Neighbors Playing Nice

Neighbors Playing Nice

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,...
Food Waste Goes Micro

Food Waste Goes Micro

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...
The Pressure Is On

The Pressure Is On

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...
Mega Pep for Micropep

Mega Pep for Micropep

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,...
Chinese Spies: License to Mill

Chinese Spies: License to Mill

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....
Tropic Like It’s Hot

Tropic Like It’s Hot

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...