Cargill gears up for seafood investments, COVID-19 slump a ‘bump in the road’
Cargill, the world’s largest agricultural company, has no intention on slowing down as it expands into the global aquaculture industry
Cargill says insects are most promising novel feed ingredient
The US feed giant, which is working with several alternatives to marine ingredients in aquafeed, expects insect protein to scale up rapidly and to be cost competitive
InnovaFeed concludes €140m fundraise, opens 15,000t insect meal plant
The French insect feed producer says the funds will go towards future projects in France as well as new sites planned in Southeast Asia and the US
InnovaFeed will build US insect plant with agribusiness giant ADM
French insect startup InnovaFeed will build an industrial-scale plant in the US with agriculture giant Archer Daniels Midland
BioMar, Skretting: Marine ingredients won’t totally disappear from salmon feed
BioMar and Skretting see single-cell proteins as some of the most interesting alternative raw materials to reduce marine ingredients in salmon feed, among others
Robert Downey Jr’s investment fund backs insect protein firm fundraise
French insect protein startup Ynsect has raised an additional $372m from several investors, including Robert Downey Jr.'s Footprint Coalition
£10m funding for UK insect farm a ‘boon for aquaculture sector’
A £10m funding package to accelerate the UK’s first large-scale industrial insect farm could provide a boost to the sustainability of the country’s aquaculture sector
Thai Union invests in four foodtech startups via new venture fund
Three of the firms, Alchemy Foodtech, Manna Foods Co, and HydroNeo GmBH, were all recent graduates of Thai Union-backed food tech accelerator SPACE-F
Another insect tech startup raises $1.6m
Protenga has closed its latest round of seed investment, raising funds with UK agritech company Roslin Technologies and the investment arm of Enterprise Singapore, SEEDS Capital
Skretting: ‘Value chain approach’ needed on alternative feed ingredients, with salmon prices set low
The feed company is confident that developments in alternative aquafeed ingredients won't be set back, even though farmers look set to be squeezed for the next year or more