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Forging Global Agricultural Partnerships: The 2023 Climate Smart Agricultural Policy Mission to Denmark and the Netherlands
As the global population continues to grow and climate change threatens food security, it has become increasingly important to foster international partnerships to address these pressing challenges. In that context, last month, the VINE joined CDFA, Western Growers, UC Davis,…
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Inaugural FIRA USA – World Ag Robotics Forum in Fresno a Success!
Agriculture and the global food supply is threatened by a range of issues, including drought, climate impacts, increasing business costs, and labor scarcity. To forge solutions to these issues and more, on Oct. 18-20 over 1,000 attendees from around the world…
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AI-Based Startup Leaders Discuss AI and Innovation in Agriculture, Food and HealthÂ
Written by: Leanna Sweha, JD
The AI Institute for Next Generation Food Systems (AIFS) wrapped up its 2022 Spring Speaker Series with a panel bringing together the series speakers.
The panel members included:
Oliver Vince, CoFounder of Basecamp Research,… View Details -
The VINE – Helping Meet the IPCC’s Climate Change Mitigation Goals
Written by: Leanna Sweha, JD
The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has called for accelerated mitigation in the global agrifood system in a report released in the spring. Drilling down into its specific recommendations, we can…
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The Global Controlled Environment Agriculture Consortium (GCEAC) – What’s That?Â
Written by: Leanna Sweha, JD
Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) – growing food in greenhouses and indoors – is a relatively new industry that is seeing exponential growth in the United States. CEA facilities are popping up all over the world.…
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Insights on the Evolution of Innovation in CEA – Allison Kopf of iUNU
Written by: Leanna Sweha, JD
Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) promises safe, high-quality produce grown with less water and chemical inputs, as well as reduced labor, packaging, and transportation costs. These efficiency factors are driving significant investment in the CEA industry.
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Where is Animal Agtech Investment Heading in 2022?
Written by: Leanna Sweha, JD
Investment in agtech reached a record high last year. According to Crunchbase data, investors made nearly $5 billion in 440 funding deals to VC-backed startups in 2021. That’s a fifty percent increase over the…
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UC leads new $20M USDA-funded AI for the Food System Institute
The U.S. National Science Foundation is establishing new artificial intelligence institutes to accelerate research, expand America’s workforce, and transform society in the decades to come.
As part of this initiative, they have setup the AI Institute for Next Generation…
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Innovator Spotlight: Biome Makers Creates Ag Solutions with Micoorganisms
Biome Makers is a biotech company that recently relocated from the Bay Area to West Sacramento. Biome Makers specializes in understanding the microbiome – the microlife – around agriculture, in order to improve agricultural production…
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Farm Dog: A Farmer’s Best Digital Friend for Integrated Pest Management
FARM DOG
Farm Dog is a digital platform that uses local field data, analysis and insights in real-time to help growers and agronomists track, anticipate, prevent and respond to pest and disease pressure.…
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