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AgTech Food Processing Fresh Produce

GoMicro and Boratto Farms Lead the Way in AI-Powered Green Leaf Quality Assessment

GoMicro, an Adelaide-based GenAI agritech innovator, has partnered with Boratto Farms in Victoria to pioneer a breakthrough in leafy green quality control — delivering results that many in the industry have long believed were out of reach. Spinach leaves are notoriously difficult to assess: defects are subtle, leaves overlap, and even large-scale manual inspection efforts […]

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FoodTech Fresh Produce Nutrition

Hitachi launches food quality visualization solution with time-temperature sensing ink

Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd. (HIES) is now offering paid samples of its innovative food quality visualization solution using time- temperature sensing ink. This ink, which changes color based on elapsed time and temperature, enables cost-effective quality monitoring in the supply chain. Without requiring power or retrieval, the solution simplifies tracking temperature-sensitive products, improving […]

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AgTech AI Precision Agriculture Startups

New data platform to focus on avocado sustainability and profitability

Transformations in the sustainability, productivity and economics of avocado production are behind a newly launched data management package aimed at growers and cooperatives worldwide. Haskelberg Nurseries, a leading global provider of avocado and fruit tree seedlings, has developed the Canacado Hub in partnership with Yellow Brick AgTech. It says its new tool will bring better […]

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AgTech FoodTech Startups

“Food is climate; Food is health”: AgFunder GROW Impact Accelerator reveals startups in fourth cohort

GROW, the agrifoodtech ecosystem catalyst, has unveiled the latest cohort for the fourth annual AgFunder GROW Impact Accelerator. The handpicked cohort reflects the increasingly crucial interconnections between food, planetary health, smallholder financial inclusion, and climate. These 10 selected startups, who were picked from a competitive applicant pool of over 600 applications hailing from 82 countries, […]

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Natural Ingredients Sustainability

ANINA transforms ugly veg into artistic ready meal

FoodTech start-up ANINA Culinary Art, Ltd. is reshaping the future of ready meals by merging art with technology through a culinary experience of meals from upcycled vegetables. Each whole “meal-in-a-pod” is all-natural, loaded with nutrients, and made from so-called “ugly” vegetables. ANINA in a Nutshell The ANINA pod is a complete meal made from vegetables […]

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FoodTech Fresh Produce

StePac’s Automated Packaging Formats Reign on the Chile-China Route

StePac Ltd.’s lean, automated Modified Atmosphere Packaging (MAP) solutions gained rave reviews among Chilean cherry packers and exporters especially during the recent China cherry export season ahead of the recent Chinese New Year celebrations. The novel packaging formats have proven instrumental in helping the packers make the transition from manual to faster and more efficient […]

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AgTech Fresh Produce Greenhouse

Future Crops’ advanced vertical farming system scales up to grow high-yield, long-life aromatic basil

AgriTech start-up Future Crops, Ltd., is boosting output of a pure, high-yielding basil variety it successfully adapted for cultivation in the company’s primarily solar powered 2,000m2 vertical farm. The advanced, clean-farming technique for this aromatic basil variety will impart a long shelf life and secure a steady supply of locally grown, pesticide-free herb to the […]

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Agriculture AgTech Sustainability

Pinduoduo envisions a smart and sustainable future of agriculture

Pinduoduo, China’s largest agriculture platform, is stepping up its spending on research and development (R&D) as it invests in a future of smart and sustainable agriculture.  Under Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Chen Lei, a computer scientist by training, the six-year-old company reported record R&D spending in the third quarter ended September, rising 34% to […]

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AgTech Fresh Produce

Sufresca Accelerates Its Green Solution to Reduce Waste and Plastic

Tel Aviv – AgriTech start-up Sufresca, Ltd. is breathing new life into the global pursuit for combatting food waste and plastic use. The company optimized its novel invisible edible coating designed to extend the shelf-life of fresh produce and expanding its use to fit a range of fresh fruit and vegetables. Sufresca also shares the […]

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FoodTech Fresh Produce

StePac Launches Lean and Fully Recyclable Top Seal Solution

Attractive top-seals extend shelf life of fresh fruits and ready-to-eat salads. Tefen, Israel – Fresh produce packaging innovators, StePac Ltd. has expanded its range of top seals with new solutions to boost the retail fresh produce packaging sector. Its newly upgraded portfolio includes lean and fully recyclable easy peel film structures designed to be sealed […]