By Abby Hunter-Syed, Partner, LDV Capital Plants selected by cameras. Cows fed and milked by robots. Proteins acting as sweeteners. Fridges suggesting recipes. Our food system is in for a major makeover over the next five years that will have imaging and computer vision at its core. It is a makeover that is far overdue in […]
By Jeanae DuBois, Executive Director of Growth Marketing, Shift3 Technologies The ag industry traditionally has been slow to adopt new technologies into long-standing processes, but with the spread of COVID-19, businesses can lean on technology to help keep operations running safely, remotely, and accurately. When it came to managing employees who work directly in the […]
By Seana Day, partner, Better Food Ventures Institutional capital has been allocated to agriculture for decades. Investment in the sector surged following the 2008 financial crisis as institutional investors sought safer, real asset alternatives to the financial markets that also provided a hedge against inflation and currency protection. Capital continues to flow into the Food […]
By Adam Bergman, Managing Director, EcoTech Capital Agriculture in the U.S. has been transformed over the last 50 years as small family farms have been swallowed up or replaced by large corporations. The resulting economies of scale have led to farming on an industrial level, with crops optimized for output, and livestock raised for size and milk […]
By Guy Sela, VP of Agronomy, CropX Farming has been under extreme economic and environmental pressures for years. However, the current COVID-19 crisis has turned an even brighter spotlight on the importance of effective farm management systems for the long-term security of both our ag industry and our global food security, as recent technology advances […]
A case study in how one vertical farming startup is helping to ensure food security for this U.S. territory By Thea Beckman, Fusion Farms When Kendell Lang and Lisa Jander, founders of Fusion Farms, travelled to Puerto Rico in 2018, they were shocked to find the once lush, tropical paradise looking like it had been […]
This is the fourth article in an eight-part series published by GAI News that examines eight existing trends set to alter the structure of our global food system. Join us each month for a new installment, and be sure to read the first three articles here: Part I, Part II, Part III By Jeremy Stroud, Bonnefield Agricultural […]
by Lynda Kiernan, editor, GAI Media Agtech Intel has been running a new feature called “Question of the Month”. Below are the expanded results of this past month’s responses, along with commentary from GAI News Editor Lynda Kiernan. Question: Japan’s Aroma Bit has raised $2.23 million to advance its sensor-based technology that can objectively produce […]
by Lynda Kiernan, editor, GAI Media Agtech Intel has been running a new feature called “Question of the Month”. Below are the expanded results of the first month’s responses, along with commentary from GAI News Editor Lynda Kiernan. Question: Recently, INNO-3B, a tech company that develops efficient, high-tech growing systems for vertical farming operations, raised […]
By Thomas Overbay, D.V.M. and Managing Director, Covenant Animal Health Partners Right now there are more connected “things” than there are people on this planet. Early last year, Gartner predicted the Internet of Things (IoT) would have at least 8.4 billion connected “things” in use, rising to more than 20 billion by 2020. Something […]
