Tag: food
States Take Lead in Seeking Ways for Honey Bees and Solar...
Minnesota, New York and South Carolina are among the U.S. states working to protect the country’s shrinking number of honey bees as...
Farm Fare Reimagines Food Supply Chain to Help Small Farmers Compete...
Karma Takeaway: Farm Fare reimagines the local food supply chain by fostering collaboration among farmers to compete with the economies of...
Palm Oil Faces Uphill Battle on Sustainability as Orangutans Fall Victim...
The palm oil industry has a sustainability problem which can be summed up in one word: orangutans.
Production of...
West Africa Aims to Raise $80 Million in Smart Agriculture Push
An alliance of West African nations seeking to help small farmers cope with climate change are helping them adopt agricultural practices that...
Investors Seeing Green With Bets on Ag Biotech, as Key to...
As the farm industry sparks worries about everything from genetically modified food to climate change, impact investors are increasingly betting on a...
EU’s Plans for Sustainable Food May Open Door to Gene-Edited Crops
The European Union says it wants to ensure safe and affordable nourishment for all its citizens, but a pair of food policy...
Unshackled Ventures Aims to Solve the Unique Challenges of the Immigrant...
From founding groundbreaking companies to fueling the workforce and reinvigorating neighborhoods, immigrants have shaped the U.S. economy since it began. While coming...
Home-Based Allergen-Free Libre Naturals Boosted by VC Investment
Among the many recent changes to consumer tastes that have been roiling the food and beverage industry lately, one trend is driven...
For America’s Plant-Based Revolution, This Is Just The Beginning
If Beyond Meat’s ebullient post-IPO performance is any indication, everyone wants to have a piece of the plant-based, fast-growing sustainable food market....
Zume Steps Up Plant-Based Packaging With Pivot Purchase
Zume, which uses vans with hyper-efficient ovens to make pizzas while delivering them, bought Pivot, a California-based company that designs plant-based packaging.
Israeli Company Gives Farmers Clear Crop Imaging to Boost Yields
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Taranis combines military-grade optics...
Cold Storage Sector Heats Up With Americold Buying Cloverleaf for $1.24...
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The cold storage business is heating up after Americold Realty Trust agreed to...
Deciphering the ‘Hocus Pocus’ Behind Natural Meat Labeling
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What does it mean for a food to be labeled natural...
GrubMarket Eyes Product, Geographic Expansion with the Latest Round
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GrubMarket, a San-Francisco based farm-to-table food delivery service for businesses and...
Tencent Leads $297 Million Series B Funding for Online Chinese Grocer...
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Chinese online grocery chain Yipien Fresh raised $297 million (RMB 2...
Michael Halen: “The [restaurant] industry is very far behind…when it comes...
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For years, the US restaurant industry -...
Owen Hoekenga: “We are…making better plants, so that you get more...
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Improving food, and food systems, is the key to feeding the...