News and Analysis on Global Ag Innovation, Investment and Sustainability
Start-up profile
From a warehouse fire to a biologicals business targeting 2 billion acres, Pennsylvania-based Holganix believes soil probiotics, environmental markets and data can accelerate farmers’ transition to regenerative agriculture
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IKEA, Royal Canin and Yara are among a growing number of companies backing regenerative agriculture, but a key question remains unresolved: who should bear the costs and risks of the transition?
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The fragmented approach to managing agricultural risk remains one of the biggest barriers to scaling regenerative agriculture across South East Asia, says a leading regional policy expert.
Salt-tolerant crops and technologies are increasingly ready to scale, but weak demand, fragmented value chains and difficult business models are preventing saline agriculture from reaching its potential, according to new research from Vrije Universiteit...
Creating a sustainable agirfood system requires collaboration across the supply chain — from the rural farmer all the way up to largest CPG companies
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Vietnam’s flagship low-emission rice initiative is one of the strongest examples that regenerative agriculture can boost farmer incomes while reducing environmental impacts, says the director general of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)
From subsidised 1% loans for new farmers to patient capital backing biosolutions, Crédit Mutuel says its cooperative structure gives it a unique ability to finance agriculture’s environmental transition
Researchers have identified biological indicators that could reveal whether regenerative farming practices are boosting soil carbon years before conventional measurements can detect changes, potentially accelerating assessments of soil health initiatives
New research suggests regenerative agriculture has won broad support across the UK food supply chain, with every respondent saying it is important to the future of British farming. However, significant knowledge gaps, commercial pressures and weak...
Having raised €30m ($35m) in what it described as Europe’s largest agtech funding round of 2025, Nofence is expanding beyond virtual fencing with a new cattle collar designed to bring grazing, herd health, reproduction and land management into a single...
Climate change is rapidly reshaping global food and agriculture supply chains, forcing companies to rethink how ingredients are sourced and products are made. FoodNavigator and AgNavigator’s Climate Smart Food Broadcast Series returns this September with...
Whole Foods Market’s sustainability agenda includes supporting younger farmers who are adopting sustainable farming practices
Heineken UK is offering financial incentives for regenerative barley production as it seeks to futureproof its supply chain, strengthen environmental credentials and test whether regenerative agriculture can be scaled across its global brewing operations
€120m facility from private credit investor Pollen Street Capital is the latest sign that regenerative agriculture is emerging as a viable asset class, though a €62bn annual farm finance gap suggests the sector remains far from mainstream
The International Soil Carbon Industry Alliance (ISCIA) has welcomed the European Commission’s adoption of the first carbon farming certification methodologies under the Carbon Removals and Carbon Farming (CRCF) Regulation, describing the framework as an...
Regenerative agriculture programs not only need to improve soil and plant health – they need to improve farmers’ pocketbooks
The sustainability intelligence platform’s chief innovation officer argues regenerative agriculture has largely proven itself. The challenge now is not defining it but unlocking much greater flows of capital to farmers through collaboration between...
Two major Wildfarmed partnerships – one with Lloyds Banking Group and another with Nestlé’s KitKat brand – point to a simple reality for regenerative agriculture. If the movement is to move beyond niche adoption, farmers must be paid for delivering...
The launch of Ruveon reflects the changing realities of crop protection: glyphosate remains indispensable to farmers, but growing competition, legal risks and the rise of biologicals demand a different business model
PepsiCo nears the halfway point of its 2030 goal to support 10 million acres of regenerative and restorative farmland
The SAI Platform has unveiled a new global programme aimed at scaling regenerative agriculture and addressing one of the sector’s toughest challenges: how to measure progress consistently and credibly while reflecting the diversity of farming systems...
Cybèle Agrocare’s Nina Vinot believes the future of farming lies in applying microbiome science from human health to the soil, but warns that gaps in data, investment and decontamination innovation could hold the sector back
Suntory says pilot results have validated high-performance biochar as a scalable tool for sustainable agriculture, with trials now expanding in Japan and Thailand
Early findings from a large-scale European dataset suggest regenerative agriculture can materially improve resilience to climate shocks, with farms in France losing up to three times less yield during recent droughts
Ambitious climate targets are colliding with agricultural reality, believes Kristjan Luha, as poorly designed Scope 3 programmes struggle to engage the very farmers who hold the key to emissions reductions
Forty global food and drink giants back new industry framework, but questions remain over financing the transition at farm level
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Farmer profile
One California rancher shares her story about embracing regen ag and meeting the growing demand for animal protein amid a shrinking herd in the U.S.
Fermentation facility at Ludwigshafen underlines strategic shift towards biotech crop protection amid supply chain and regulatory pressures
PepsiCo and Fertiberia are expanding a long‑term partnership to deploy green hydrogen‑based fertiliser across Europe, supporting more than 1,500 farmers as the food giant targets deep cuts to agricultural emissions in its supply chain
Zero Foodprint Asia (ZFPA) has expanded into Malaysia with 1% Pledge model which aims to channel fund directly to farmers to help scale regenerative agriculture.
After validating its four-step regenerative framework across 35 pilots in 25 countries, Geneva-based SAI Platform says the results offer global food and beverage supply chains a practical, flexible route to scale regenerative farming without losing local...
Start-up profile
As peptides, dsRNA and other fragile biological actives move closer to market, Italian nano‑biotech Nanomnia believes growth will increasingly come from developers who need delivery to be enabling, not incremental
Biosolutions company Rovensa Next is rolling out a global AI platform and training academy to help distributors and growers move from fragmented biosolutions data to more practical, crop‑specific and evidence‑based recommendations in the field
Forestwise is gearing up for its most promising illipe butter harvest in years as improving weather conditions and wider sourcing areas signal a long‑awaited rebound for the rainforest‑derived ingredient.
Deep Science Ventures and Renaissance Philanthropy unveil a new venture creation project aimed at building a generation of field‑ready crop‑resilience technologies backed not by traditional VC capital, but by high‑ambition philanthropic funding willing...
Women in ag spotlight
New York vegan turned Washington rancher tells her story on what it takes to be a food producer with a focus on regenerative ag
As Syngenta winds down paraquat production, industry voices warn it highlights the crop protection sector’s long‑standing failure to deliver genuinely new modes of action as weed resistance accelerates worldwide
Agri‑tech innovation is often synonymous with automation, robotics, AI and gene‑edited crops. But for many farming communities around the world, transformative technology looks very different. Sometimes it’s not an algorithm or a sensor, but a tool...
New UK Agri-Tech Centre CEO Steve McLean says the industry is entering a defining period that demands bigger thinking, harder commercial focus, and technologies proven on real farms, not just in labs
Consumer packaged goods (CPG) company Kraft Heinz works with farmers to adopt sustainable farming practices and deploy digital farming technologies
The European Alliance for Regenerative Agriculture says its new Regen Compass provides a trusted, farmer‑centred navigation tool to bring clarity and integrity to Europe’s fast‑growing but fragmented regenerative agriculture landscape
Former Groove Armada star turned farmer Andy Cato explains how Wildfarmed is building a scalable economic model for regenerative agriculture – winning over retailers, policymakers and growers while backing its claims with hard data
The European Commission has adopted the world’s first voluntary certification methodologies for permanent carbon removals, setting a global benchmark aimed at accelerating the deployment and scaling of carbon‑removal technologies – and opening new...
New research hub aims to fast‑track regenerative practices across McCain’s 4,400‑farm global network as latest data shows progress slipping from 71% to 69%
DEFRA and Innovate UK target methane‑cutting feed, climate‑smart crops, biochar fertilisers and advanced waste-to-energy solutions across 15 projects
The 250‑farm initiative in south‑west France aims to boost soil health, water stewardship and long‑term supply chain resilience for the £47.7m Green Giant brand
Blended finance is increasingly seen as a solution for advancing agritech and overcome structural barriers preventing smallholder farmers from adopting new technologies.
AgriCarbon, Anthesis Group’s flagship carbon farming programme, is driving regenerative agriculture and high-integrity carbon credit generation in South Africa. A new partnership with MyEasyFarm brings advanced digital tools to strengthen data quality,...
As regenerative agriculture gains momentum, UK-based Soil Acoustics has unveiled a handheld tool that uses sound to assess soil biodiversity – offering farmers a faster, more scientific alternative to traditional tests