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Inaugural FIRA – World Ag Robotics Forum in Fresno a Success!
Agriculture and the global food supply is threatened by a range of issues, including drought, climate impacts, increasing business costs, and labor scarcity. To forge solutions to these issues and more, on Oct. 18-20 over 1,000 attendees from around the world…
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AI-Based Startup Leaders Discuss AI and Innovation in Agriculture, Food and HealthÂ
Written by: Leanna Sweha, JD
The AI Institute for Next Generation Food Systems (AIFS) wrapped up its 2022 Spring Speaker Series with a panel bringing together the series speakers.
The panel members included:
Oliver Vince, CoFounder of Basecamp Research,… View Details -
The Global Controlled Environment Agriculture Consortium (GCEAC) – What’s That?Â
Written by: Leanna Sweha, JD
Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) – growing food in greenhouses and indoors – is a relatively new industry that is seeing exponential growth in the United States. CEA facilities are popping up all over the world.…
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Insights on the Evolution of Innovation in CEA – Allison Kopf of iUNU
Written by: Leanna Sweha, JD
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?
Written by: Leanna Sweha, JD
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…
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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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