Last week, Washington Post reported Laura Reiley reported that, “As organic food shifts from utopian movement to lucrative industry, a war is being waged for its soul. “Record organic sales in the United States totaled nearly $50 billion in 2017 according to the Organic Trade Association. Although organic food still represents only 5.5 percent of… Continue Reading
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Organic Food Production: “A War is being Waged for its Soul”
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Some Real-Estate Startups Are Adjusting Their Business Models
Wall Street Journal writers Konrad Putzier and Eliot Brown reported last week that, “Five months after the co-working firm Bond Collective signed a 42,000-square-foot lease in a Brooklyn office building, the property’s owners flipped it for a hefty profit. “‘Hey, we can essentially do the same thing,’ Bond Collective founder Shlomo Silber recalled thinking after… Continue Reading
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Nebraska Lawmakers Seek to Expand Startup Program in the State
Paul Hammel reported yesterday at the Omaha World-Herald Online that, “Evan Luxon says his small but growing startup company would still be in San Francisco rather than Omaha but for an innovative eight-year-old state program that helps entrepreneurs. “The Nebraska Business Innovation Act, Luxon said, helped persuade him that he could relocate to his hometown… Continue Reading
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Food Start-Ups Focusing on Protein Sources
Earlier this week, Financial Times writer Nikou Asgari reported that, “Entrepreneurs and investors are increasingly focusing on algae as an alternative protein source to help feed a global population that the UN forecasts will rise from 7.7bn today to 9.7bn by 2050. “In the EU, the algae biomass sector is valued at €1.69bn and employs… Continue Reading
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Government Shutdown Showcased “Alternative Data” Platforms by Ag Startups
Financial Times writers Gregory Meyer and Emiko Terazono reported last week that, “The longest government shutdown in US history was a marketing bonanza for the ‘alternative data‘ industry, and nowhere more than in agricultural markets. “The closure of about a month, which lasted until late January, halted a stream of important reports from the US… Continue Reading
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Streaming App Startups Latest Booming Tech Business, Farmers Become Stars
Bloomberg writers Alfred Cang and Lulu Yilun Chen reported yesterday that, “Streaming apps have taken China by storm with short videos of dancing teens, lip-syncing and all kinds of weird antics. Now traders are using them to predict the future of grain prices. “For example, a farmer in the rural northeast is using his phone… Continue Reading
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Smithfield Loses Another Neighbors’ Lawsuit Regarding Hog Production
The Associated Press reported last week that, “Smithfield Foods was found responsible Friday for a fifth time for nuisances neighbors suffered from waste generated by thousands of the company’s hogs. Jurors determined the pork giant should pay $420,000 after four previous juries awarded nearly $550 million in penalties. “Most of the damages awarded were intended… Continue Reading
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Iowa Considers Bill to Ban Deceptive Trespass on Agricultural Facilities
Des Moines Register writer Stephen Gruber-Miller reported earlier this week that, “With Iowa’s controversial ‘ag gag’ law on appeal in the courts, lawmakers are considering a narrower bill that would create a special trespassing crime for agricultural facilities. “Supporters say the law is necessary to protect farmers from people who intend to hurt their industry… Continue Reading
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State Regulators Brace for Another Year of Dicamba Injury
DTN writer Emily Unglesbee reported yesterday that, “State pesticide regulators are responsible for overseeing a lot of chemicals, but some expect to police only one this year — dicamba. “‘So many resources are dedicated to dicamba that it has made my program a one-issue program,’ said Tim Creger, a pesticide regulator with the Nebraska Department… Continue Reading
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Farmers Business Network Now Selling its Own Seeds
Bloomberg’s Elizabeth G Dunn reported earlier this week that, “Farmers don’t have a reputation for skewing to the political left, but just get them talking about seeds. At an expo center on the outskirts of Memphis one gray February day, several dozen of them make for a receptive audience as Charles Baron expounds over plates… Continue Reading
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