by Becca Frazier | Jul 15, 2022 | Uncategorized
Oh, would you be my neighbor? President Biden met with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador this week to shore up their relationship after Obrador skipped a regional summit last month. Slowing mass migration and improving economic ties were top of the agenda,...
by Becca Frazier | Jul 15, 2022 | Uncategorized
Big problems require big small solutions. When it comes to food waste, GoMicro is tackling the problem by simply scaling down. The South Australian startup has developed a phone app called SpotCheck, which is used with a magnifier that attaches to a phone. It captures...
by Becca Frazier | Jul 15, 2022 | Uncategorized
The Senate and Instant Pots have something in common: pressure. (#NotAnAd) Help me tie this together: Last year, the House passed the Farm Workforce Modernization Act to reform the H-2A visa program to help with the lack of adequate farm labor and, well… the Senate is...
by Becca Frazier | Jul 12, 2022 | Uncategorized
Micropep has a little extra pep in its step after closing an $8.9M extension of a Series A financing round led by Fall Line Capital. A noble cause, Micropep is here for the future of agriculture by embracing the potential of micropeptides. Micro,...
by Becca Frazier | Jul 12, 2022 | Uncategorized
China has invaded North Dakota. (At least that’s how some folks see it.) Foreign investment: Fufeng Group, a Chinese conglomerate that manufactures sugar substitutes and flavor enhancers, recently purchased 300+ acres of farmland near Grand Forks, ND for a cool $2.6M....
by Becca Frazier | Jul 8, 2022 | Uncategorized
Funding for ‘naners, coffee, and rice is steamin’ up. Tropic Biosciences, a gene-editing startup out of the UK, just raised a lush amount of green to help fund its mission to improve and sustain tropical agriculture. Green for genes: The $35M that Tropic banked will...
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