How to Keep Crops Alive In a Warmer, Dryer World
(Bloomberg) -- Every week, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the U.S. Department of Agriculture update America’s Drought Monitor, a map illustrating the parts of the country that are currently experiencing water [...]
Swiss crop electrophysiology specialist is a registered B Corp
Switzerland, Gland - The ‘Fitbit of plants’, Vivent’s PhytlSigns device, the first commercial crop health diagnostic system based on plant electrophysiology, has been certified as a B Corp – a Certified Benefit Corporation – after [...]
Erfolgreiche AgriTech-Challenge: Das sind die drei Final-Teams aus Europa für Ruhstorf an der Rott
29 Startups haben sich für die Ausschreibung für Innovationen in der Digitalen Landwirtschaft für nachhaltige Lebensmittelsysteme beworben - nun kann die Pilotphase im Siemens Technopark Ruhstorf und auf Testflächen der Bayerischen Landesanstalt für Landwirtschaft in [...]
Vivent receives 500’000 Swiss Francs from fit for its crop monitoring technology
The newly certified B-Corp startup Vivent provides growers with a technology to monitor plants’ health and thereby improve both yield and sustainability. The Tech Growth loan from the Foundation for Technological Innovation (FIT) will fund [...]
A sensor to unravel the secret life of plants
A sensor that can unravel what is going on with the plant would be a fine tool in data-driven greenhouse cultivation, Colinda de Beer contends. In a previous column for Innovation Origins, I wrote about [...]
Swiss crop electrophysiology specialist Vivent is a registered B Corporation™
Gland, January 24, 2022 - The ‘Fitbit of plants’, Vivent’s PhytlSigns device, the first commercial crop health diagnostic system based on plant electrophysiology, has been certified as a B Corp – a Certified Benefit Corporation [...]