Food & Agriculture
Can Bumble Bee and Nestlé hook the world on fishless fish?
Corporate giants and scrappy startups are casting a wide net with alternative seafood for retail, mail order and restaurants. Read More
Second quarter food startup roundup
The Q2 startup round up includes companies focusing microbes to replace nitrogen, coffeeless coffee, long-lived fruit and timber protein for fish. Read More
First hints at Biden's climate strategy for food and ag
The U.S. Department of Agriculture released a summery of its listening tour for a climate-smart strategy. What it included sheds light on where the federal government is prioritizing its efforts. Read More
Accounting for all the pluses and minuses in food systems
True cost accounting approaches do not just look at the usual financial metrics but enable the user to understand the broader human, social and ecological impacts of their food systems activities. Read More
Soaring soy demand and the failure of corporate supply chain pledges
Two recent reports warn that ambitions need to be raised to eliminate deforestation arising from surging demand for soy. Read More
Who are net-zero leaders and laggards in food?
While some food companies such as Unilever, General Mills, Nestlé, and Danone make a lot of noise in the industry about their sustainability efforts, others quietly are operating as usual. Read More
The new dynamic duo: Pricing and food waste
Wasteless uses AI to adjust prices for goods closer to the expiration date, a process that encourages consumers to reduce waste while increasing revenue for retailers. Read More
Policy, not politics, will change America's meat habits
Cutting down on our consumption of meat has the potential to be a game changer for climate change, but only if it doesn't start a new culture war. Read More
Chipotle got its hands dirty to achieve waste diversion goals
The fast-casual restaurant was able to divert 51 percent of waste relying on cardboard recycling, innovative solutions to film plastic trash and composting. Read More
Indoor farming funding heats up
Plenty, InFarm, Oishii, AreoFarms and Gotham Greens have all seen intense investment and market growth this year. Read More
