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Value Added Producer Grants from USDA
The Value-Added Producer Grant (VAPG) program helps agricultural producers enter into value-added activities related to the processing and marketing of new products. The goals of this program are to generate new products, create and expand marketing opportunities and increase producer income. You may receive priority if you are a beginning farmer or rancher, a socially-disadvantaged […]
Israel FoodTech: Turning up the heat for 2020
Amir Zaidman discusses the key pillars underpinning Israel’s strength in foodtech and offers a roundup of some of the recent big moves and funding rounds in Israeli FoodTech and the @f3techMD #israel #foodtech Source: Israel FoodTech: Turning up the heat for 2020 – AgFunderNews
World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit, San Francisco
The World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit is a world leading event series focused on the most disruptive technologies transforming the global food system. Now in its 6th year, this flagship event hosted in San Francisco gathers 1500+ of the brightest minds in agriculture. Agribusinesses, food brands, producers, investors and entrepreneurs from over 50 countries meet to foster […]
John Phipps Revisits “Dirt Is Destiny”
Eighteen years ago, I wrote a column (below) questioning the over-used maxim “Cash is King.” My assertion was cash has many advantages over other assets like land, but for farmers, dirt was destiny, that is, a more powerful tool to secure a desired future. Obviously, it had little lasting impact, since the phrase remains a […]
Farming’s Digital Evolution
His demeanor might be calm, but Michael K. Stern sees the global challenges facing agriculture today in rather dramatic terms, given the trends in population growth, the need for food and the reduction in land suitable for farming. Thankfully, the cost to gather and store farm data is plummeting while the ability to collect data […]
Info Webinar on DEC 18 for $25,000 OCP Innovation Challenge
Register for the Webinar Learn more about the OCP Innovation Challenge in our upcoming Info Session Webinar. This webinar will provide details on program benefits which include: Your company getting to work with industry experts to help hone your company’s products or services Participating in the 2020 OCP Innovation Challenge Demo Day in San Francisco Tapping into OCP’s […]
Are views changing or is this still a controversy? How a closed-door meeting shows farmers are waking up on climate change
Perdue, Vilsack and leading agricultural groups gathered in a Maryland barn to talk about the farm-country issue that dare not speak its name. he meeting last June in a wood-beamed barn in Newburg, Md., an hour due south of Washington, had all the makings of a secret conclave. The guest list was confidential. No press […]
Make Manure Great Again: New Tech Challenge Aims to Put Animal Waste to Work
With involvement from World Wildlife Fund and The Yield Lab Institute, The Manure Challenge is exploring how technology can help us find an expedited pathway to making better use of manure. @f3techMD #agritech #manure @world_wildlife @theyieldlab #manurechallenge Source: Make Manure Great Again: New Tech Challenge Aims to Put Animal Waste to Work – AgFunderNews
OneNOAA Science Seminars – May Be Worth A Look For Ideas & Resources
Home > OneNOAA Science Seminars OneNOAA Science Seminars A joint effort by several NOAA seminar partners to help share science and climate seminars and information across NOAA and our constituents. To hear about upcoming OneNOAA Science seminars you can join our weekly e-mail of OneNOAA seminars (anyone can join the list) by Sending an email to OneNOAAscienceseminars-request@list.woc.noaa.gov with the word […]
$100,000 AgTech Innovation Prize at Alexandria LaunchLabs
Alexandria LaunchLabs® will be awarding a cash and membership prize to one incredible startup. Located at the Alexandria Center® for AgTech in the heart of Research Triangle, North Carolina’s dense agtech cluster, LaunchLabs offers early-stage companies a world-class home with state-of-the-art amenities and company-building support. Sectors of interest include crop enhancement and protection, digital and data […]
