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Empire State Development announces finalists for round six of annual $3 million Grow-NY global business competition

Empire State Development (ESD) and Cornell University’s Center for Regional Economic Advancement (CREA) today announced the 20 finalists selected to take part in year six of Grow-NY, a business competition focused on enhancing the emerging food, beverage, and agriculture innovation cluster in upstate New York. Winning companies will be required to make a positive economic […]

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Major grant for British bio-input company will boost African agriculture

Providing sub-Saharan smallholders with a cost-effective alternative to expensive artificial nitrogen fertiliser has come a step closer for British agri-biotech company Legume Technology, following the award of a grant from The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO). The Nottinghamshire company, which has been working on microbial biofertilisers […]

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Leaf Agriculture raises $11.3M in Series A funding to accelerate the digital transformation of agriculture

Leaf, the unified farm data API and largest farm data processing platform, announced the close of a $11.3 million Series A round, led by Spero Ventures. The funding round included participation from all existing investors. Andrew Parker has joined Leaf’s Board of Directors. In 2023, United States farmers were collecting data on 72% of all […]

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FoodTech Plant-based Foods Protein

Redefine Meat expands its EU retail presence following new listings in leading retailers across the Netherlands, France, Switzerland and Germany

Redefine Meat™, the pioneer of ‘new-meat’ – an emerging category of premium-quality meat made from plants – announces new retail collaborations with nationwide retailers in the Netherlands, France, Switzerland and Germany as it continues its aggressive expansion across European retail. The new retailers include internationally known Coop in Switzerland; the leading Dutch retailer Jumbo – […]

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PheroSyn secures funding from Tall Grass Ventures to advance sustainable pest management solutions

PheroSyn – an innovative agricultural technology company specializing in the development of insect pheromones for sustainable crop protection – announced today that it has secured investment from Tall Grass Ventures (TGV), a leading Canadian venture capital firm focused on early-stage agri-food tech startups. This funding will accelerate PheroSyn’s mission to replace harmful chemical pesticides with […]

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Agriculture Food Security Sustainability

Malaysian CropLife & Public Health Association Calls for Action Against Illegal Pesticides

The Malaysian CropLife & Public Health Association (MCPA), a national association representing the plant science and public health industries of Malaysia, calls for action against illegal pesticides after the tragic poisoning incidents of two young boys and the hospitalization of a teenager upon consumption of rat poison-laced snacks, as reported in the media. These heartbreaking […]

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FoodTech Plant-based Foods Startups

Revyve debuts egg replacer ingredient for plant-based burgers at IFT FIRST

FoodTech company revyve has cracked the code to removing animal-derived texturizers and additives from burgers and impart a meaty bite. Introducing a new world of food texture, revyve is launching its high-performance egg-replacement ingredient at IFT FIRST 2024. Revyve delivers the sensory experience that consumers expect in their foods. The clean, minimally processed egg alternative […]

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FoodTech Nutrition Startups

Sorbets and fruit ice creams get a sugar reduction revamp

On a fresh mission to offer health-conscious consumers guilt-free indulgence in ice creams and sorbets, Better Juice, Ltd. expanded its innovative sugar-reduction technology to lower the sugar loads in fruit sorbets. This will grant manufacturers new opportunities to give their products a better-for-you upgrade. The FoodTech start-up will showcase the reduced sugar sorbet at the […]

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AgTech Precision Agriculture

Deepak fertilisers optimizes data analysis time by 70% with Agmatix trial management platform

India’s fertilizer company, Deepak Fertilisers and Petrochemicals Corporation, has successfully reduced their time to collate, verify, and analyze agronomic data by 70%, from six months to under one month using the Agmatix platform. The Agmatix field trial software and data analysis system has helped Deepak detect and prevent errors in their product development trials, resulting […]

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Brevel launches commercial plant for microalgae protein supply

Microalgae protein company Brevel, Ltd. has opened its first commercial plant. The new facility covers an impressive 27,000 square feet [2,500 square meters] and has the capacity to produce hundreds of tons of microalgae protein powder to serve the flourishing global alternative protein space. This protein is clean, non-GMO, planet friendly and makes a breakthrough […]