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 sustainable farming isn't on the ground, it's in low-Earth orbit, says Planet.

- Dairy + plants: Is 'hybrid dairy' a win-win for consumers and retailers... or a solution in search of a problem?

...and finally, congratulations to our Jenn Marston, who is off this week after getting married.

Have a great week! Louisa and Elaine.

​‘Protein from air’ co Calysta winds down pilot plants, R&D labs in US and UK​

"We don't need them anymore,' says the CEO about its evolution from a startup to a manufacturing company. Elaine Watson

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​Food companies are reframing net-zero around resilience as climate disruption focuses market​

Businesses--and their investors--know they need to think long‑term if they are to guarantee the predictable supply of ingredients. Nick Hughes

🎥 Avalo harnesses ‘whole genome AI’ to accelerate crop breeding: ‘We look at the forest, not the trees’​

Avalo deploys interpretable machine learning to develop climate resilient crops. Elaine Watson

🎥Tate & Lyle’s open innovation playbook: In conversation with Karen du Plessis​

💰Po Bronson on surviving the agrifoodtech venture downturn, ‘non-rigorous thinking,’ and ‘weapons of mass dilution’​

'I tell every one of my startups, get out of VC world as fast as you can,' says IndieBio SF's managing director. Elaine Watson

​🥩New owner now controls Meati 'debt-free'​ The alt meat company is planning a rebrand after mass layoffs. Elaine Watson ​

​Trump administration considers bringing back the food pyramid​

Bloomberg

​How the shutdown broke America’s food chain — and what happens next​

Grist

​Nothing we do is sustainable - Patagonia​

Aistetic

​What does the Non-UPF verified standard mean for plant-based meat & dairy?​

​Scoop: Unilever looks to divest food business in Europe​

Axios

​Beyond Meat, Inc. faces securities fraud class action investigation​

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