agriculture

Full Nature Farms launches smart irrigation system at CES 2025 to reduce agricultural water waste

Climate /

Agriculture, which consumes about 70% of global freshwater, is grappling with increased water scarcity and inefficient irrigation systems. Traditional methods of irrigation not only lead to wasted water and nutrients, but also contribute to lower crop yields, food insecurity, and unnecessary carbon emissions.  Hong-Kong based agriculture technology startup Full Nature Farms thinks there’s a better […]

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NitroVolt is helping farmers make their own fertilizer using renewable power

Fundraising /

When Suzanne Zamany Andersen arranged her trip to greenhouse grower Koppert Cress in the Netherlands, she thought she would just be pitching her startup’s device, which turns electricity and air into ammonia, a widely used fertilizer.  Not only did the company agree to test the ammonia production system made by her company — Denmark-based NitroVolt

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Germany’s Klim raises $22M to take its regenerative farming platform international

Climate /

Global food production generates at least a quarter of greenhouse gas emissions, more than 80% of which comes from agriculture. But addressing that impact is easier said than done since there are simply so many moving parts to address. “Regenerative” farming is often touted as one way to make progress towards several sustainability goals, as it offers

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Applied Carbon’s farm robot turns plant waste into biochar to capture CO2

Robotics /

It’s incredibly easy to dump carbon into the atmosphere and accelerate climate change. It’s a lot harder to take it out. Startups are experimenting with massive industrial systems to draw the pollutant out of the air, with facilities costing hundreds of millions of dollars to construct. That has some other founders thinking, why not use

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Food VC Peakbridge has new $187M fund to transform future of food, like lab-made cocoa

Venture /

Climate change is not just about removing carbon from the atmosphere or making more fuel efficient cars. It’s also about the food we eat. That’s the focus of PeakBridge, a global fund manager in the agri-foodtech sector. It recently closed on $187 million in capital commitments for its PeakBridge Growth Fund II to invest in

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