Sonia Shekar
2 minutes
Driven by our mission to foster efficient, collaborative innovation, Foodbytes will be exploring several critical themes shaping F&A innovation throughout the year. Our aim is to publish a summary of our findings, along with a watchlist of the most promising startups working in that field, on a monthly basis.
Below are key focus areas, and segments ripe for innovation.
Robotics & Automation from Field to Factory
- Operational efficiency
- Worker safety
- Labor challenge reduction
- Collaborative robots
- Shared decision making tools
Farm Management Information Systems (FMIS)
- Layered, hardware agnostic solutions
- Edge computing in-field sensing
- Integration with downstream technologies
Global Flavors & Ingredient Supply Chains
- Proliferation of biodiverse diets and ecosystems
- Consumer connection to regenerative agriculture
Food Loss & Waste Reduction
- Kitchen measurement, dynamic pricing
- Upcycling
- On-farm post-harvest solutions
- Emission reduction through food loss reduction
Next Generation Nutrition
- Molecular farming
- New fermentation frontiers
- Alternative fats, salts, sugars
- Scaling up of cellular agriculture
Transparency & Data Sharing
- Automated marketplace technologies
- Operational AI models
- Financial market access
Sustainable Packaging
- Recycling improvement
- New reuse business models
- Bio materials and fiberization
Carbon Management
- Mitigation
- Drawdown tech technologies that sequester carbon
- Carbon farming
- Farm inputs that combat carbon emissions
- Animal Feed / Consumer food ingredients that reduce carbon
- Measurement
- Automated soil comp and carbon measurement tools
- Certification / gold standards
- Industry standardization
Logistics from Field to Plate
- Delivery & cold storage;
- Autonomous workforces
- Dynamic pricing tech
- Nutrient score
- Shrink reduction & food waste mitigation
Stay tuned for more on these F&A innovation topics throughout the year.
