🍫🌎 Barry Callebaut Group has launched the Future Farming Initiative (FFI), aiming to create a scalable, high-tech, and sustainable cocoa farming business.
foodtechbiz.com/business-updat…

♻🍎 Dr. Darren Burke, Founder & CEO of Future Foods, has initiated strategic partnerships in the United States to advance the company's upcycling efforts for fruits and vegetables.
ceoworld.biz/2024/04/21/fut…

🌾 Cropin Technology, a global Agtech company, has launched 'akṣara', the first purpose-built open-source Micro Language Model (µ-LM) for climate-smart agriculture.
cxotoday.com/press-release/…

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🌾 Innovafeed, a leading global producer of insect ingredients for animal feed, pet food, and plant nutrition, has expanded to the United States with the inauguration of its North American Insect Innovation Center in Decatur, Illinois.
businesswire.com/news/home/2024…

🌍 While challenges remain, supporting sustainable practices and fair trade can help mitigate the negative impacts of vanilla production without entirely discontinuing its consumption.
foodnavigator.com/Article/2024/0…

🌾👩‍🌾 Greeneye Technology, a startup focused on AI-enabled precision spraying in agriculture, has secured a $20 million funding round to expand in the U.S. and enhance its technology's analytical capabilities.
calcalistech.com/ctechnews/arti…

🌾💰 OlsAro, a Swedish agtech startup, has raised €2.5M to further develop its AI-enabled crop-breeding platform, focusing on creating wheat varieties resilient to climate stresses like salt, heat, and drought.
siliconcanals.com/crowdfunding/o…

🌎🤝 Varda - Field Data Exchange and TrueFootprint have joined forces to support smallholder farmers in their digital transformation and compliance with the upcoming EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR).
globalagtechinitiative.com/digital-farmin…

🏭🌎 Finnish food tech company Solar Foods has inaugurated Factory 01, the world's first commercial-scale facility for producing air protein, specifically its Solein protein.
greenqueen.com.hk/factory-01-sol…

♻️🍴 We interview Santtu Vekkeli, founder of FoodTech 500 finalist SuperGround Inc., about developing a technology that transforms fish and poultry bones into nutritious products.

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🌾👩‍🌾 Daedong introduced a groundbreaking conversational AI service, which empowers farmers with precise agricultural insights to provide comprehensive information on crop characteristics, cultivation techniques, harvest management, and sales processes.
elblog.pl/2024/04/16/new…

🧫🥩 Dutch cultivated meat company Mosa Meat has secured €40M ($42.4M) in funding to propel its growth phase, as it gears up for public tastings and market entry, including a launch in Singapore.
greenqueen.com.hk/mosa-meat-fund…

☕ Cotierra, a Swiss-Colombian startup, has secured $1 million in pre-seed funding to develop its biochar reactor technology and Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) system in Colombia, aiming to revolutionize the country's coffee industry.
cleantechnica.com/2024/04/15/cot…

🍎🩺 NationsBenefits and Instacart have joined forces to address transportation barriers and extend members' budgets by providing convenient same-day delivery of fresh and nutritious groceries and essential goods.
medcitynews.com/2024/04/nation…

🍎🩺 NationsBenefits and Instacart have joined forces to address transportation barriers and extend members' budgets by providing convenient same-day delivery of fresh and nutritious groceries and essential goods.
medcitynews.com/2024/04/nation…

🌎🍫 Cargill partners with Voyage Foods to scale up the production and delivery of healthy, sustainable alternatives to cocoa-based products, including nut spreads without traditional ingredients such as peanuts and hazelnuts.
cargill.com/2024/cargill-p…

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🌱🥩🍳 Iowa lawmakers have passed a bill aimed at regulating the labeling of lab-grown and plant-based meat and egg alternatives, sending it to Governor Kim Reynolds for approval.
desmoinesregister.com/story/news/pol…

🌾🤝 Farmers Edge, a Manitoba-based AgTech firm, has partnered with Gevo, Inc., a renewable fuels company from Colorado, on a project aimed at tracking the carbon intensity impact of climate-friendly agricultural practices in the United States. betakit.com/now-private-fa…