Beef, soy, cocoa and palm oil supply chains will likely miss 2020 goals to substantially decrease deforestation, Cargill CEO Dave … More
Tag: Agtech
Gap commits to 100% sustainable cotton sourcing
Gap brands are committed to sourcing 100% sustainable cotton within the next six years, the apparel group announced in a press … More
IBM’s blockchain for food gains major US grocer
Albertsons has joined the IBM Food Trust blockchain initiative in an effort to test the technology’s ability to track the … More
John Deere’s demand forecast in limbo amid trade uncertainty
John Deere is optimistic that the fundamentals underlying the agriculture economy remain strong, but the company is in limbo gauging … More
Farmers can ship and haul with new digital booking tool
Indigo Agriculture, a seed technology company and grain transaction marketplace, has launched an automated freight brokerage platform exclusively for dry, … More
World’s largest grain traders partner to digitize transactions
The world’s four largest grain traders are banding together to replace paper-based processes —namely contracts, invoices, and payments — with digital … More
Walmart asks lettuce suppliers to trace products using blockchain
Walmart is turning to blockchain to trace leafy greens, an increasingly common move for any industry that needs to increase visibility from coffee to shipping … More
Former Whole Foods Co-CEO Walter Robb Joins S2G Ventures as Exec-in-Residence
In the wake of Amazon’s acquisition of Whole Foods just over a year ago, some of the company’s brightest talent … More
The World’s Most High Tech Indoor Farm Doesn’t Grow Food or Cannabis
“The real transfection of plants to make biopharmaceuticals was hatched in Palo Alto in a bar called the Sundance Mining … More
Indoor Farmers Are “Way Too Complacent” About Food Safety
“If you mess up indoors, everything is magnified,” says Sarah Taber. Taber is an independent food safety consultant specializing in … More
