by vine-admin | May 2, 2022 | Agriculture, Artificial Intelligence, Event, Featured Stories, food waste, Indoor Agriculture, Technology
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 $3.3 billion invested in...
by vine-admin | Nov 30, 2019 | Agriculture, Featured Stories, food waste
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 dire environmental, economic and social...
by vine-admin | Nov 15, 2019 | Agriculture, Featured Stories, food waste
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 The past decade has been a big one...
by vine-admin | Nov 4, 2019 | Featured Stories, food waste, Innovator Spotlight
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 that went into growing and harvesting everyday commodities. Now,...
by vine-admin | Sep 11, 2019 | Featured Stories, food waste, Guest Post, Innovator Spotlight
Renewal Mill, a Bay Area food ingredients company that upcycles the byproduct leftover from soy milk production, is at the forefront of the food waste movement. Its current focus is okara, the wet pulp-like substance that’s left behind after the soy milk manufacture...
by vine-admin | Aug 27, 2019 | Featured Stories, food waste, Guest Post, Innovator Spotlight
Maas Energy Works develops, owns, and operates anaerobic manure digesters which produce methane that is turned into electricity and compressed natural gas. Maas harnesses this “cow power” in partnership with dairies and other commercial facilities. Sixteen of the...