Agrifood

Some years ago, agrifood tech was believed to be a risky, immature subset of agriculture; nonetheless, it is now a prospering industry of its own. Agrifood tech consists of a series of startups and venture capitals that aims to advance the food and agriculture system (aka agrifood). This article examines…

EIT Food and Pozi.io launched the Empowering Women in Agrifood programme for Hungarian women entrepreneurs in the agri-food industry. From the applicants, ten companies were finally selected for the European programme. EIT Food is supported by the European Institute for Innovation and Technology (EIT), a body of the European Union. …

Transforming agrifood systems to improve the lives of millions of farmers in Latam. — CropTrace is a traceability platform based on Cardano’s Blockchain technology. This platform has the function of digitizing the first mile of the agri-food supply chain to make traceability and compliance with safety and sustainability standards an integral part of the production processes of small farmers in Latin America.

The Russian-Ukraine conflict is yet another crisis demonstrating the fragility of our planetary food supply chain. This is a massive challenge but also an equally massive opportunity — because with political and industrial support, and enabling technologies like precision fermentation, we ARE able to solve our growing planetary food issue…

Authors: Maya Turolla and Julia Rijssenbeek — “I’m optimistic about the future of food systems in the lagoon! So much has changed for the better in the past few decades, and the new generation sees that the choice is simple: we have to turn towards sustainability” says Francesca, a food activist for most of her life. But…

For centuries, industries have come and gone but one has remained constant throughout: Agriculture. Many things will change in the future, but if there is one thing that is certainly not going to change it is the importance of agriculture. …

By: Brian Halweil for Astanor Ventures In the dystopian sci-fi series Snowpiercer, a nuclear winter forces humans to seek warmth and survival aboard a self-sufficient train that circumnavigates the globe. Among the food source for all passengers — from the ticketed elite in the front to the 3rd class workers…

Notable industry funding this week was the $34 million round by cell-culture seafood startup Finless Foods. Meanwhile, big-name food brands are ceasing operations in Russia, pulling out of the market in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. …

I am very grateful for the experiences I got through Startup Weekend. It brought me to many countries like Iran and Moldavia but the most impressive one was for sure Sudan. I met a great team there, 249Startups, and discovered the energy and the beauty of Eastern Africa. When I…