Agri-food innovation in Ontario gets a $713 million boost

In Canada, the Ontario provincial government will invest up to $713 million toward a unique agreement between the University of Guelph and the Ontario...

PrecisionHawk raises $75 million to lead the drone industry

In North Carolina, PrecisionHawk, Inc. raised a $75 million round of funding from a group of venture and strategic investors. This investment brings PrecisionHawk’s...

2-D and 3-D images combine to accurately predict plant growth

In Russia, a group of scientists from the Space Center and the Center for Data-Intensive Science and Engineering at Skoltech have developed a method...

VerticalPoint RTK by Trimble increases vertical GPS signal consistency to 95 percent

In California, Trimble launched VerticalPoint RTK for grade control in agriculture. The patent-pending system provides significantly enhanced vertical accuracy and stability of standard single-baseline RTK...

Nuvus releases grow.droid controlled environment agriculture factories

In Florida, Nuvus Gro Corp., a provider of advanced controlled environment agriculture with sophisticated automation and analytical tools for the cultivators of legal industrial...

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Meatable hosts distinguished guests for EU’s first cultivated meat tasting

In the Netherlands, Meatable has hosted the European Union’s first cultivated meat tasting. Michelin-starred chef Ron Blaauw; Constantijn van Oranje, Prince of the Netherlands...

Cool as a cucumber (coating): Sweden’s Saveggy raises $2.1 million for edible produce preserver

In Sweden, foodtech startup Saveggy has raised €1.76 (US$2.1 million) to scale up an edible cucumber coating made from a proprietary formula of canola...

Designer develops chitin-based seed pods

In New York, designer Mara Zimmerman has developed SEAD, a seed delivery and cultivation material made from discarded seafood cells. Specifically, Zimmerman uses chitin from...