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Thoughtful insights on how technology is helping to create more agripreneurs.

Exploring New Potato Varieties: Innovating for Tomorrow’s Mash Recipes Explore the pioneering efforts of Mousline's Agricultural Service in uncovering new potato varieties, shaping the future of culinary delights, agricultural sustainability, and industry collaboration. https://lnkd.in/gzwutj8S

🚜 Happy National Ag Day! While it’s really “ag day” everyday, we officially celebrate 2024’s National Ag Day on Tuesday March 19. Agriculture is important every day of year, but National Ag Day serves as a great day to share all of the amazing things that agriculture does. While agriculture literally puts food on the table, it contributes even more to our everyday life. Here is why ag is important, on National Ag Day and every day! Agriculture provides us with our food, fiber, lumber, beverages, fuel, and almost every item we use every day. It has a huge impact on quality of life since it provides us with medicine, clothing, tires, and so many other everyday items. Almost everything we eat, wear, and use comes from a plant or an animal. https://lnkd.in/eaURY982

Really enjoying this book, and understanding the ways inflation and its causes will have major implications for food and agriculture pricing in the years ahead. https://lnkd.in/gvJCZBh5

🌟 Harnessing the Power of Pro-Ams in Agriculture 🌟 This week, my discussions have been deeply focused on the economics of agriculture. Although I’m not quite ready to delve into that topic yet, a recurring theme in my conversations has been the remarkable impact of Pro-Ams in agricultural innovation. In the landscape of agricultural innovation, Pro-Ams—our professional amateurs—play a crucial yet often overlooked role. This diverse group includes small-scale farmers, enthusiastic recent graduates, and engaged consumers. A while back, I had the pleasure of hosting a masterclass on food and agriculture innovation. As I introduced myself with the iconic line, “I am Wambui Njau and this is my master class,” I took a moment to highlight how each of us is an integral part of the food systems, whether we realize it or not. Food is a universal necessity with no substitutes, making us all participants in the food value chain. Given this role, it is essential that we actively engage in improving our food systems. Pro-Ams, despite their lack of formal titles, bring invaluable insights and hands-on experience that drive transformative change. Their deep understanding of local challenges equips them to shape the future of our food systems in impactful ways. Looking ahead, I’m excited to host a roundtable discussion with some of my classmates on "The Politics of Food and Agriculture: Big Corporations 'Supporting' Pro-Ams Innovations." I look forward to exploring this dynamic topic and sharing the insights with you all. Here is to celebrating the ingenuity of and finding ways to support Pro-Ams. Their contributions are key to cultivating a more resilient and innovative future for agriculture. 🌱🚀 #ProAms #AgriculturalInnovation #FoodSystems #Masterclass #Sustainability #FoodSecurity #Innovation

This CIO article by Supplant's CTO Revital Kremer explains the importance of utilizing real-time data for agricultural efficiency and global food security — and how DataStax Astra DB is playing an crucial role in supporting SupPlant's operations. 🌱 ⬇️ https://ow.ly/iR7h50Tj4As

Interested in delving deeper into corporate performance in the agriculture sector? Explore valuable insights in our Food and Agriculture Benchmark Insights Report! Our current food system is failing millions globally, and food systems remain the primary transgressors of planetary boundaries. As a major industry, food and agriculture companies must be accountable for positive contributions to healthy, sustainable, and inclusive food systems. However, the World Benchmarking Alliance’s 2023 Food and Agriculture shows that company performance is severely lagging behind the level of action required to transform global food systems. While we see companies improving on topics such as regenerative agriculture, setting scope 3 emission targets, or preventing forced labour, most companies lack tangible action supported by target setting and reporting progress. This insights report delves into our key findings in more detail and provides insights into the results and trends of the companies assessed. It also provides recommendation on how companies should assess their impacts and make decisions that will contribute to healthy, sustainable and just food systems. Read here: https://lnkd.in/dqzrGkAM 

This CIO article by Supplant's CTO Revital Kremer explains the importance of utilizing real-time data for agricultural efficiency and global food security — and how DataStax Astra DB is playing an crucial role in supporting SupPlant's operations. 🌱 ⬇️ https://ow.ly/4l4r50T3OoE

This CIO article by Supplant's CTO Revital Kremer explains the importance of utilizing real-time data for agricultural efficiency and global food security — and how DataStax Astra DB is playing an crucial role in supporting SupPlant's operations. 🌱 ⬇️ https://ow.ly/Pib750T3eiO

Reflections on 2023 Food and Agriculture Supply Chain Trends By S2G Ventures This is S2G Venture's second installment of a series looking back on its report, "Trends Shaping the Future of Food in 2023." "In March of 2023, we published a white paper entitled “Trends Shaping the Future of Food in 2023.” Almost a year later, we explore the year’s events that influenced the evolution of each trend and our view on its momentum going into the new year. In our last piece, we reflected on how our agtech trends fared in 2023. This article explores how our 2023 food and agriculture supply chain trends held up." https://hubs.li/Q02m1MpK0