Jennifer Marston
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How Techcoop plans to build an ‘export-oriented supply chain’ for Southeast Asia’s smallholder farmers
Practically half the worldwide populace is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, from dry spells and heatwaves to floodings and extra extreme tornados. For the huge b…
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UbiQD lands $20m to scale its light-optimizing quantum dot technology for agriculture and solar
Advanced materials company UbiQD has raised $20 million in Series B funding to scale its quantum dot technology across agriculture and solar industries. This could, in turn, help t…
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HowGood & Watershed re-envisioning agrifood sustainability reporting through new partnership
Sustainability knowledge tracker HowGood stated today it will certainly broaden its collaboration with venture sustainability system Watershed to supply a “extensive sustaina…
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SAYeTECH’s ‘practical, accessible’ approach to mechanization ‘a no-brainer’ for Africa’s smallholder farmers
[Disclosure: AgFunderNews’ parent company AgFunder is an investor in SAYeTECH.] In Jeffrey Boakye Appiagyei’s very own words, his firm SAYeTECH deals with “the day-to-d…
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East Asia bets on biotech as downstream innovation lags in 40% agrifoodtech funding plunge
[Disclosure: AgFunderNews’ parent company is AgFunder.] Like a lot of areas of the globe, East Asia’s agrifoodtech sector endured in 2024, publishing a considerable 40% year-…
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Anti-obesity medications offer an opportunity to cut food waste—and costs
Much study nowadays talks about exactly how GLP-1 weight reduction medications canchange caloric intake and grocery spending 2 current items of study include food waste patterns to…
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Salad giant Taylor Farms acquires beleaguered AI-powered weeding startup FarmWise
California-based environment-friendlies grown/salad manufacturer Taylor Farms has actually gotten ag robotics business FarmWise‘s company in what the previous claimed was …
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Dry powder ready for “resilient” European agrifoodtech as funding returns to 2020 levels
[Disclosure: AgFunderNews’ parent company is AgFunder.] ” Self-sufficiency” and “resiliency” are leading of mind for Europe’s food and farming sectors…
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Plenty, an autopsy: It promised the moon, but plants don’t run on pitch decks, say experts
Vertical farming has long been scolded for acting too much like a Silicon Valley SaaS industry and not enough like an agricultural one. This week’s news of Plenty‘s bankruptcy—the …
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McDonald’s, McCain and other corporates lead pilot to make regen farming ‘feel more achievable’
Agrifood corporates McCain Foods, McDonald’s, and Waitrose & Partners will take part in a brand new regenerative farming pilot launched by King Charles III’s Sustainable Marke…