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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:
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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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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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Innovator Spotlight: Athena Intelligence – An Advocate for the Acre
By Leanna Sweha
The VINE (The Verde Innovation Network for Entrepreneurship) mission is to help sustainable  food and agriculture innovators access the connections and resources they need to build, launch and grow their innovations. As a part of…
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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.
I am back in Salinas,…
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