The latest food and beverage industry news and trend analysis

Cologne-based startup Eternal.Ag raises €8 million to deploy AI-powered autonomous harvesting robots, tackling a 30% decline in greenhouse labour availability across Europe.

UVESA has reached an agreement to acquire Granada-based poultry firm Payán Hermanos to scale production capacity and enhance market positioning within the Spanish agri-food sector.

Skipstone marks 25 years of organic farming with the opening of a new LEED Platinum-designed estate winery and hospitality centre in the Alexander Valley.

ADM is investing 500,000 dollars through its Farm Forward Initiative to partner with American Farmland Trust, providing technical assistance and succession planning to farmers across six states.

Nestlé, Lindt & Sprüngli, Mars Incorporated, Mondelēz International, and The Hershey Company have announced a landmark, pre-competitive partnership with the incorporation of the TogetherCocoa Foundation.

The funding is deployed under the joint 'Food for Tomorrow' initiative, targeting critical food crops located in highly climate-stressed production zones worldwide.

The partnership signals a growing urgency among multinational ingredient suppliers to secure alternative supply streams for cacao, an increasingly vulnerable crop heavily impacted by climate volatility and supply chain instability.

Group Bel Canada has announced a major strategic partnership with agricultural technology firm Logiag, backed by a $3.7 million investment over five years, to directly reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions within its domestic dairy supply chain.