $5 million to support ranchers in the Southern Great Plains with the implementation of sustainable grazing practices.. The Southern Great Plains, which touches Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Kansas, and Colorado, is home to 30% of beef production in AGTECH CVC: FMC VENTURES ON LAUNCHING A CORPORATE VENTURE Philadelphia-based FMC Corporation has been in the agri-chemicals game for nearly 140 years. It has been in the venture investing business for less than one. Last year, FMC recruited a team of three, including venture professional Amar Singh, to build out an investment strategy in an agrifoodtech venture ecosystem that includes most of FMC’s peers and competitors. TESCO BRAND BOWS OUT OF ASIA AFTER THAI FOOD GIANT'S $10BN The last visible vestiges of Tesco‘s Asian retail operations are set to disappear as Malaysian and Thai stores carrying the UK company’s name undergo a rebrand.; Bangkok-based Charoen Pokphand Group (CP), one of the world’s biggest agrifood players, is renaming former Tesco outlets following its $10.6 billion buyout of the UK retail giant’s operations in the two territories last year. CARGILL ON THE AGTECH INDUSTRY’S RELUCTANT DIGITAL SHIFT This interview is part of a series on agrifoodtech corporate VC investment strategies and insights. The series is produced in collaboration with the OnRamp Agriculture Conference, which brings together the agriculture and food industries’ leading corporations, investors, and startups to highlight innovations disrupting agriculture and the future of food. ASIA'S FOOD TRENDS FOR 2021: PLANT-BASED, PROTEIN-RICH New research from Ai Palette, a startup using artificial intelligence to keep track of consumer food preferences, has pinpointed what may be the hottest food trends in Asian markets next year. . 2020 has been, to say the very least, a mentally exhausting year for pretty much everyone on the planet. 2020 PREDICTIONS FROM AGRIFOODTECH'S LEADING VCS What a decade it's been for the advancement of the food and agriculture industries! It was a decade spent catching up with other industries in the technological revolution. What's in store for 2020? Five of the industry's leading investors tell AFN. WILL MEAL KITS MAKE IT TO THE 10-YEAR MARK? The value of the online grocery market also doubled between 2018 and 2018 from $12 billion to $26 billion, and many online grocers offer both prepared meals and meal kit options, potentially taking some demand away from dedicated meal kits with a one-stop shop. Walmart is dominating the online grocery game as it competes with e-commercetitan
THE ECONOMICS OF VERTICAL & GREENHOUSE FARMING ARE GETTING Growing Costs ($1.57 / lb): In the case of the greenhouse above, the growing costs included $1.10 per pound of people costs and all other costs were $0.42 per pound. I assumed that all other costs were $0.42 per pound, whether in a greenhouse of vertical farm. Some may argue the costs of power are more in a vertical farm, as there is no natural AFN - FOODTECH, AGTECH, STARTUPS, VENTURE CAPITALFOODTECHAGTECHINVESTMENTINDUSTRYRESEARCHOPINION Quorn maker closes slightly down after $1bn market debut; plots US expansion. June 1, 2021. Jack Ellis. Monde Nissin raised just over $1 billion in its Philippines IPO – and is earmarking much of it for expansion in the US. BILL GATES TELLS REDDIT WHY HE'S BOUGHT SO MUCH FARMLAND Responding to the question, “Hey Bill! Why are you buying so much farmland?” posed by one Reddit user, Gates indicated that seed science and biofuel development were major drivers of the acquisitions. “My investment group chose to do this. It is not connected to climate,” he wrote. “The agriculture sector isimportant.
SYSCO, CARGILL INVEST $5M FOR SUSTAINABLE GRAZING IN THE Sysco and Cargill have announced a new project in partnership with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) that will invest a total of $5 million to support ranchers in the Southern Great Plains with the implementation of sustainable grazing practices.. The Southern Great Plains, which touches Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Kansas, and Colorado, is home to 30% of beef production in AGTECH CVC: FMC VENTURES ON LAUNCHING A CORPORATE VENTURE Philadelphia-based FMC Corporation has been in the agri-chemicals game for nearly 140 years. It has been in the venture investing business for less than one. Last year, FMC recruited a team of three, including venture professional Amar Singh, to build out an investment strategy in an agrifoodtech venture ecosystem that includes most of FMC’s peers and competitors. TESCO BRAND BOWS OUT OF ASIA AFTER THAI FOOD GIANT'S $10BN The last visible vestiges of Tesco‘s Asian retail operations are set to disappear as Malaysian and Thai stores carrying the UK company’s name undergo a rebrand.; Bangkok-based Charoen Pokphand Group (CP), one of the world’s biggest agrifood players, is renaming former Tesco outlets following its $10.6 billion buyout of the UK retail giant’s operations in the two territories last year. CARGILL ON THE AGTECH INDUSTRY’S RELUCTANT DIGITAL SHIFT This interview is part of a series on agrifoodtech corporate VC investment strategies and insights. The series is produced in collaboration with the OnRamp Agriculture Conference, which brings together the agriculture and food industries’ leading corporations, investors, and startups to highlight innovations disrupting agriculture and the future of food. ASIA'S FOOD TRENDS FOR 2021: PLANT-BASED, PROTEIN-RICH New research from Ai Palette, a startup using artificial intelligence to keep track of consumer food preferences, has pinpointed what may be the hottest food trends in Asian markets next year. . 2020 has been, to say the very least, a mentally exhausting year for pretty much everyone on the planet. 2020 PREDICTIONS FROM AGRIFOODTECH'S LEADING VCS What a decade it's been for the advancement of the food and agriculture industries! It was a decade spent catching up with other industries in the technological revolution. What's in store for 2020? Five of the industry's leading investors tell AFN. WILL MEAL KITS MAKE IT TO THE 10-YEAR MARK? The value of the online grocery market also doubled between 2018 and 2018 from $12 billion to $26 billion, and many online grocers offer both prepared meals and meal kit options, potentially taking some demand away from dedicated meal kits with a one-stop shop. Walmart is dominating the online grocery game as it competes with e-commercetitan
THE ECONOMICS OF VERTICAL & GREENHOUSE FARMING ARE GETTING Growing Costs ($1.57 / lb): In the case of the greenhouse above, the growing costs included $1.10 per pound of people costs and all other costs were $0.42 per pound. I assumed that all other costs were $0.42 per pound, whether in a greenhouse of vertical farm. Some may argue the costs of power are more in a vertical farm, as there is no natural JBS PAYS $11M CRYPTOCURRENCY RANSOM TO CYBERATTACKERS 3 hours ago · The US unit of JBS, the world’s biggest meat processing firm, has paid the equivalent of $11 million in cryptocurrency — reportedly bitcoin — to a group who hacked its IT infrastructure last week.; The ransomware attack brought JBS’s animal slaughtering operations in Australia and North America to a halt for at least a day, leading to the prospect of severe disruptionto global food
SENTERA CLOSES $25M SERIES C ROUND TO SCALE ITS DIGITAL AG 22 hours ago · Disclosure: AgFunder (AFN’s parent company) is an investor in Sentera.Find out more about AgFunder’s portfolio here.. Sentera today announced a $26 million Series C financing co-led by Canadian pension fund manager Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and US agrifoodtech VC S2G Ventures.. Also joining the round were new investors Baltimore-based Akroyd LLC and Mexico City MOVE OVER LEAFY GREENS: SEEDO CORP IS CULTIVATING SAFFRON 6 hours ago · Often said to be more valuable than gold, saffron is one of the most expensive spices in the world.Comprising the dried stigma and styles of the Crocus sativus flower, it can sell at over $500 per ounce at times – while the global saffron market was valued at $881.7 million in 2019. There’s a black market for fake saffron, too, where spice hustlers attempt to pass off everything from corn GELTOR DEBUTS 'WORLD'S FIRST' VEGAN COLLAGEN FOR FOOD 1 day ago · US “designer protein” startup Geltor has debuted what it describes as the world’s first real vegan collagen for the food and beverage industry.; Bay Area-based Geltor claims that the product, PrimaColl, is different from plant-based ‘collagen builder’ or ‘collagen booster’ formulations on the market because it’s an exact match to the bioactive amino acid core of TypeXXI collagen.
MEAT PROCESSING ARCHIVES The world’s biggest meat packer said that “preliminary investigation results confirm that no company, customer, or employee data was compromised ASIA'S FOOD TRENDS FOR 2021: PLANT-BASED, PROTEIN-RICH New research from Ai Palette, a startup using artificial intelligence to keep track of consumer food preferences, has pinpointed what may be the hottest food trends in Asian markets next year. . 2020 has been, to say the very least, a mentally exhausting year for pretty much everyone on the planet. VOLTA GREENTECH RAISES $2M TO GROW LIVESTOCK SEAWEED 1 day ago · Whether due to its sustainability credentials or its ability to regulate methane emissions, algae is often heralded as a way of mitigating the environmental impacts of cattle farming by using it in feed.. Sweden’s Volta Greentech believes that it has cracked the seaweed supplement question thanks to a special variety of the green stuff. “The specific strain that we’re using has never CARGILL CEO SAYS PLANT-BASED WILL 'CANNIBALIZE' PROTEIN 1 day ago · Cargill CEO Dave MacLennan has said that his company is preparing for a big shake-up in its business over the next few years, as consumer demand for the new generation of plant-based protein products eats into market share for meat from slaughtered animals. “Our analysis is that in three to four years, plant-based will be perhaps 10% of the market,” he said at a conference held bySAFFRON ARCHIVES
The Israeli company wants to make saffron more accessible and affordable by growing the spice – which is more expensive than gold – indoors with the assistance of technology NORTH AMERICA'S INDOOR FARMS TO ADD 500-PLUS ACRES OVER Indoor farming analytics provider Artemis has just released its annual State of Indoor Farming report, which reflects a survey of 205 enterprise horticulture facilities across the US and Canada.Put together in partnership with research firm Startle, the report’s goal is to assess where the region’s industry is today – as well as giving growers a voice around the latest trends, challenges AFN - FOODTECH, AGTECH, STARTUPS, VENTURE CAPITALFOODTECHAGTECHINVESTMENTINDUSTRYRESEARCHOPINION Quorn maker closes slightly down after $1bn market debut; plots US expansion. June 1, 2021. Jack Ellis. Monde Nissin raised just over $1 billion in its Philippines IPO – and is earmarking much of it for expansion in the US. SYSCO, CARGILL INVEST $5M FOR SUSTAINABLE GRAZING IN THE Sysco and Cargill have announced a new project in partnership with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) that will invest a total of $5 million to support ranchers in the Southern Great Plains with the implementation of sustainable grazing practices.. The Southern Great Plains, which touches Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Kansas, and Colorado, is home to 30% of beef production in HARVESTING ROBOT STARTUP TORTUGA RAISES $20M TO BUILD The $20 million in new capital will be used for a variety of goals including building hundreds of robots to deploy in 2022. Some of the funding will also go towards building out the operating model and making sure there are enough employees to operate the robot fleets. Tortuga currently offers its technology through a robots-as-a-servicemodel
WILL MEAL KITS MAKE IT TO THE 10-YEAR MARK? The value of the online grocery market also doubled between 2018 and 2018 from $12 billion to $26 billion, and many online grocers offer both prepared meals and meal kit options, potentially taking some demand away from dedicated meal kits with a one-stop shop. Walmart is dominating the online grocery game as it competes with e-commercetitan
2020 PREDICTIONS FROM AGRIFOODTECH'S LEADING VCS Expect to see renewed interest – and investment – in this space in 2020. S2G plans to continue betting on the “Amazon-proof” branded perimeter – poultry, produce, dairy, etc. – vs. center store packaged products. More entrepreneurs will explore the concept of “food as medicine,” backed by scientific validation and clinicalclaims.
HOW 'TESLA OF VERTICAL FARMING' OISHII IS GROWING Indoor farming is best known for leafy greens and micro-herbs. But New York’s Oishii is hoping to blaze a new trail and sweeten up the segment. “A lot of people call strawberries the holy grail of vertical farming,” Oishii founder Hiroki Koga tells AFN.. “Strawberries are the hardest crop to grow in a vertical system and it’s been every vertical farmer’s dream to grow them. THE ECONOMICS OF VERTICAL & GREENHOUSE FARMING ARE GETTING Growing Costs ($1.57 / lb): In the case of the greenhouse above, the growing costs included $1.10 per pound of people costs and all other costs were $0.42 per pound. I assumed that all other costs were $0.42 per pound, whether in a greenhouse of vertical farm. Some may argue the costs of power are more in a vertical farm, as there is no natural TEMASEK LEADS $46M SERIES B FOR ASCUS BIO’S MICROBE-BASED The US animal health market generates around $10 billion in sales each year, according to the Animal Health Institute, and makes up roughly one-third of the global market.It is on pace to reach $73.6 billion by 2027.Although increased spending on pets has been a big driver of sales growth, an increase in meat and milk consumption globally is adding to its growth. BILL GATES TELLS REDDIT WHY HE'S BOUGHT SO MUCH FARMLAND Responding to the question, “Hey Bill! Why are you buying so much farmland?” posed by one Reddit user, Gates indicated that seed science and biofuel development were major drivers of the acquisitions. “My investment group chose to do this. It is not connected to climate,” he wrote. “The agriculture sector isimportant.
CROP PROTECTION: BIOLOGICALS VS CHEMICALS? Let’s explore some of the top reasons we’re betting on the next era of biologicals: number one is the high cost of bringing new chemicals to market. Bringing a new chemical crop protection product to market typically costs just under $300 million. In contrast, the proponents of biologicals claim to be able to bring new cropprotection
AFN - FOODTECH, AGTECH, STARTUPS, VENTURE CAPITALFOODTECHAGTECHINVESTMENTINDUSTRYRESEARCHOPINION Quorn maker closes slightly down after $1bn market debut; plots US expansion. June 1, 2021. Jack Ellis. Monde Nissin raised just over $1 billion in its Philippines IPO – and is earmarking much of it for expansion in the US. SYSCO, CARGILL INVEST $5M FOR SUSTAINABLE GRAZING IN THE Sysco and Cargill have announced a new project in partnership with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) that will invest a total of $5 million to support ranchers in the Southern Great Plains with the implementation of sustainable grazing practices.. The Southern Great Plains, which touches Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Kansas, and Colorado, is home to 30% of beef production in HARVESTING ROBOT STARTUP TORTUGA RAISES $20M TO BUILD The $20 million in new capital will be used for a variety of goals including building hundreds of robots to deploy in 2022. Some of the funding will also go towards building out the operating model and making sure there are enough employees to operate the robot fleets. Tortuga currently offers its technology through a robots-as-a-servicemodel
WILL MEAL KITS MAKE IT TO THE 10-YEAR MARK? The value of the online grocery market also doubled between 2018 and 2018 from $12 billion to $26 billion, and many online grocers offer both prepared meals and meal kit options, potentially taking some demand away from dedicated meal kits with a one-stop shop. Walmart is dominating the online grocery game as it competes with e-commercetitan
2020 PREDICTIONS FROM AGRIFOODTECH'S LEADING VCS Expect to see renewed interest – and investment – in this space in 2020. S2G plans to continue betting on the “Amazon-proof” branded perimeter – poultry, produce, dairy, etc. – vs. center store packaged products. More entrepreneurs will explore the concept of “food as medicine,” backed by scientific validation and clinicalclaims.
HOW 'TESLA OF VERTICAL FARMING' OISHII IS GROWING Indoor farming is best known for leafy greens and micro-herbs. But New York’s Oishii is hoping to blaze a new trail and sweeten up the segment. “A lot of people call strawberries the holy grail of vertical farming,” Oishii founder Hiroki Koga tells AFN.. “Strawberries are the hardest crop to grow in a vertical system and it’s been every vertical farmer’s dream to grow them. THE ECONOMICS OF VERTICAL & GREENHOUSE FARMING ARE GETTING Growing Costs ($1.57 / lb): In the case of the greenhouse above, the growing costs included $1.10 per pound of people costs and all other costs were $0.42 per pound. I assumed that all other costs were $0.42 per pound, whether in a greenhouse of vertical farm. Some may argue the costs of power are more in a vertical farm, as there is no natural TEMASEK LEADS $46M SERIES B FOR ASCUS BIO’S MICROBE-BASED The US animal health market generates around $10 billion in sales each year, according to the Animal Health Institute, and makes up roughly one-third of the global market.It is on pace to reach $73.6 billion by 2027.Although increased spending on pets has been a big driver of sales growth, an increase in meat and milk consumption globally is adding to its growth. BILL GATES TELLS REDDIT WHY HE'S BOUGHT SO MUCH FARMLAND Responding to the question, “Hey Bill! Why are you buying so much farmland?” posed by one Reddit user, Gates indicated that seed science and biofuel development were major drivers of the acquisitions. “My investment group chose to do this. It is not connected to climate,” he wrote. “The agriculture sector isimportant.
CROP PROTECTION: BIOLOGICALS VS CHEMICALS? Let’s explore some of the top reasons we’re betting on the next era of biologicals: number one is the high cost of bringing new chemicals to market. Bringing a new chemical crop protection product to market typically costs just under $300 million. In contrast, the proponents of biologicals claim to be able to bring new cropprotection
GELTOR DEBUTS 'WORLD'S FIRST' VEGAN COLLAGEN FOR FOOD 15 hours ago · US “designer protein” startup Geltor has debuted what it describes as the world’s first real vegan collagen for the food and beverage industry.; Bay Area-based Geltor claims that the product, PrimaColl, is different from plant-based ‘collagen builder’ or ‘collagen booster’ formulations on the market because it’s an exact match to the bioactive amino acid core of TypeXXI collagen.
FLOAT FOODS SCORES VC, CORPORATE FUNDING FOR PLANT-BASED 23 hours ago · Singapore’s Float Foods, which has developed a plant-based analog of whole chicken eggs, has raised S$2.2 million ($1.66 million) in seed funding.. Local VC firms DSG Consumer Partners and Insignia Ventures Partners co-led the round, with Apricot Capital, Baksh Capital, and Teja Ventures — which claims to be the first VC specifically supporting female entrepreneurs in emerging Asian SIMULATE RAISES $50M FROM OHANIAN FUND, MCCAIN FOODS FOR 15 hours ago · SIMULATE, the startup behind mail-order, plant-based ‘chicken’ nuggets brand NUGGS, has raised $50 million in Series B funding. The round was led by Seven Seven Six, the VC fund launched last year by Reddit co-founder and serial tech investor Alexis Ohanian.. Also joining the round were Day One Ventures, Imaginary Ventures, NOMO Ventures, and investor couple Chris and Crystal Sacca. HERE ARE ALLISON KOPF'S MAJOR TAKEAWAYS FROM ARTEMIS' 2020 1 day ago · If you feel like you’ve been reading about indoor farming a lot more than usual these days, you aren’t imagining things. The sector has been catching major attention recently from media, established agribusiness players, and especially investors. For Artemis founder and CEO Allison Kopf, the NORTH AMERICA'S INDOOR FARMS TO ADD 500-PLUS ACRES OVER 1 day ago · Indoor farming analytics provider Artemis has just released its annual State of Indoor Farming report, which reflects a survey of 205 enterprise horticulture facilities across the US and Canada.Put together in partnership with research firm Startle, the report’s goal is to assess where the region’s industry is today – as well as giving growers a voice around the latest trends,challenges
ARUGGA NETS $4M FOR ITS INDOOR FARM POLLINATION ROBOTS Arugga, a startup working on robotic pollination for indoor farming setups, has raised $4 million in pre-Series A funding.. The round was led by Cresson Management, with Biobest Group, Terra Venture Partners, Equicelar, and Smart Agro among the other investors to take part. The deal brings Arugga’s total funding to date to $6 million. Founded in 2017 and based in Kfar Monash, Israel, Arugga WORKPLACE MEAL ORDERING PLATFORM SHAREBITE RAISES $15M As quarantine restrictions lift, workers are gearing up to return to work. For many of them, office life will look a lot different than it did prior to the pandemic. To incentivize employees’ return to work, many employers are offering to pay for their workers’ lunch, according to Sharebite COO REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE INVESTING: 70 INVESTMENT GROUPS 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.. Readers aren’t only engaging with the subject matter — the comments boards on these MEET 5 STARTUPS THAT GRADUATED FROM KIWI ACCELERATOR SPROUT Ārepa Image credit: Ārepa. Angus Brown (AB), co-founder of Ārepa (meaning ‘alpha’ in Māori), describes the Auckland-based startup as “working at the nexus between neuroscience and food technology to create the world’s smartest food.”He tells AFN that Ārepa’s mission is to delay the onset of neurological decline through accessible, sustainably-produced food products. BILL GATES TELLS REDDIT WHY HE'S BOUGHT SO MUCH FARMLAND Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates responded to questions about his farmland investments during an ‘Ask Me Anything’ (AMA) session on social media platform Reddit this weekend.. It’s the first time Gates has publicly commented on land purchases made by entities associated with him and his wife Melinda since they were named as the top private owners of US AFN - FOODTECH, AGTECH, STARTUPS, VENTURE CAPITALFOODTECHAGTECHINVESTMENTINDUSTRYRESEARCHOPINION Quorn maker closes slightly down after $1bn market debut; plots US expansion. June 1, 2021. Jack Ellis. Monde Nissin raised just over $1 billion in its Philippines IPO – and is earmarking much of it for expansion in the US. SYSCO, CARGILL INVEST $5M FOR SUSTAINABLE GRAZING IN THE Sysco and Cargill have announced a new project in partnership with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) that will invest a total of $5 million to support ranchers in the Southern Great Plains with the implementation of sustainable grazing practices.. The Southern Great Plains, which touches Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Kansas, and Colorado, is home to 30% of beef production in HARVESTING ROBOT STARTUP TORTUGA RAISES $20M TO BUILD The $20 million in new capital will be used for a variety of goals including building hundreds of robots to deploy in 2022. Some of the funding will also go towards building out the operating model and making sure there are enough employees to operate the robot fleets. Tortuga currently offers its technology through a robots-as-a-servicemodel
WILL MEAL KITS MAKE IT TO THE 10-YEAR MARK? The value of the online grocery market also doubled between 2018 and 2018 from $12 billion to $26 billion, and many online grocers offer both prepared meals and meal kit options, potentially taking some demand away from dedicated meal kits with a one-stop shop. Walmart is dominating the online grocery game as it competes with e-commercetitan
2020 PREDICTIONS FROM AGRIFOODTECH'S LEADING VCS Expect to see renewed interest – and investment – in this space in 2020. S2G plans to continue betting on the “Amazon-proof” branded perimeter – poultry, produce, dairy, etc. – vs. center store packaged products. More entrepreneurs will explore the concept of “food as medicine,” backed by scientific validation and clinicalclaims.
HOW 'TESLA OF VERTICAL FARMING' OISHII IS GROWING Indoor farming is best known for leafy greens and micro-herbs. But New York’s Oishii is hoping to blaze a new trail and sweeten up the segment. “A lot of people call strawberries the holy grail of vertical farming,” Oishii founder Hiroki Koga tells AFN.. “Strawberries are the hardest crop to grow in a vertical system and it’s been every vertical farmer’s dream to grow them. THE ECONOMICS OF VERTICAL & GREENHOUSE FARMING ARE GETTING Growing Costs ($1.57 / lb): In the case of the greenhouse above, the growing costs included $1.10 per pound of people costs and all other costs were $0.42 per pound. I assumed that all other costs were $0.42 per pound, whether in a greenhouse of vertical farm. Some may argue the costs of power are more in a vertical farm, as there is no natural TEMASEK LEADS $46M SERIES B FOR ASCUS BIO’S MICROBE-BASED The US animal health market generates around $10 billion in sales each year, according to the Animal Health Institute, and makes up roughly one-third of the global market.It is on pace to reach $73.6 billion by 2027.Although increased spending on pets has been a big driver of sales growth, an increase in meat and milk consumption globally is adding to its growth. BILL GATES TELLS REDDIT WHY HE'S BOUGHT SO MUCH FARMLAND Responding to the question, “Hey Bill! Why are you buying so much farmland?” posed by one Reddit user, Gates indicated that seed science and biofuel development were major drivers of the acquisitions. “My investment group chose to do this. It is not connected to climate,” he wrote. “The agriculture sector isimportant.
CROP PROTECTION: BIOLOGICALS VS CHEMICALS? Let’s explore some of the top reasons we’re betting on the next era of biologicals: number one is the high cost of bringing new chemicals to market. Bringing a new chemical crop protection product to market typically costs just under $300 million. In contrast, the proponents of biologicals claim to be able to bring new cropprotection
AFN - FOODTECH, AGTECH, STARTUPS, VENTURE CAPITALFOODTECHAGTECHINVESTMENTINDUSTRYRESEARCHOPINION Quorn maker closes slightly down after $1bn market debut; plots US expansion. June 1, 2021. Jack Ellis. Monde Nissin raised just over $1 billion in its Philippines IPO – and is earmarking much of it for expansion in the US. SYSCO, CARGILL INVEST $5M FOR SUSTAINABLE GRAZING IN THE Sysco and Cargill have announced a new project in partnership with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) that will invest a total of $5 million to support ranchers in the Southern Great Plains with the implementation of sustainable grazing practices.. The Southern Great Plains, which touches Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Kansas, and Colorado, is home to 30% of beef production in HARVESTING ROBOT STARTUP TORTUGA RAISES $20M TO BUILD The $20 million in new capital will be used for a variety of goals including building hundreds of robots to deploy in 2022. Some of the funding will also go towards building out the operating model and making sure there are enough employees to operate the robot fleets. Tortuga currently offers its technology through a robots-as-a-servicemodel
WILL MEAL KITS MAKE IT TO THE 10-YEAR MARK? The value of the online grocery market also doubled between 2018 and 2018 from $12 billion to $26 billion, and many online grocers offer both prepared meals and meal kit options, potentially taking some demand away from dedicated meal kits with a one-stop shop. Walmart is dominating the online grocery game as it competes with e-commercetitan
2020 PREDICTIONS FROM AGRIFOODTECH'S LEADING VCS Expect to see renewed interest – and investment – in this space in 2020. S2G plans to continue betting on the “Amazon-proof” branded perimeter – poultry, produce, dairy, etc. – vs. center store packaged products. More entrepreneurs will explore the concept of “food as medicine,” backed by scientific validation and clinicalclaims.
HOW 'TESLA OF VERTICAL FARMING' OISHII IS GROWING Indoor farming is best known for leafy greens and micro-herbs. But New York’s Oishii is hoping to blaze a new trail and sweeten up the segment. “A lot of people call strawberries the holy grail of vertical farming,” Oishii founder Hiroki Koga tells AFN.. “Strawberries are the hardest crop to grow in a vertical system and it’s been every vertical farmer’s dream to grow them. THE ECONOMICS OF VERTICAL & GREENHOUSE FARMING ARE GETTING Growing Costs ($1.57 / lb): In the case of the greenhouse above, the growing costs included $1.10 per pound of people costs and all other costs were $0.42 per pound. I assumed that all other costs were $0.42 per pound, whether in a greenhouse of vertical farm. Some may argue the costs of power are more in a vertical farm, as there is no natural TEMASEK LEADS $46M SERIES B FOR ASCUS BIO’S MICROBE-BASED The US animal health market generates around $10 billion in sales each year, according to the Animal Health Institute, and makes up roughly one-third of the global market.It is on pace to reach $73.6 billion by 2027.Although increased spending on pets has been a big driver of sales growth, an increase in meat and milk consumption globally is adding to its growth. BILL GATES TELLS REDDIT WHY HE'S BOUGHT SO MUCH FARMLAND Responding to the question, “Hey Bill! Why are you buying so much farmland?” posed by one Reddit user, Gates indicated that seed science and biofuel development were major drivers of the acquisitions. “My investment group chose to do this. It is not connected to climate,” he wrote. “The agriculture sector isimportant.
CROP PROTECTION: BIOLOGICALS VS CHEMICALS? Let’s explore some of the top reasons we’re betting on the next era of biologicals: number one is the high cost of bringing new chemicals to market. Bringing a new chemical crop protection product to market typically costs just under $300 million. In contrast, the proponents of biologicals claim to be able to bring new cropprotection
HERE ARE ALLISON KOPF'S MAJOR TAKEAWAYS FROM ARTEMIS' 2020 1 day ago · If you feel like you’ve been reading about indoor farming a lot more than usual these days, you aren’t imagining things. The sector has been catching major attention recently from media, established agribusiness players, and especially investors. For Artemis founder and CEO Allison Kopf, the FLOAT FOODS SCORES VC, CORPORATE FUNDING FOR PLANT-BASED 17 hours ago · Singapore’s Float Foods, which has developed a plant-based analog of whole chicken eggs, has raised S$2.2 million ($1.66 million) in seed funding.. Local VC firms DSG Consumer Partners and Insignia Ventures Partners co-led the round, with Apricot Capital, Baksh Capital, and Teja Ventures — which claims to be the first VC specifically supporting female entrepreneurs in emerging Asian PULSES DETECTED: HOW REGIONAL CROPS MAY BE KEY TO ASIA'S 1 day ago · Two recent research reports have shine a light on the potential role that pulses could play in delivering the Asia-Pacific region’s protein needs. “When we started looking at the alt-protein market, we saw everyone adopting soy, for clear reasons – mainly the familiarity with the ingredient AFN (ASIA) - FOODTECH, AGTECH, STARTUPS, VENTURE CAPITAL Brief: Tesco brand bows out of Asia after Thai food giant’s $10bn buyback. February 19, 2021. Jack Ellis. The last visible vestiges of Tesco’s Asian retail operations are set to disappear as stores carrying the UK company’s name undergo a rebrand.PULSES ARCHIVES
Two recent research reports have shone a light on the potential role that pulses could play in delivering the Asia-Pacific region’sprotein needs
NORTH AMERICA'S INDOOR FARMS TO ADD 500-PLUS ACRES OVER 1 day ago · Indoor farming analytics provider Artemis has just released its annual State of Indoor Farming report, which reflects a survey of 205 enterprise horticulture facilities.Put together in partnership with research firm Startle, the report’s goal is to assess where the industry is today – as well as giving growers a voice around the latest trends, challenges, and opportunities itpresents.
GINKGO BIOWORKS PARTNERS ASIAN CHEMICALS GIANT SUMITOMO 1 day ago · US synthetic biology startup Ginkgo Bioworks has signed an R&D collaboration agreement with Japan’s Sumitomo Chemical, one of the world’s largest producers of agrochemicals. In a statement announcing their partnership, the pair said that Sumitomo Chemical aims to “leverage Ginkgo ’s long-established expertise in organism engineering to significantly increase the production efficiency REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE INVESTING: 70 INVESTMENT GROUPS 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.. Readers aren’t only engaging with the subject matter — the comments boards on these WORKPLACE MEAL ORDERING PLATFORM SHAREBITE RAISES $15M As quarantine restrictions lift, workers are gearing up to return to work. For many of them, office life will look a lot different than it did prior to the pandemic. To incentivize employees’ return to work, many employers are offering to pay for their workers’ lunch, according to Sharebite COO BILL GATES TELLS REDDIT WHY HE'S BOUGHT SO MUCH FARMLAND Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates responded to questions about his farmland investments during an ‘Ask Me Anything’ (AMA) session on social media platform Reddit this weekend.. It’s the first time Gates has publicly commented on land purchases made by entities associated with him and his wife Melinda since they were named as the top private owners of US* FoodTech
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