Kiwi FoodTech Startup ANDFOODS Chooses China to Build Asia-First Supply
New Zealand food technology startup ANDFOODS has made a strategic decision that may signal a new commercial model for emerging food innovators. Instead of manufacturing its fermented whipped cream in New Zealand, the company has chosen to produce it in China—placing manufacturing alongside its target customers before its first commercial launch in Singapore.
9 hours ago2 min read
Coffee Is Just The Beginning of Plant Cell Agriculture
For decades, global food production has depended on fields, weather, water and increasingly fragile global supply chains. But a partnership between Israeli biotechnology companies Brevel and Coffeesai coffee suggests a very different future is emerging.
3 days ago1 min read
Coles Backs the Next Generation of Food Innovation
Australian supermarket giant Coles Group has awarded more than AUD$3.5 million to eight emerging food and agriculture businesses, signalling where one of the region's largest retailers sees future growth opportunities.
3 days ago2 min read
An Underground Network - The Internet Beneath Our Feet
A new global study reveals arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi – microscopic fungi living in the soil – form an underground network stretching an estimated 110 quadrillion kilometres across the planet. Rather than one giant organism, it functions more like the internet itself with billions of interconnected local networks linking plant roots and exchanging nutrients, water and carbon.
7 days ago1 min read
Waste Gas to Protein Could Be New Zealand’s Next Food Opportunity
A new generation of biotechnology is turning industrial waste gas to protein, opening up a potential pathway for countries such as New Zealand to expand food production without requiring additional farmland, freshwater or livestock.
Jun 172 min read
Can New Zealand Make Its Own Pasta.. Apparently YES!!
Monty & Sons has launched a pasta range made from New Zealand-grown durum wheat, creating what is believed to be one of the country's first fully traceable paddock-to-plate pasta supply chains. The wheat is grown by members of the Wairarapa Grains Collective before being milled and manufactured locally.
Jun 172 min read
The Chemical Cost of Food - How UV Light Is Killing The Nasties
California-based TRIC Robotics has developed autonomous field robots that use UV-C light to suppress pathogens, fungal diseases and pests without applying conventional chemical sprays. Operating mostly at night, the robots expose crops to precisely controlled doses of ultraviolet light, disrupting disease cycles while reducing the need for chemical intervention. The timing is significant.
Jun 152 min read
The Zespri Paradox Revisited - We Made A Mistake!
Six days ago we published THIS STORY about the Zespri Paradox - it was wrong for one small but embarrassingly point and as is sometimes inconvenient in journalism - the fact got in the way of a good story.
Jun 152 min read
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