Seizing opportunities amid the agtech capital drought by McKinsey
The reduction of burn rates remains paramount. We have seen different companies adopt this focus in line with their own…
Rough waters for Finless Foods
After making a big splash in 2022, with a $34 million fundraise and distribution of its plant-based tuna product to…
Hoxton Farms, cultivating an irresistibly fatty future
Consumers need mouthwatering options and the secret to developing them is fat – which gives meat its flavour. That’s where…
USDA: ‘We will need cellular agriculture’ to reach climate, food innovation goals
Further, USDA’s Science and Research Strategy 2023-2026 outlines R&D to diversify the US’ future food systems by expanding novel foods,…
UMAMI Bioworks: ‘Startups cannot be in the capex business’
At UMAMI Bioworks, he said, “We have the tech, but we have to partner with food companies who generate a…
Illinois, Once the Slaughterhouse of the World, to be a Leader in Fake Meat
Illinois has a strong agricultural industry, with over 72,000 farms and farmland covering 75 percent of the state’s total land…
Good Meat on scaling up production of lab-grown meat
Just Food’s Andy Coyne talked to the company’s CEO, Josh Tetrick, about the next steps for Good Meat and the…
Impossible Foods CEO: ‘I feel good about where we are, I do not feel good about where the category is’
Speaking to AgFunderNews after Impossible Beef Lite secured certification from the American Heart Association’s Heart-Check Food Certification Program (more on…
Public policies and vested interests preserve the animal farming status quo at the expense of animal product analogs
Research to improve animal product analogs is led by private companies and has only recently been supported by public funds.…
Insect protein giant Ÿnsect targets profitability with a new CEO and new company strategy
Hubert founded Ÿnsect in 2011 and has so far been involved in all aspects of the company’s development, from research…