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Insights on the Evolution of Innovation in CEA – Allison Kopf of iUNU
Writen by Leanna Swehe
Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) promises safe, high-quality produce grown with less water and chemical inputs, as well as reduced labor, packaging, and transportation costs. These efficiency factors are driving significant investment in the CEA industry.
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Where is Animal Agtech Investment Heading in 2022?
Writen by Leanna Swehe
Investment in agtech reached a record high last year. According to Crunchbase data, investors made nearly $5 billion in 440 funding deals to VC-backed startups in 2021. That’s a fifty percent increase over the $3.3…
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Indoor Agriculture: Gotham Greens Accelerates Growth With West Coast Expansion
Indoor agricultural pioneer Gotham Greens is going west, with a new state-of-the-art high-tech 10-acre greenhouse facility opening in 2021 in Solano County, California.
Entering into a partnership with the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources (UC ANR) and…
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UC leads new $20M USDA-funded AI for the Food System Institute
The U.S. National Science Foundation is establishing new artificial intelligence institutes to accelerate research, expand America’s workforce, and transform society in the decades to come.
As part of this initiative, they have setup the AI Institute for Next Generation…
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What is Food Loss and Food Waste? And Why Does is It Matter for People and the Planet?
In this article, we explain the terms, dig into the data and connect implications with opportunity.
By Grace Perry
Wasted food is a global challenge the afflicts low-income and high-income countries across the world and has…
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The Opportunities Are Ripe for Food Waste Innovation
In this article we distill key reports and data about the food waste problem, trace responses from government, corporate and nonprofit actors, and reveal the landscape for innovation in the food waste solution sector.
By Grace Perry
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Innovator Spotlight: LumiGrow Smart LED Grow Lights for High Performance Plant Growth and Increased Profits
LumiGrow is a lighting engineering company based in Emeryville, California that makes smart LED grow lights for controlled environment agriculture (CEA). We recently met with Melanie Yelton, VP…
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Innovator Spotlight: Irwin R. Donis-Gonzalez, an agriculture engineer specialist at UC Davis, is developing new dehydrating and refrigeration techniques to improve our food system
As a child, Irwin R. Donis-Gonzalez grew up on an avocado and dairy farm in Guatemala. It was there that he says he learned to appreciate what farming meant, where his food came from and the hard work…
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Innovator Spotlight: Biome Makers Creates Ag Solutions with Micoorganisms
Biome Makers is a biotech company that recently relocated from the Bay Area to West Sacramento. Biome Makers specializes in understanding the microbiome – the microlife – around agriculture, in order to improve agricultural production…
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Innovator Spotlight: Pheronym – Directed Plant Protection
Pheronym is an ag biotech startup that uses nematode pheromones to control beneficial and parasitic nematodes. The firm is located in Alachua, Florida and at the UC Davis HM.CLAUSE Life Sciences Innovation Center in Davis,…
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