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RuralWorks Aims To Boost Rural Economies, Climate-Smart Agriculture, Local Food Systems

Businesses in rural communities typically fall under the radar of growth-equity investors. “Traditional sources of venture capital don’t go to these markets,” says Melissa...

Impact Investors Will Focus More On Emerging Markets

Impact investors plan to step up their capital allocation to emerging markets and meeting the basic needs of communities in those regions over the...

California Brand Goes Regenerative With Its Cacao

Navitas sources their cacao from ROC certified farmers in Sierra Leone. Navitas Navitas is famous for its unprocessed raw...

The Elusive Hunt for a Robot That Can Pick a Ripe Strawberry

Rhee said Traptic stood out from other companies in the space because its robot doesn’t touch the strawberry. Instead it grabs strawberries by the...

John Deere’s Self-Driving Tractor Stirs Debate on AI in Farming

Deere & Co. helped mechanize agriculture in 1837 with the first commercially successful steel plow. On Tuesday, the company unveiled a machine that could...

Why One Company Is Going Bean-To-Bar In Africa

Women in Madagascar help sort cocoa beans. Beyond...

Growing Crops Under Solar Panels? Now There’s a Bright Idea

Heavy precipitation that can damage crops is also on the rise, since a warmer atmosphere holds more moisture. “In times when there is extreme...

John Deere Doubles Down on Silicon Valley and Robots

There’s a lot of talk about bringing Silicon Valley–style innovation to America’s heartland. But when the heartland needs tech, it still comes to Silicon...

Epigenetics: Conducting The Symphony Of Genetics

Epigenetics is like a symphony conductor, who with just a gesture of the baton, conveys the message ... to quiet the...

Why This Food Company Is Developing An Avocado Supply Chain In Ethiopia

Nutiva sources avocados from Ethiopia for a new product offering: avocado oil. Nutiva Nutiva’s roots may have been...

As food prices soar, big agriculture is having a field day

Jul 25th 2021TROUBLE IS BREWING in America. The reopening economy’s hunger for goods from China, and for the containers that carry them, has left...

Positive Ag Cycle Brings Cash. Can It Also Bring New Social Impact To Ag Tech?

Bright days are here for agriculture, as commodity prices soar. Can we apply some of returns to ... ...

Nature Makes Wood. Could a Lab Make It Better?

For all the ways that humans have toyed with nature, how we grow and extract materials from the forest and fields remains fundamentally unchanged....

Biden’s climate change strategy looks to pay farmers to curb carbon footprint

Fourth generation cattle rancher Loren Poncia has made Stemple Creek Ranch carbon positive. He's implemented rotational cattle grazing systems that allow soil and grass...

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