Articles about Agriculture

Carbon Robotics releases new line of laser weed-zappers for more types of farms and budgets

Carbon Robotics wants to zap more weeds among more types of crops on farms of all sizes, and to get… Read More

Irrigation tech startup led by farming experts blossoms with revenue growth and new cash

New name, new funding: CODA Farm Technologies, an agtech company founded by two brothers with farming roots, has changed its… Read More

Seattle startup and U.S. universities land $3.77M USDA grant to develop AI tech for indoor farming

The news: Seattle-based indoor agriculture startup Koidra will share a $3.77 million research grant with Ohio State University, Rutgers University,… Read More

Former 98point6 CEO goes from telemedicine to fried chicken — with recipe to fight climate change

Before co-founding Seattle telehealth startup 98point6 back in 2015, Robbie Cape was weighing whether to use his tech know-how to… Read More

Microsoft open-sources farm technologies, planting seeds for data-driven sustainable agriculture

Microsoft Research is releasing the underlying code for a series of agricultural technologies under open-source licenses, encouraging soil specialists, plant… Read More

How a former Microsoft researcher used AI to grow award-winning lettuce from 5,000 miles away

It’s pretty impressive to grow award-winning lettuce in a greenhouse competition against 42 teams from nearly two dozens countries. It’s… Read More

Babbling bananas: This Google Ventures-backed startup uses IoT to ‘listen’ to fruit as it ripens

Katherine Sizov is eavesdropping on kiwis, pears, apples and bananas as they talk to each other, and through their conversations… Read More

Ag-tech’s heavy lifting: Rock-picking startup among those seeing demand for automation on the farm

PITTSBURGH — The rocks are as dumb as ever, but the people behind TerraClear are getting smarter every day as the… Read More

Sibling founding team fuses tech and farm roots to land $2.2M for agriculture IoT startup

New funding: CODA Farm Technologies, an internet of things (IoT) agriculture startup with literal roots in Western Washington’s Skagit Valley,… Read More

Washington State U. lands $10M in effort to bolster nutrition and uptake of whole-grain foods

Washington State University has landed $10 million to increase the nutrient quality of whole-grain crops and help bring them to… Read More

Climate solution or corporate greenwashing? Tech taps farmers to help offset carbon footprint

Five years ago, David Gruenbaum abandoned dairy farming and a conventional method of growing vegetables that relied on tilling large… Read More

Fresh blueberries 8 weeks after harvest? RipeLocker raises $5M to extend life of produce with patented containers

The news: RipeLocker raised $5 million in fresh funding, money that the Bainbridge Island, Wash., ag-tech startup will use to… Read More

How a tech entrepreneur went from potatoes to Amazon and back again with a family startup

Everyone knows the built-in-a-garage startup origin story. But how about a tech company grown out of potato fields? “At the… Read More

Amazon arrives in rural America: Tech giant delivers hope and concern to California town

“They are a company I’m sure you’re all familiar with. A large, national, international operator at the cutting edge of… Read More

After 737 MAX debacle, former Boeing CEO makes a comeback at Monarch self-driving tractor venture

It’s been almost a year since Boeing fired CEO Dennis Muilenburg over his handling of the 737 MAX crisis, but… Read More

Insect farming startup raises $9.3M, builds North America’s largest mealworm facility east of Seattle

Beta Hatch is planning to grow more than insects east of Seattle in Cashmere, Wash. The 5-year-old startup is growing… Read More

New crop of Cosmic Crisp apples begins shipping from Washington state to stores across the U.S.

Just in time for Thanksgiving, the much-hyped Cosmic Crisp apple variety is headed from Washington state to stores around the… Read More

How tech-savvy farmers are harnessing big data to tend the fields of the future

In the old days, farmers kept track of their crops’ vital stats in logbooks and on whiteboards — but in… Read More

Avalara co-founders invest in $2M round for RipeLocker, a startup that aims to keep fruit fresh longer

For George Lobisser, it all comes down to berries. A longtime vet of the food industry, he’s seen first-hand how… Read More

Insect-growing startup Beta Hatch raises $3M to further innovate and build giant new facility

Beta Hatch, the insect-growing startup looking to revolutionize the animal feed business through its science and technology, has raised $3… Read More

Born from a Slalom hackathon, tech experts help farming operation bring IoT into the field

For most people, citywide weather forecasts are precise enough for knowing whether to grab a raincoat or shed some extra… Read More

Gates Foundation’s new nonprofit venture will boost innovations for farmers facing climate change

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is starting up a new nonprofit group that will focus on providing small-scale farmers… Read More

Infarm plants its blend of vertical farming and cloud computing in QFC grocery stores

KIRKLAND, Wash. — The Seattle area offers a rich smorgasbord of geeky tech-as-a-service offerings — ranging from software as a… Read More

Taste-testing the Cosmic Crisp, Washington state’s star-studded ‘apple of the future’

The most hotly anticipated apple of the year has arrived. It’s not a iPhone, iWatch, iMac or iAnything. It is… Read More

Jeff Bezos-backed vertical agriculture startup Plenty ‘hibernates’ plans for Seattle farm

Plenty is rethinking its growth strategy. The indoor agriculture startup backed by high-profile tech executives — including Amazon CEO Jeff… Read More

Planting the seeds of digital agriculture: Startup bets the farm on Microsoft’s new ag tech platform

Microsoft’s cloud-based platform for data-driven farming, Azure FarmBeats, had its official coming-out party this week at the company’s annual Ignite… Read More

The future of food is mobile, plant-based, and sustainable, experts say

Technology is transforming every sector of the economy, including the supply chain that gets food to our kitchen table. It’s… Read More

Ag tech startup Phytelligence shuts down after losing dispute over Cosmic Crisp apple variety

Phytelligence, a Seattle startup behind a novel method of rapidly growing fruit trees, is shutting down just months before the… Read More

This startup just raised cash for its robots that help farmers monitor vineyards and crops

For farmers managing thousands of acres, tracking the health of all those plants can be a huge undertaking. Enter Pollen… Read More

Seattle insect farmers Beta Hatch win $135K conference prize as they look to move and scale

Beta Hatch, the insect-growing startup that is looking to move away from the Seattle area and scale its business near… Read More