By Adam Bergman, Wells Fargo Head of AgTech and FoodTech Investment Banking Practice Industrial agriculture is enabling farmers to successfully feed a rapidly growing global population. In the U.S., production efficiencies and an ability to grow food inexpensively have reduced the share of disposable personal income spent on food by over 40 percent during the past […]
By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, GAI Media Imagine eliminating the wonder of knowing if your agricultural product is fresh before examining it, or having advance warning that your livestock may soon be sick, simply by the scent it gives off? Exclusive olfactory biosensor technology from Aromyx now enables these dreams to be a reality, making the […]
By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, GAI Media Agribody Technologies, Inc. (ATI) of San Diego, California, is an ag biotech technology licensing, co-development, and crop breeding startup whose customers/partners are seed companies with their own elite commercial germplasm. ATI’s unique crop genetic technology provides benefits throughout the supply chain, from improved crops for farmers to more efficient […]
By Pam Marrone, Founder and CEO of Marrone Bio Innovations Wherever I travel around the globe, whether it is in China, Guatemala, Brazil, Europe, or the U.S., I have witnessed consumers, especially young people, expressing their desire for more information and transparency about how crops are grown and how their food is produced. Food companies […]
By Aline Ferro, Erickson Oliveira – Céleres The global Digital Farming market was estimated to be valued at $5 billion in 2018 by Markets and Markets. Within this landscape, Brazil has the potential to become not only one of the largest food producers, but one of the largest markets for digital farming, according to Céleres, which […]
Contributed Content By Michael DeSa of AGD Consulting, and George Varvarelis of Augmenta Imagine you’re at the county fair with your date, casually strolling the grounds, watching ring toss games and listening to the joyful screams from the kids on the ferris wheel. Inevitably, you stumble across the fortune tellers and palm readers. Some people […]
By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, GAI Media One-third of the food we eat has the tiny honeybee to thank for its origins, as bees are the pollinators that trigger the growth mechanism in many protein-dense foods, like mangoes, avocados, and nuts and berries. But that fragile food chain, which includes 91 million managed hives worldwide, is […]
Contributed by Mitsutaka Kushima, CEO of MUSCA Co., Ltd. Fukuoka-based MUSCA Co., Ltd. is an interesting company with huge potential, which aims to resolve the world’s protein crisis through fly-based protein. In this article we would like to introduce the technology of Musca Corporation, its history up to commercialization, and future prospects. -The global protein crisis […]
by Michelle Pelletier Marshall, GAI Media TechAccel, based in Overland Park, Kansas, is a venture and technology development organization focused on agriculture and animal health. It identifies and invests in new technologies and funds science advancement initiatives with leading research universities to drive the innovations to market. TechAccel strives to bridge the technology “valley of death” […]
By Tomer Tzach, CEO of CropX The soil under your feet is still as mysterious as the ocean’s depths. The soil is a dynamic ecosystem with physical attributes that help determine storage capacity of the soil relative to fertility, and water and biological attributes make the soil a living, breathing organism. Even after years of […]
