TEDCO, Maryland’s economic engine for technology companies, announced today that its programs: Rural Business Innovation Initiative (RBII Fund), Builder Fund (Builder Fund), Seed Funds (Seed Fund) and Maryland Venture Fund (MVF) are now accepting applications for investments. @f3techMD @tedco #investment #rural #startup #funding Source: Applications Now Open for TEDCO’s Investment Funds | TEDCO...
What a decade it's been for the advancement of the food and agriculture industries! It was a decade spent catching up with other industries in the technological revolution. What's in store for 2020? Five of the industry's leading investors tell AFN. @f3techMD @AgFunder #investment #agtech #agritech Source:...
We expect 2020 to be another exciting and dynamic year for investments in agriculture and related businesses. One of the ways we seek to understand momentum behind agriculture investments is to examine consumer food preferences. According to Nielson’s recent “How America Will Eat” report, sales...
World Trade Center Institute's latest AGILE session, featuring leaders from Phillips, McCormick and IBM, focused on food scarcity. @f3techMD #agritech #agtech @wtcinstitute @phillipsseafood @mccormickspices Source: Climate change is threatening food supplies. Here are 3 ways tech can play a role in solutions - Technical.ly Baltimore...
Enter regenerative agriculture. Dubbed “beyond sustainable,” regenerative agricultural methodologies seek to add to the soil through a self-nourishing ecological system that benefits the environment in the process. A closed-loop system that doesn’t halt humans’ impact on the environment, but reverses it. Is it too good to be...
The average number of bushels of corn per acre is between 180 and 250. This year, Drew Haines of Middletown yielded over 422 bushels of corn per acre, beating Maryland’s state corn yield record and winning first place in the National Corn Yield Contest in the...
Hemp’s entry into the legal market has made it a hot new commodity but like any emerging sector, there are plenty of kinks to be ironed out in the years to come. The USDA recently estimated that 20% of hemp lots will exceed the 0.3% THC limit...
Consumers demand for more local foods. The FDA’s Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Produce Safety Rule (PSR) is defining terms of how the produces are grown. The FSMA emphasis on preventing food-borne illness from farm to table. For a safer food supply there need to...
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...
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...