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Food Business

Everyone in Ag Should Read and Fully Understand… Your Future Might be Impacted!

If you look at the forces driving Cellular Agriculture you can see that it is scaling quickly. Just four short years ago, there were really only two players in the lab-grown meat game, today there are +80, and with rapidly evolving consumer interest, it could soon be +10% of the meat market. This year alone …

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Interesting Reports & Research on Foodtech Sector and Next Gen Food Outlook

Funding in the Foodtech sector has grown at a +53% compounded annual rate (CAGR) since 2011, according to a new report from global venture capital fund White Star Capital. Deal volume has grown +27% CAGR over the same time period. White Star notes the Foodtech ecosystem is maturing with a large number of IPO and …

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Insects as High-Protein Animal Feed…What You Need to Know

French startup Ÿnsect is so confident that insects can revolutionize the global food chain that they are building the world’s largest bug farm in France. The company just added an additional $224 million in funding that for the first time attracted U.S. backers, including Los Angeles-based Upfront Ventures and the Robert Downey Jr. financed FootPrint …

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Emerging Consumer Behavior Trends Shaping the Food Industry’s Future

Consumer trends were thrown a curveball this spring when the pandemic upended the whole world. One food trend that was expected to gain a greater hold in 2020 was the overall shift toward more healthy eating and Covid-19 appears to have only reinforced consumers’ interest. Recent ADM OutsideVoice research showed that 77% of consumers intend …

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