Tech
How Ag-Tech Ripened Into a Growing Market
As the market grows for better farm data, VC firms are seeding new developments.
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Building a Business
This Ag-Tech Incubator Offers Both Independence and Assistance
Building a Business
Meet the Machine That’s Turning Grocery Stores’ Food Waste Into Fertilizer
Thought Leaders
Chipotle CEO: McDonald’s Chicken Farm the ‘Most Disgusting Thing’
McDonald's $50 million investment in Chipotle in 1998 was a bit of a mixed blessing for the burrito giant.
By Geoff Weiss
Thought Leaders
Sweet Deal: How One Company Found a New Way to Support Cacao Farmers
Maya Mountain Cacao helps farmers focus on sustainable techniques and a better product while investors make a profit.
Building a Business
The Business of Urban Farming Takes Root in Detroit
Farmers, the original entrepreneurs, are finding a profitable niche in the vast amount of abandoned land in the Motor City.
By Amanda Lewan
Thought Leaders
One Entrepreneur, Three Radically Different Companies: Here’s How She Did It
As the co-founder of Cisco and Urban Decay, Sandy Lerner has made an impact in the worlds of technology and cosmetics, and now she is working to change the country's food production infrastructure through organic and sustainable farming.
By Nina Zipkin
Building a Business
Big Data Bounty: U.S. Startups Challenge Agribusiness Giants
As the race for dominance on the farm heats up, a number of small tech startups are launching products that compete with giants like Monsanto, Deere and DuPont Pioneer.
By Reuters
Buying a Franchise
Fast-Food Giants’ Top Cheese Supplier Embroiled in Shocking Animal Abuse Scandal
Animal rights activists released a graphic video showing workers whipping, kicking and punching cows at a farm responsible for the cheese at Domino's, Pizza Hut and Papa John's.
By Kate Taylor
Building a Business
Forget Drones. ‘RoboBees’ and ‘RoBirds’ Take Flight.
Taking robotics to new heights, scientists and engineers are developing electronic bees and birds to help solve some critical environmental issues.
By Nina Zipkin
Buying a Franchise
What the Devastating Coffee Fungus Means for U.S. Coffee Shops
Coffee production is estimated to fall 15 to 40 percent in the coming years. Here's how your favorite coffee shops are preparing.
By Kate Taylor
Tech
The Company Leading the Future of Farming
Modern Meadow aims to combine 3-D printing and tissue engineering to meet the world's demand for beef and leather.
Thought Leaders
How Mail-Order Chickens Became a Multimillion-Dollar Venture
A husband and wife tap into the urban-farmer trend and build a $2 million operation.
By Marty Jerome
Thought Leaders
Finding Business Success in a Farm-Inspired Food Niche
How Green B.E.A.N. Delivery grew its membership-based organic farm and food-delivery business.
By Gwen Moran
Business Operations & Logistics
Will Allen’s ‘Good Food Revolution’
His new autobiography chronicles Allen's unexpected journey from professional basketball player to urban farming pioneer.
Building a Business
A Grow-Your-Own Business For Herbivores
With Urban Cultivator appliances, foodies can grow fresh herbs and greens in their kitchens year-round.
Building a Business
Idea for an Organic Potting Soil Business Hits Pay Dirt
Mark Highland's Organic Mechanics is blooming.
Business Ideas
10 Hot Startup Sectors for New Business Ideas in 2012
From have it your way to make it your way to go your own way, a look at the trends defining opportunity next year.
Building a Business
Two Urban Farmers Test the ‘Eat Local’ Business
More people are exploring microfarming as a way to become their own boss. A look at two moonlighting gardeners in Cleveland.
Building a Business
The Farm-to-Table Founding Fathers
How a Silicon Valley veteran and an English-bred chef helped define the farm-to-table movement.
Building a Business
The Economist at the Forefront of the Farm-to-Table Movement
This business analyst is an unlikely leader in the economics of food localization.
Building a Business
How the Farm-to-Table Movement Is Helping Grow the Economy
Producing and using locally sourced food is becoming a sustainable business. Call it Foodie Inc.
Tech
How Tech-Shy Sectors Are Shedding Their Luddite Ways
A quick look at a handful of tech-related innovations in building, education and animal farming.