Express interest in investing in Fund V. AgFunder is a top 100 VC, according to TIME and Statista. Is your business ready for AI analytics? Find out more here. The big news this week: "Animal-free dairy” pioneer Perfect Day says initial operations will begin at its new facility in India in the second half of 2026, while Meati turns off the lights at its production site in Thornton, Colorado. Regen ag: Reactions to USDA’s $700m program ranged from unbridled excitement to skepticism....
12 days ago • 3 min read
Express interest in investing in Fund V. AgFunder is a top 100 VC, according to TIME and Statista. Is your business ready for AI analytics? Find out more here. The big news this week: Crunch time for cultivated meat as Believer Meats—the only player with a large-scale facility—calls it quits. It's premature to write the sector off before it's even out of the starting blocks, insists industry pioneer Dr. Mark Post, but firms must now recalibrate and "prioritize fundamentals over speed." US ag...
19 days ago • 3 min read
Express interest in investing in Fund V. AgFunder is a top 100 VC, according to TIME and Statista. Is your business ready for AI analytics? Find out more here Remarkable retraction: A "landmark" paper on glyphosate safety has been pulled—25 years after publication. It's riveting timing for Bayer’s Roundup Supreme Court appeal. Yet the trigger was a random reckoning for the scientific relic, reports Jenn Marston. 🤔 Too much "regenerative organic" certification could distract us from building a...
26 days ago • 2 min read
Express interest in investing in Fund V. AgFunder was recently recognized as a top 100 VC by TIME and Statista. Is your business ready for AI analytics? Find out more here The big news this week: Is a slow-release bolus the best way to slash methane emissions in pasture raised cattle? Armed with fresh capital, New Zealand-based Ruminant BioTech is gearing up for launch in 2026. Also... - Regenerative organic certification: Does the food industry really need it? - Monetizing methane: Landfill...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
The big news this week: Insolvent Miyoko's has a new owner, but the founder says she won't serve as a brand ambassador. Plus, are corporates ditching ESG goals, or just reframing them around climate resilience? Also... - Engines a go: Tractor Junction nets $26m to give India's farmers access to used vehicles with affordable loans. - Rise of the machines: DailyRobotics enters the strawberry harvesting race with a 'bot that can pick 2–3x faster than humans. - Space race: The future of...
about 1 month ago • 4 min read
Alt dairy bidding war: Miyoko Schinner did not win her bid to reclaim the brand she built. However, the winning bidder may face challenges as it will own the trademark but not the license to use the founder's name or image... Also: Meati is “poised for growth" insists new owner Beyond Meat has "plenty of fight left" despite grim Q3 'Human-centered’ AI is top of mind for Foodora, says Jenn. Japan's agrifoodtech ecosystem is maturing, reveals Louisa. Do the economics of recombinant dairy stack...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
Two scoops this week: A meltdown at alt-meat co Meati, which initiated mass layoffs blaming “financial holds on company accounts,” and news that bidders—including Miyoko Schinner—are circling the assets of alt-dairy brand Miyoko’s, which entered insolvency proceedings last month. There was also bad news from Danish insect ag firm ENORM, which was declared bankrupt, although fellow insect ag firm nextProtein raised new funds to scale production in Tunisia. Precision fermentation startup The...
about 2 months ago • 5 min read
This week, Bill Gates threw the cat amongst the pigeons... While climate change is serious, it will "not lead to humanity’s demise," said Gates; tackling poverty and disease are now higher on his agenda, according to a new essay. "Sometimes the world acts as if any effort to fight climate change is as worthwhile as any other. As a result, less-effective projects are diverting money and attention from efforts that will have more impact on the human condition." Elsewhere, Jenn Marston had a...
2 months ago • 4 min read
This week: a mixed bag for alt protein. Plant-based cheesemaker Stockeld Dreamery called it quits, while MATR Foods secured new funds to expand its minimally processed meat alternatives, and the Abu Dhabi Investment Office teamed up with The EVERY Company and Vivici to explore a 4-million-liter facility for alt protein production in the UAE. Elsewhere, Jenn Marston examined the current state of the bioherbicide market and checked in on Q3 funding for ag robotics, while Elaine Watson caught up...
2 months ago • 4 min read