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Leaf helps farms decipher the troves of data they generate
New York-based Leaf is looking to build the Plaid of farm data, co-founder and CEO Bailey Stockdale told TechCrunch. The company takes a farm’s unstructured data, standardizes it, and loads it into an application programming interface (API). This allows Leaf customers, who range from crop insurance providers to agtech startups, to better utilize and build off the data. Customers pay for the service based on how many acres their data is harvested from.
EarthShot Labs Raises $5.5M Series A
Earthshot’s carbon development platform streamlines compliance and derisks project finance with automated feasibility and underwriting tools
Rockefeller Foundation’s Zero Gap Fund releases its 2023 State of the Portfolio featuring Trailhead Capital
Did you know that regenerative technologies can restore the soil ecosystem, improve crop yield, produce higher quality food, reduce farming costs and reduce food waste?
Clean Crop Receives $1.2 Million from the Massachusetts Manufacturing Innovation Initiative
The grant will allow the company to scale deployment of its Clean Current technology, a first-of-its-kind, fossil fuel-free defense against crop disease
BizMafia Podcast - Blazing the Venture Capital Trail with Investor Pete Oberle
In this episode of the BizMafia podcast, we sit down with Pete Oberle, the co-founder and managing director of Trailhead Capital. Trailhead Capital is a mission-driven early stage venture capital firm dedicated to generating outstanding financial, societal, and ecological returns by supporting entrepreneurs who are building the regenerative future of food and agriculture.
Clean Crop Technologies Welcomes Pete Oberle to Its Board of Directors
Holyoke, MA based agriculture technology start-up investor and Managing Partner of Trailhead Capital joins advisory board.
Seed treatment, without compromise? Cold plasma is ready for prime time, says Clean Crop Technologies
Massachusetts-based Clean Crop Technologies has launched a commercial cold plasma seed treatment facility, signed $3.4 million in purchase orders, and has a sales and pilot pipeline worth $47 million in annual recurring revenue from companies that represent 39% of the global vegetable seed market, claims the startup.
Why Some of the Most Trusted Companies Are Open About Their Climate Impact
Roughly a fifth of the companies on Newsweek's latest ranking of the Most Trustworthy Companies in America also appear on Newsweek's list of America's Most Responsible Companies, a ranking that includes an assessment of a company's environmental, social and governance, or ESG, disclosure.
HerdDogg Inc. Successfully Closes Venture Equity Fundraise, Fueling Growth and Innovation
HerdDogg Inc., the leader in data-driven livestock management, announced today the closure of its Series A-4 Preferred Equity financing, securing a significant investment to accelerate commercialization and fuel innovative hardware and data solutions for the beef and dairy industries.
CamoAg and American AgCredit Collaborate to Revolutionize Agricultural Data Management
CamoAg, a leading provider of advanced agricultural intelligence and workflow management solutions, and American AgCredit, a member of the Farm Credit System, which offers financial services to agricultural and rural communities across multiple states, are working together in efforts to transform the agricultural data landscape.
Targeting $50m, Mad Capital unveils new fund aiming to de-risk regenerative-organic farming
peciality finance shop Mad Capital has launched its Perennial Fund II that provides US farmers with loans to help them transition to regenerative and/or organic agriculture.
Podcast: Transforming a Company: From Warehouses to Tech with Food Maven’s CEO Ben Deda
The episode delves into Food Maven’s evolution since their last interview, highlighting key milestones and shifts in strategy.
Podcast: Working on Chipotle’s Local Sourcing Program and What’s Next for Local Line with Cole Jones
Cole Jones is the Founder and CEO of Local Line is the all-in-one local food-sourcing platform for Restaurants, Grocers, and Distributors. Use Local Line to discover and buy from thousands of family farms that sell every kind of product category including produce, meat, dairy, and more. Whether you're a single-location independent grocery store or a nationwide chain, Local Line helps retailers of all sizes build scalable farm-to-fork supply chains.
Podcast: Addressing Climate Change in Agriculture with Plasma Technology with Daniel White, Co-Founder and CEO at Clean Crop Technologies
oin the discussion as Daniel unpacks Clean Crop Technologies’ innovative plasma technology to improve crop yields and reduce food waste. We also discuss the challenges of contamination in the food supply chain and the importance of addressing climate change in agriculture. If you're interested in learning about cutting-edge solutions to food waste and climate change in agriculture, this podcast is a must-listen.
American Farmland Owner - Simplifying ROI
“ROI.” That may not be the first thought of motivation each morning as landowners work to preserve the century farm that their great grandparents toiled to build. But it might be the reason that the farm will survive for future generations.
Credit facility accelerates growth of regenerative farming
Mad Capital uses a $5 million credit facility from RSF to support Midwest and High Plains farmers who are transitioning to organic and regenerative practices
Curbing Post-Harvest Food Waste | Clean Crop
In the US alone, nearly 1/3 of all food produced is wasted, accounting for 4.4 gigatons of CO2 emissions every year. A significant portion of this is due to toxins, pathogens, and pests that originate in the field.
Podcast: Realistic AgTech Valuations, Cold Plasma Tech & Going Broad and Narrow with Dan White, Co-Founder and CEO of Clean Crop
Dan White is the Co-Founder and CEO of Clean Crop Technologies, an agtech startup that uses electricity to fight food waste and food safety risk. Clean Crop's proprietary 'Clean Current' technology combines electricity and food-grade gasses to remove contaminants from seeds and foods to increase crop yields, reduce food waste, and increase food safety.
Loveland Products and Ascribe Team Up to Launch Biofungicides for U.S. Row Crops
Loveland Products will commercialize two new crop protection products containing Ascribe’s biofungicide, Phytalix. This collaboration is expected to bring Phytalix-based products to the U.S. row crop market under the Loveland Products’ brand in the 2026 growing season.
HowGood climate impact labels to be displayed on food products at COP28
In an exciting advancement for sustainability transparency, HowGood's research-backed impact labels will be digitally displayed on 2,500 food items across five stores, as well as at COP28.