1. The organic industry is the fastest growing segment of U.S. agriculture, with sales growing from $1 billion in 1990 to nearly $35 billion in 2012.
2. AeroFarms Raises $20m Series B from Global Investors.
3. Government-led Coalition (U.S., Sweden, Germany) Invests $12.9m into Clean Energy Agtech for Emerging Markets.
4. Google Campus Inspires UK’s First Agtech Startup Facility, Farm491.
5. Ripple Foods Raises $14m Series A to Launch Plant-Based Milk Product.
6. 2.5 years after opening a $206m, 350,000 sq ft factory in Batavia, New York, PepsiCo and German dairy giant Theo Müller Group have agreed to count their losses and exit their joint venture (Muller Quaker Dairy). The plant has been sold to Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) for an undisclosed sum.
7. Kellogg will work with its suppliers directly for the first time to help reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 50% by 2050.
8. DuPont and The Dow Chemical Company have ended speculation by announcing they are to merge and the combined company will be called DowDuPont.
9. Australia and China are set to foster closer ties in agricultural research and wine production with the launch of a new collaborative research centre at the University of Adelaide's Waite campus in South Australia.
10. Asia-Pacific is home to the country with the world’s highest rate of diabetes and also one of the lowest, the annual International Diabetes Foundation “Atlas” reveals.
11. A European Commission report says the EU market for dairy commodities and milk imports will grow 2.4% annually up to 2025 as European demand rises.
12. According to a U.N report, an Elnino effect would possibly result in rains & floods in South India between now and Feb'16.
2. AeroFarms Raises $20m Series B from Global Investors.
3. Government-led Coalition (U.S., Sweden, Germany) Invests $12.9m into Clean Energy Agtech for Emerging Markets.
4. Google Campus Inspires UK’s First Agtech Startup Facility, Farm491.
5. Ripple Foods Raises $14m Series A to Launch Plant-Based Milk Product.
6. 2.5 years after opening a $206m, 350,000 sq ft factory in Batavia, New York, PepsiCo and German dairy giant Theo Müller Group have agreed to count their losses and exit their joint venture (Muller Quaker Dairy). The plant has been sold to Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) for an undisclosed sum.
7. Kellogg will work with its suppliers directly for the first time to help reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 50% by 2050.
8. DuPont and The Dow Chemical Company have ended speculation by announcing they are to merge and the combined company will be called DowDuPont.
9. Australia and China are set to foster closer ties in agricultural research and wine production with the launch of a new collaborative research centre at the University of Adelaide's Waite campus in South Australia.
10. Asia-Pacific is home to the country with the world’s highest rate of diabetes and also one of the lowest, the annual International Diabetes Foundation “Atlas” reveals.
11. A European Commission report says the EU market for dairy commodities and milk imports will grow 2.4% annually up to 2025 as European demand rises.
12. According to a U.N report, an Elnino effect would possibly result in rains & floods in South India between now and Feb'16.
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