We bring you some of the best farm photos from January 9! Want to get listed in this daily feature? Be sure to hashtag your Instagram pics with #agdaily. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Views From The Farm (@viewsfromthefarm) View this post on Instagram A post shared by 4S Maple Lane Farm (@4smaplelanefarm) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Cody & Shauna Roy (@turnoverranch) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Hogs and Horns Homestead (@hogsandhornshomestead) View this post on Instagram A post shared by TNT_Lusitanos (@tnt_lusitanos ..read more

Last month, delegates meeting at the United Nations Biodiversity Conference reached agreement on a plan to protect and restore 30 percent of the world’s land and ocean by 2030. The accord was widely seen as a positive development for efforts to address the global extinction crisis, which often struggles to attract the public’s attention and investment relative to climate change. Recognizing the importance of accelerating investment and innovation in biodiversity conservation, Silverstrand Capital–a Singapore-based family office–last year launched a program that provides capital, in-kind se ..read more

According to a Jan. 4 LinkedIn post from One3 Design, its current CEO Clay Martin has purchased One3 from its founder, former CEO and owner, Tom Boe. Martin assumed the role as CEO of One3 Design in 2022. One3 Design, along with Redshield Electronics (now Mach) was part of the team that designed the AMOS fully electric autonomous power unit tractor prototype. Two new models of the AMOS were announced in March 2022. Click here for more Industry News. Source link The post One3 Design Purchased by Its CEO appeared first on Agri Food Tech News ..read more

While most consumers are unaware of the challenges in the cocoa supply chain – which could make the marketing of ‘alternative’ products in this space challenging in the short term – volatile commodity prices, humanitarian issues, and the negative environmental impacts tied to the mass production of cocoa and some other crops have prompted many industry stakeholders to explore alternatives that are either bio-identical to cocoa ingredients or match their functionality. Seminal Biosciences​​, co-founded by microbiologist Alka Roy and former Cargill executive Dr Stephen Toon in 2020, is working ..read more

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An Indonesian court has found a top trade ministry official, a prominent economist and three palm oil executives guilty for violating requirements to ensure supplies of palm oil for the domestic market. The five were convicted of conspiring to export crude palm oil to the international market, where prices are higher, rather than allocating it for the Indonesian market, where the government had imposed a price cap. Executives from three companies — the Permata Hijau Group, Wilmar Nabati Indonesia, and Musim Mas — were among those jailed. Prosecutors and anticorruption activists say the sen ..read more

In the Chihuahuan desert, a plant that grows wild, without a drop of water, could change the spirits industry. Its leaves are long and spindly, growing in a circular pattern, and are sometimes used for weaving baskets and craft decorations by indigenous communities. It is the hardy, drought-tolerant Dasylirion wheeleri, or desert spoon. The plant springs up across the Chihuahuan desert, which covers parts of Mexico and stretches into the southwestern United States, dotting the landscape with spiky orbs of deep green and silvery blue. But it’s more than just foliage—the desert spoon plan ..read more

A vegan initiative is stepping up a campaign to outbid livestock farmers at land sales. The Vegan Land Movement (VLM) acts as a buying collective using cash generated by crowdfunding pleas. The aim is to force livestock farmers out of land acquisitions by offering inflated values. See also: 2023 challenges facing sheep farmers and how to face them According to its website, VLM is a community interest company of like-minded people trying to establish vegan principles in food production. The goal is to remove land from animal agriculture and, instead, rewild it by planting trees and encouragin ..read more

Proposed changes for seafood imports. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Image by Nicole Klesy from Pixabay The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has announced a proposed rule to expand the Seafood Import Monitoring Program. The risk-based program is for targeted species of seafood imported into the United States. NOAA says expanding the program would increase the number of species included in the program from approximately 1,100 individual species to approximately 1,600 individual species. The program currently establishes reporting and recordkeeping requirements fo ..read more

In an effort to improve food safety and reduce the risk of eating spoiled meat, Concordia researchers have designed a new technology that identifies the presence of the toxin putrescine in beef. Putrescine is responsible for the noxious odors of putrefying meats. If consumed in large doses, putrescine can cause headaches, vomiting, diarrhea and heart palpitations.  According to the researchers, their newspaper-based synthetic biosensor is inexpensive, reliable, and consumer-friendly. Lead author Alaa Selim, who is working on her Ph.D. at the University of Saskatchewan’s Vaccine and Infe ..read more