Tech innovations and Startups
Agriculture & food

Agriculture & food
Cereulide detection improves with new EU reference material
The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre has developed a certified reference material to improve laboratory detection of cereulide, a toxin linked to food poisoning.
Erminia Voccia•6 March 2026

Recycling
How AI can cut greenhouse gases…
An AI-powered food recycling system could turn Whole Foods food scraps into…
Erminia Voccia•18 December 2025

Agriculture & food
Frasky, advanced robots for vineyard cultivation…
Frasky, developed at the Italian Institute of Technology, shows how robotics and…
Isabella Ceccarini•3 October 2025

Tech innovations and Startups
Pulverized rocks capture CO2 and improve yields
The pulverized rocks applied on the cultivated fields have a double benefit: they accelerate the process…
3 April 2024

Tech innovations and Startups
Will algae be the new environmentally friendly proteins?
Algae could open up new ways of feeding. UK study shows that there are no significant…
17 January 2024

Tech innovations and Startups
Food packaging in bacterial cellulose, comes the packaging you can eat
Scientists at the Hong Kong University of China have developed a new biocellular material for use…
29 June 2023

Tech innovations and Startups
Comes the intelligent electric tractor that analyzes the field and does not…
Manufactured by Monarch Tractor, the vehicle can perform driverless pre-programmed tasks and with a suite of…
29 December 2022

Tech innovations and Startups
FiberX, the invisible fiber to food for a healthier diet
A team of Australian researchers is experimenting with a method to add up to 20% more…
1 December 2022

Tech innovations and Startups
The roof garden that uses CO2 as fertilizer
Researchers at Boston University are conducting an interesting experiment: growing a vegetable garden on the roof…
28 October 2022

Tech innovations and Startups
Biomethane in Europe, could supply 41billion m3 of gas to 2030
Gas for Climate updates its forecasts on the potential contribution of biomethane to the 2030 energy…
15 August 2022

Tech innovations and Startups
Solar beer, France tests innovative agrivoltaic for hops
The project, carried out by Q Energy France in the Loire, combines the production of solar…
8 July 2022

Tech innovations and Startups
The forest-saving steak? It is based on microbial proteins
A study by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research estimates that replacing 20% of red…
6 May 2022

Tech innovations and Startups
Purify wastewater to irrigate fields
ENEA, University of Bologna, Hera group and Irretec have developed a technologically advanced prototype capable of…
27 April 2022

Tech innovations and Startups
Nemo’s Garden, when agriculture moves underwater
Nemo’s gardens are self-sustaining underwater biospheres anchored under the sea. An ecological alternative to cultivate even…
31 March 2022

Tech innovations and Startups
From wool waste, covers and fertilizers for agriculture
This is the "circular" idea behind Lokalana, the winning project of the "Onda Z @ Klimahouse…

