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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 VINE – Helping Meet the IPCC’s Climate Change Mitigation Goals
Written by: Leanna Sweha, JD
The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has called for accelerated mitigation in the global agrifood system in a report released in the spring. Drilling down into its specific recommendations, we can…
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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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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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AgTech Investment Topped $10 Billion in 2017. How Much Went to Women?
By Amy Wu, originally published in The New Food Economy
Now, a new generation of startups led not just by women, but by minority women specifically, is seeking to solve agriculture’s problems with tech innovation.
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