Earlier this year we wrote about the sudden lack of interest in funding for vertical farm startups, which are companies led mostly by Silicon Valley gringos bringing microgreens that cost mega greenbacks to urban Millennials. In fact, AgFunder’s 2020 mid-year agtech investment report noted that novel farming startups had raised only $105 million in the […]
The global demand for meat is expected to jump 70% by 2050 as the population grows to roughly 9.6 billion people. As expected, the bulk of the burden will be on widely consumed protein sources like fish, beef, and chicken. With the possibility of running out of resources and the strain caused by the production of these […]
People love their pets. Consider that Americans alone spent an estimated $72 billion on their animals last year. While the headlines focus on startups like Rover, which has raised more than $300 million for its app-powered pet services, the biggest chunk of money goes toward food – about $30 billion in 2018. People also love […]
There is a Western aversion to insects in general. They are thought of as pests who transmit diseases, and we look at them with same kind of disgust we would reserve for public relations people who want us to do free work for their paid clients. Meanwhile, the rest of the world is happily munching […]