Clik here to view.
Food inflation 101: What agrifoodtech players need to know about the coming...
This week, UN Secretary General António Guterres warned of a “global food shortage” that “threatens to tip tens of millions of people over the edge into food insecurity followed by malnutrition, mass...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Instant grocery delivery’s future looks murky as Getir, Gorillas & Zapp...
“Instant” grocery delivery is the latest sector to suffer from the current tech slowdown, with three European startups this week announcing layoffs and other cuts. All of these companies rose to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Stable raises $60m to help farmers manage food price volatility
Stable has raised a $60 million Series B round to help farmers and food companies better hedge their exposure to commodity price volatility in the face of war and global food security concerns. Acrew...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Brief: Food producers bearing brunt of rising costs vs energy sector as...
US food producers are absorbing more costs related to inflation than US consumers, according to new research from B2B software company Vendavo. That’s in contrast to the energy sector where utilities...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Phospholutions will promote more judicious phosphorus usage with its latest...
Phosphorus is a key element for plant growth and a critical piece of modern agriculture. But excessive use is hazardous to the environment, contributing to greenhouse gas emissions and waterway...
View ArticleClik here to view.
AgTech NEXT 2022 will examine how technology, trade and talent can reinforce...
The Donald Donald Danforth Plant Science Center just announced AgTech NEXT 2022, a three-day event that will examine the intersection of technology, trade, and talent as they relate to our regional and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Brief: Misfits Market to acquire Imperfect Foods, says IPO is ‘most likely’
Online ugly produce retailer Misfits Market has agreed to acquire its chief competitor, Imperfect Foods. Both companies are based in the US and primarily serve the Lower 48 states. The financial terms...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Brief: “Soaring” input costs are accelerating agtech adoption, McKinsey...
Sky-high costs for fertilizer, crop protection products and labor are increasing the number of US farmers turning to agtech tools and products, according to a new survey from McKinsey & Company....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Brief: Meat giant JBS shutters its US plant-based meat division
JBS, one of the world’s largest meat companies, is “pulling the plug” on its US-based alt-protein division, Planterra. Denver Business Journal was first to report the news. The move includes closing...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Brief: More consolidation for eGrocery as instant grocery giant Getir buys...
Turkey-headquartered instant grocery delivery service Getir has acquired German rival Gorillas. The Financial Times was first to break the news. The deal, which brings together two of Europe’s biggest...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The year in agrifoodtech: Observations from writing a year’s worth of news...
Each week, I write and publish AFN‘s Week in Agrifoodtech feature. For those not familiar, these are news roundups of the biggest stories in agrifoodtech from around the web each week — from fundraises...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Beyond price parity, CEA must focus more on consumer demand to truly scale
Peter Tasgal is a food and agriculture & CEA consultant and co-founder of Farmbook Project, based in Boston, US. The views expressed in this guest article are the authors’ own and do not...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Q&A: These are the food system’s 3 biggest challenges today, according to...
“I’m a very optimistic person and I believe we will come around, as we always did,” Alexandre Bastos recently said in a conversation with AgFunderNews about the current state of food system. Having...
View Article
