California-based start-up Bellwether Coffee has secured $10 million in a Series A funding round as it aims to increase sales of its commercial roaster and software platform. The round was led by Congruent Ventures
Speciality enzyme manufacturer Biocatalysts has invested £6 million to expand its newly-opened enzyme production facility in Cardiff, UK. Biocatalysts manufactures a range of speciality enzymes for a variety of industries, including the food, flavour
The Canada Organic Trade Association (COTA) is delighted that government and industry are successfully collaborating to meet the 2020 deadline for updating the Canadian Organic Standards, and that government is investing $8.3 million towards organic
The a2 Milk Company has expanded its presence in the US market by signing a distribution agreement with Walmart. a2 Milk products are now available in Walmart stores throughout New York, Pennsylvania, Florida, Texas, Maryland,
Full Harvest, a marketplace for excess produce that would otherwise go to waste, has closed a $8.5 million Series A round of financing led by Spark Capital. Other investors included Cultivian Sandbox Ventures, Rent
Arctic Zero, the pioneer of frozen desserts without all the fat and calories introduced its new line of Arctic Zero Non-Dairy frozen desserts, designed to take the category forward for those with dairy-free diets. The brand has
Dutch company DSM has announced that it will build the ‘industry’s first’ premix production plant dedicated to the early life nutrition market at its factory in Buk, Poland. According to DSM, the new plant
Iran and the Netherlands have inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance cooperation within the framework of a food safety program. The MoU was signed between Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (SBUMS) and
NSF International, a global public health and safety organization, has appointed Dr. Elisabeth Hagen, food safety advisor and former federal policy maker and regulator, to its Board of Directors. Dr. Hagen is a physician with
J R Simplot Company announced the agreement with DowDuPont Inc. and the Broad Institute of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University, developers of the nascent gene editing technology. Simplot is the