Elaine Watson
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Exclusive: Boston-based foodtech startup Motif FoodWorks is closing down
Boston-based foodtech firm Motif FoodWorks—best-known for its meaty tasting heme proteins produced via precision fermentation—is closing down, AgFunderNews has learned. The firm, w…
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Meati Foods CEO on ‘flawless retail execution,’ setting ‘goals grounded in reality’ and sweating manufacturing assets
“The product is incredible,” says Phil Graves, who took the helm at fungi-fueled alt meat startup Meati Foods in February. “Nevertheless it was clear after I joined that the enterp…
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Methane-busting feed supplements are beginning to scale. But who will foot the bill, and what will drive widespread adoption?
Whereas burping cows and different ruminants are among the leading sources of methane emissions, a surprisingly small sum—little greater than $233 million in response to AgFunder k…
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Plant-based cheesemaker Climax Foods secures bridge funding, plans restructuring
Plant-based cheesemaker Climax Foods has secured bridge funding it claims will fund operations by the year-end after a difficult interval wherein it has furloughed employees to pre…
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Impossible Foods and Motif FoodWorks bury the legal hatchet in IP dispute; Impossible to take over Motif’s heme business
The high-profile legal battle between Impossible Foods and Motif FoodWorks over the usage of meaty-tasting heme proteins in plant-based meat has come to a detailed after two and a …
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Kelly Hills Unmanned Systems debuts with the largest commercial autonomous crop sprayer in the US
Ag retailer Heinen Brothers Agra Services—best-known for manned crop spraying airplanes—is pushing into the unmanned house by way of a brand new subsidiary known as Kelly Hills Unm…
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From driverless cars to precision ag with eFeed cofounder Kumar Ranjan: ‘I’m kind of an accidental entrepreneur’
After a enjoyable—however in the end not very profitable—few years engaged on driverless automobiles, a pandemic-induced lull prompted engineer and tech fan Kumar Ranjan to make us…
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Cauldron awarded $2.8m to advance continuous fermentation tech, appoints CTO
Australian startup Cauldron has been awarded AUD4.3 million ($2.8 million) from the Department of Industry, Science and Resources Business Development Program (IGP) to assist scale…
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Exclusive: Fonterra and Superbrewed Food collaborate to advance postbiotic protein tech
World dairy co-op Fonterra has signed a multi-year joint growth settlement with biomass fermentation startup Superbrewed Food to discover the potential of its “postbiotic” ingredie…
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Kelly Hills Unmanned Systems debuts with the largest commercial autonomous crop sprayer in the US
Ag retailer Heinen Brothers Agra Services—best-known for manned crop spraying airplanes—is pushing into the unmanned space via a new subsidiary called Kelly Hills Unmanned Systems,…
