By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media For all the advances and penetration of tech in agriculture, the sector’s supply chains remain shockingly vulnerable. As Jeremy Stroud commented in his article, Covid-19, Agricultural Value Chains and Farmland Transactions, published by GAI News in July 2020, “The foundations of the modern agri-food value chain have been tested […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media By leveraging technology, Amsterdam-based Source.ag intends to democratize access to sufficient fruits and vegetables through AI-driven greenhouses, which the startup stated is a safer, more reliable, and climate-resilient method of production. Although there exists huge potential (greenhouses can produce yields that are 15 times higher than traditional agriculture while […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Approximately half of New Zealand’s total greenhouse gas emissions are attributed to animal agriculture. Of these emissions, three quarters are due to methane from the livestock sector, followed by nitrogen soil amendments, and then manure. One of the newest and most intriguing ways that science has developed to counter […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Founded in 2007, Divert is a Massachusetts-based impact tech company on a mission to Protect the Value of Food™. Through the creation of advanced technologies and sustainable infrastructure, Divert drives positive social and environmental change through its end-to-end solution that prevents waste by maximizing food freshness, recovering edible food […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Let’s face it, the relationships we have with our most beloved foods can be complex. Climate change, rising costs, ethics issues associated with production and processing, and health issues plague many of our go-to favorites like chocolate, for example. And in some cases, the challenges even put the future […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media The cross-industry need for bioreactor capacity is massive, and not being met. When examining just one engaged industry – the production of cultivated edible protein – Future Fields explained that 10 billion liters of bioreactor capacity will be needed by 2030, when currently there exists only 51 million liters […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Sustainable ag and food investor Cibus Fund II has acquired Alba Trees Limited, a sustainable forestry nursery founded in 1988, for an undisclosed sum. Based in East Lothian, Scotland, Alba Trees is pioneering the supply of cell-grown trees for the forestry sector. Since its founding, through expansion and re-investment, […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Elo Life Systems was spun out of biotech company Precision BioSciences in late 2021. At the time, Michael Amoroso, CEO of Precision BioSciences, commented, “Elo is now a separate food and agriculture business, with independent financial resources and focused core capabilities to support its essential mission to improve human […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Positioned at the nexus of agtech and fintech, U.S.-based tech startup GrainChain has closed on $29 million in funding to digitize the world’s grain supply chains. After years of volatility in global commodity markets, the promise that a digital ag platform can provide farmers with higher returns per acre […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Congruent Ventures, an early-stage climate tech fund, has led $6.85 million in Seed funding for Robigo, a biomanufacturing company developing a microbial platform technology that leverages bioengineering and data science to precisely protect crops from diseases while being safe for pollinators, humans, and beneficial microorganisms. The round also saw […]
