Oliver Morrison

Early-stage ag and food tech investor Big Idea Ventures has launched its fifth portfolio company through its Generation Food Rural Partners (GFRP) fund.

Researchers in Germany have published an agenda for the smart digitalisation of agriculture.

There is much excitement surrounding the potential benefits for carbon capture and soil improvements offered by the process of enhanced rock weathering. However, it is at present seen as too expensive to scale. A London biotech is therefore applying enzymes to speed up the natural rock weathering processes.

A new project aims to unlock renewable energy and cut rice straw emissions in India and Philippines.

The term 'disconnect' frequently arises in agtech. How can the industry bridge the gap between technology and on-ground farm realities to retain long-term trust with growers?

Wilkinsburg Police Chief Ophelia Coleman stands with Mayor Dontae Comans to announce more than half a million dollars in federal funding to buy new body cameras to replaces ones purchased in 2021.

AgTechNavigator spoke to Stephan Dolezalek, managing partner at investor Grosvenor Food & AgTech, for his views on the prospects for the indoor farming sector. One of them: the opportunity to grow premium products to address specific nutrient and health needs.

US indoor farmer Square Roots is growing plants in the dark using gene edited (CRISPR) technology. The move could make indoor farming significantly more viable and sustainable, especially in low and middle-income countries, by reducing energy needs and costs that are typically driven by LED grow light, explains CEO Tobias Peggs.

Waitrose, a premium grocer with over 350 shops in the UK, and part of Britain's largest employee-owned retailer, the John Lewis Partnership, says it is committing to support more than 2,000 of its British farmers to move to regenerative farming practices, helping to boost financial resilience of farms in the long-term and combat the effects of climate change

Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey gave a tour of the city for senior White House Advisor Tom Perez on Wednesday, one that highlighted how federal infrastructure spending has been impacting the city.The three stops on the tour reflected a common theme: This round of infrastructure spending is being allocated differently than it has in previous generations. And in fact some of it will be used to undo the ways that previous spending divided up and tore down Black neighborhoods.