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AeroFarms, Goterra, Innovafeed, Leaf Agriculture, SWARM Engineering, Village Farms, ADM, Temasek, Bayer, Canada (government), Cibus, HiFe Plants, Nambawan, Orbia Netafim, Vanguard Renewables
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- AgTech Digest
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- Jun 12, 2026
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📺 Watch on YouTube and Spotify Welcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we dive into the latest strides in AgTech, featuring an analysis of why CEA consolidation will keep accelerating with 32 failures since 2022, AeroFarms acquired by a family office with a commercial-first pivot, Goterra's collapse raising hard questions about insect farming at scale, over $90 million in fresh funding, Canada's landmark $3 billion food security strategy, and a plant molecular farming breakthrough delivering a full daily iron intake in just 25 grams of engineered pea leaves. Let's get started! Here’s a Quick Snapshot of What’s Making Headlines: Analysis: The Ecosystem Imperative: 32 CEA companies have filed for bankruptcy or ceased operations since 2022 — the market is ruthlessly restructuring, with integrated ecosystems surviving and standalone operators trapped M&A: AeroFarms acquired by Palm Ventures affiliate with Kraft Heinz veteran as new CEO; Farm Supply Company and Grange Co-op announce merger; Pymwymic absorbs Triodos Food Transition Europe Fund Collapse: Goterra enters voluntary administration — Australia's most-funded insect farm, previously valued at $55M, collapses citing a funding shortfall and deepening questions about insect farming's commercial viability at scale Funding: Innovafeed closes 51M euros backed by ADM and Temasek; Leaf Agriculture raises $13M Series B; SWARM Engineering closes oversubscribed $10M Series A; Village Farms raises $15M; Sensie raises 500K euros pre-seed Policy: Canada announces $3B National Food Security Strategy with $750M dedicated to year-round growing capacity — the most significant government commitment to CEA in Canadian history Innovation: Seven product and patent milestones: Solis Capital carbon finance, T3Bioscience internatio…