By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Women in Agribusiness Media Whether a producer for conventional or organic crops, Certis Biologicals (“Certis”) has the products to encourage growth and resilience in food supply chains around the world. Since 2001, the company, which is led by President and CEO Amy O’Shea, has been pioneering the field of biological solutions […]
By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Global AgInvesting Media In this new GAI News feature, Three Questions With…, we provide a “quick view” into innovative agtech companies and startups working to change the trajectory of agricultural production in an effort to feed the growing global population in ground-breaking and innovative ways. Today, we highlight AQUA4D® of Switzerland. […]
By Mark Peart, CEO, DIT Technologies As we closed off Direct Injection Technologies (DIT) accounts for the 2020 audit, I paused to read the latest email updates on agtech. I noted the excitement, the forecasts, the ‘product’ and often the lack of matching producer demand and thought back to when I ‘zero-started’ DIT. I reflected […]
By Jeanae DuBois, Director of Growth Marketing, Shift3 Technologies The U.S. agriculture industry continues to shift towards fewer, but larger, farming operations. That said, smaller farms continue to play a major role in U.S. food production. In 2015, 90 percent of U.S. farms were considered small family operations with less than $350,000 in annual Gross […]
By Djalil Reghis and Nicolas Denjoy, Agroecology Capital Download Agroecology Capital’s full report and investment thesis on indoor vertical farming, here. This report covers investment trends since 2010 and Agroecology Capital’s key investment drivers. Food security, food quality, and resources scarcity are the main challenges the global agri-food system is facing. Indoor vertical farming promises […]
The brainchild of agtech entrepreneur Orlando Saez and Minnesota corn and soybean farmer Todd Golly, Aker Technology builds agronomic tools to optimize farm production. Based on boots-on-the-ground research, both on Golly’s 6,000-acre farm in Minnesota and in Saez’s family’s native Dominican Republic, the company advances crop diagnostics with patented technology that automates the process of […]
