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WEBGeneral Mills, PepsiCo join Trusted Advisor Partnership in ‘de-risking’ regenerative agriculture in Canada. Reporting from the frontlines of the food revolution where foodtech startups, entrepreneurs, and venture capital investors are transforming the industry.
Amazon for ag? Agrofy closes $23m Series B in LatAm’s
WEBJan 16, 2020 · Argentina’s Agrofy has raised $23 million in Series B funding in the largest fundraising effort for a Latin American agtech startup on record. Agrofy is an online agribusiness marketplace matching buyers and sellers of a wide range of agricultural products ranging from machinery and crop inputs to farmland and financial services.
Nutrien Acquires Agrible for $63m to “Create Ag ... - AgFunderNews
WEBJul 16, 2018 · Nutrien, the world’s largest fertilizer and ag retail business, has acquired Agrible, a digital agtech startup from Champaign, Illinois, for $63 million.. Agrible, a startup offering a suite of decision support software tools for farmers as well as sustainability tracking for food brands, is venture capital-backed, last raising $9.7 million in funding in September 2017 as part of a planned ...
Regenerative Agriculture Investing: 70 Investment Groups Worth …
WEBJul 11, 2019 · This week, a new report, cleverly called Soil Wealth, has come out detailing the level of investment in regenerative agriculture-related projects and the numbers are surprisingly high: there are some 70 investment strategies with assets under management of over $47.5 billion, and that’s just in the US. Just to clarify, that amount includes ...
AFN (Asia) - FoodTech, AgTech, Startups, Venture Capital
WEBSuspended animation: Insect ag startup Nasekomo enhances neonate delivery service with advanced suspension tech. A quarter of the planet faces extremely high water stress. Meet the innovators trying to change that.
Shenandoah Growers rebrands as Soli Organic, gets $120m
WEBOct 28, 2021 · Shenandoah Growers, a Virginia, US-based indoor farming company, has rebranded as Soli Organic and struck a $120 million financing arrangement with real estate development firm Decennial Group.The two companies say this is one of the largest deals of its kind between a real estate investment firm …
Rotational Grazing Pays for Montana Ranchers with New WSE …
WEBJul 11, 2019 · To date, WSE’s initiative is the only one to ensure sequestered carbon stays put, with ranchers contractually committing to practices for thirty years, according to the project. The time for regenerative agriculture, it appears, is now! The Western Sustainability Exchange is helping farmers adopt rotational grazing plans that improve carbon ...
Agrosmart acquires BoosterAgro to expand weather support
WEBApr 15, 2021 · EXCLUSIVE: LatAm agronomic platform Agrosmart acquires BoosterAgro to expand weather support. April 15, 2021. Lauren Manning. LatAm-based decision support platform Agrosmart has acquired BoosterAgro, an Argentinian startup that has developed one of the most popular agrometeorological apps in …
Poultry Producers Tyson, Perdue Turn to Technology to Improve …
WEBMar 12, 2019 · Major poultry producer Perdue has also made an effort to improve animal welfare in poultry production. Last year, it adopted a state-of-the-art stunning and transportation system. Most US poultry plants use electricity, a method from the 1960s, to render animals insensible to pain before processing. Employees shackle live …
Farming is the world’s most important career - AgFunderNews
WEBAug 26, 2019 · The UN estimates that the world population will reach 8.5 billion by 2030, and as high as 9.8 billion by 2050, requiring a 70 percent increase in global food production. With that many mouths to feed, farming may well be the most important job on the planet. As the CEO of an AgTech company working to help farms transition to more sustainable ...