What’s old can sometimes become new again. Aquaculture, which uses a lot of plastics, is making new moves to add value to materials that were once discarded or left to collect dust. A Certified B Corporation is Chile is starting to turn heads by turning disused materials on salmon farms into new, useful products for […]

La iniciativa “Smart Agro”, de Telefónica Movistar y la Organización de la ONU para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO), busca impulsar el uso de tecnologías para el desarrollo de una “agricultura sostenible” en países como Colombia y El Salvador. La directora de Asuntos Públicos, Regulación y Mayoristas de Telefónica Colombia, Natalia Guerra, explicó a […]

When Ryan Cohen was launching online pet retailer Chewy, he spent a lot of time thinking about how to compete against Amazon. Now, a decade later, after selling Chewy for $3.35 billion and exiting the company, Cohen is still thinking about the best way to beat Amazon. It’s harder now, he says, but still possible. […]

El campo argentino es uno de los sectores más innovadores, con la adopción de nuevas herramientas campaña a campaña con el objetivo de conjugar la estrategia productiva y la estrategia ambiental. El uso de herramientas digitales en el campo crece año a año y viene revolucionando la forma de trabajar, impactando positivamente en la productividad y disminuyendo […]

Chewy, Inc. is one major pet industry player capitalizing on the accelerating shift toward e-commerce. The company reported its second quarter earnings for fiscal 2020, posting a net loss of $32.8 million and $1.7 billion in net sales, up 47% from year-ago revenue. “In recent months it has become clear that the retail industry in […]

Latin America’s leading legacy food delivery company iFood and Delivery Hero-owned Domicilios.com are merging in a bid to take on the food startup Rappi on its home turf. The price of the transaction was undisclosed, but will result in iFood holding a 51% equity stake in the partnership, while Delivery Hero will hold the remaining 49%. […]

Technologies that enable urban agriculture, production of protein from non-animal sources, and farm automation will be critical for countries in the Asia-Pacific region to ensure food security in the near and longer term. That’s the view of Armen Harutyunyan, senior advisor, sustainable and digital agriculture at the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Global Center for Technology, Innovation, and Sustainable […]

With a new $4 million round, the Bogota-based supply chain logistics technology developer Tül is prepping to expand across the Latin American region. Founded by Enrique Villamarin Lafaurie and Juan Carlos Narváez, Tül’s technology connects construction manufacturers to the small businesses across Latin America that are responsible for handling half of the inventory for construction jobs in […]

The U.S. soy industry has been replacing marine ingredients for more than 30 years in aquafeeds through the USSEC’s Southeast Asia aquaculture program. Given the public statement that high levels of soy inclusion in shrimp feeds were the cause of White Feces Syndrome, USSEC stated that that was not the experience of the industry in […]

Provectus Algae, an Australian startup developing algae-based products for the food and agriculture industries, has raised $3.25 million in a seed round led by Hong Kong’s Vectr Ventures. Canadian VC firm Maropost Ventures also participated in the round alongside several undisclosed family offices and private investors. Operating out of its biotech foundry in Noosa Heads, Queensland, Provectus is […]