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Farmers Business Network (FBN) looks back on 10 years
Dec 18, 2023 · In 2014, Charles Baron and Amol Deshpande were concocting an idea that was practically unheard of in agriculture. “The goal was to put the world of agriculture at the farmers’ fingertips and empower them through information, technology and a network,” Baron tells AgFunderNews.. Farmers Business Network, commonly known as FBN, was born of that goal.
The 2024 list of agrifood corporates with regen ag goals
Feb 20, 2024 · The last time we compiled a list of agrifood corporates making regenerative agriculture commitments, it took hours upon hours of reading between corporate jargon lines to understand a handful of companies’ goals.. What a difference a couple years makes. In 2024, most major food companies have a page on their websites dedicated to regenerative agriculture (sometimes used interchangeably with ...
One Acre Fund aims to safeguard farmers facing climate change
Jan 10, 2024 · Cyclone Freddy’s destruction in Malawi last year was a stark reminder that Africa’s smallholder farmers are a vulnerable lot.. The tropical cyclone’s impacts were devastating for farmers in a country that ranks among the poorest in the world. More than 2 million farmers lost their crops after Freddy destroyed 440,000 acres of land; over 1.4 million livestock were drowned, starved or lost ...
Regenerative Agriculture Investing: 70 Investment Groups Worth …
Jul 11, 2019 · Regenerative agriculture is having a moment. For long-time regen ag practitioners and proponents, this is probably jarring. But having written about regenerative agriculture for five years now, I’ve never seen such engagement or our stories about this ultra-sustainable method of farming perform so well.. Readers aren’t only engaging with the subject matter — the comments boards on these ...
What happened to those GM spider goats with the silky milk?
Sep 2, 2019 · This really was an extraordinarily wacky and perhaps controversially ‘Homo Deus’ news story — GM goats who had been transplanted with a spider’s silk-making genes to transform their milk into something much less drinkable and much more silky. Yet this was all years ago now. So did that research ever lead anywhere? And what happened to those goats?
AgroSpheres aims to build 'unprecedented stability' in biologicals
Dec 4, 2023 · With a fresh $25m in hand, AgroSpheres aims to build ‘unprecedented stability’ in crop biologicals
Cibus Capital lands $600m to invest in agrifood companies
Mar 4, 2024 · Specialist investor Cibus Capital has announced the close of its second mid-market private equity fund, Cibus Fund II, with more than $510 million in commitments.; The firm also closed its second venture fund, Cibus Enterprise Fund II, with over $135 million in commitments. A mix of new and returning investors participated across both portfolios, including “major institutional investors ...
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