Agtech Action | 08.10.19 - 08.16.19
Happy Friday!
Welcome to Agtech Action.
Funding/Resource Opportunities:
InnovaSummit 2019, a Corporate Venture Summit, is taking place in Santiago, Chile on the 29th and 30th of August.
More details of the event, speakers and challenges at www.innovasummit.com.
Opportunities:
Solutions:
Unilver's form CEO, Paul Polman, on forging partnerships to tip us towards sustainability
Stackable beer cans (to save plastic) < Legos + beer + plastic-waste-reduction !!!
Syngenta funded a study suggesting best ways to spray glyphosate
Policy:
Nebraskan rural poll shows division (apparently internally) about immigration and citizenship...really conflicting messages in these numbers…
Global trade wars are hurting farmers in Canada (and everywhere else…)
FDA finds a surprise in gene-edited cattle: antibiotic resistant, non-bovine DNA
Finance:
The value-based sustainability reporting that investors want
AgTalent, the "LinkedIn for regen ag" raises A$150k seed funding
The Seam reveals plans to release traceability solution for cotton
GridX, an Argentinian Venture studio, shows off its food/ag companies
Kraft, Mondelez to pay $16M in wheat price manipulation case
Ginkgo-spinout and ingredients innovator Motif FoodWorks raises $27.5M and hones in on animal-free
Fun:
Butter sculptures at the Iowa State Fair < Everything about this brings me joy. And also a hint of FOMO because the Missouri State Fair lacks butter art.
Thanks for reading, and have a wonderful weekend!
Connie