New York City, NY
Unibaio offers naturally derived particles that trap the active ingredients of pesticides, fertilizers, and phytosanitary, enabling them to penetrate plants more efficiently.
Albion, NY
UdderWays uses a unique, brushless technology to gently stimulate cows and ensure clean and dry teats. With the startup’s patented vortex-style application, farmers can achieve consistent stimulation and effortlessly promote milk letdown.
Parsippany, NJ, USA
PureNanoTech develops membrane nanobubble technology solutions to maximize irrigation performance and optimize energy usage in the agriculture, pond and lake restoration, wastewater treatment, and disinfection industries.
Holyoke, MA, USA
Clean Crop’s technology combines electricity and food-grade gases to remove pathogens from seeds before they are planted, increasing yields, reducing waste, and improving food safety without preservatives.
Portland, OR, USA
For Bitter For Worse is a distillery using certified organic, locally farmed ingredients to create a healthier, more inclusive culture with their non-alcoholic cocktails.
Oakfield, NY
Zordi builds autonomous greenhouses with robots and AI to make delicious, high-quality produce available anywhere.
San José, Costa Rica
ClearLeaf’s line of safe fungicides and bactericides protects soil and crops from a wide range of pre- and post-harvest pathogens, without harming the environment or your health.
These 20 food and ag startups hail from across the globe and pitched their business plans at the Grow-NY Summit on Nov. 6-7, 2024, as they competed for $3 million in prize money.
New York City, NY, USA
Afterlife Ag upcycles food establishment scraps into fresh, local, and sustainable mushrooms to reduce greenhouse gas emissions generated from food waste.
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Rochester, NY, USA
Benchmark Labs provides AI-based weather forecasts, recommendations, and alerts to help farmers increase production and yield, improve management activities, and protect against extreme weather events such as frost, heat spikes, or powdery mildew.
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Delft, The Netherlands
Bialtec designs microencapsulated feed additives tailored to specific breeds, ensuring optimal nutrient delivery and improved livestock health outcomes while promoting environmentally friendly and economically viable farming practices.
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Leonardtown, MD, USA
Bon AppéSweet uses simple, ethically sourced ingredients to make date-sweetened chocolate products. Free of sugar and artificial sweeteners, the company’s chocolate bars, trail mix, chocolate-covered almonds, raisins, and espresso beans are all organic, vegan, and non-GMO.
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Baltimore, MD, USA
Cajou Creamery is handcrafting cashew-based frozen desserts with whole superfoods for ice cream you can feel good about.
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Wayland, IA, USA
ChopLocal’s online farmers’ market makes buying and selling regionally farmed, high-quality meat easier for home consumers.
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Holyoke, MA, USA
Clean Crop’s technology combines electricity and food-grade gases to remove pathogens from seeds before they are planted, increasing yields, reducing waste, and improving food safety without preservatives.
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2024, Finalist
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San José, Costa Rica
ClearLeaf’s line of safe fungicides and bactericides protects soil and crops from a wide range of pre- and post-harvest pathogens, without harming the environment or your health.
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Champaign, IL, USA
EarthSense’s autonomous, AI-powered robots accurately sense plant health and productivity of a diversity of crops, minimize chemical use with targeted precision applications, and make regenerative practices like cover cropping far more effective and economical.
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Nairobi, Kenya
Farmer Lifeline Technologies produces solar-powered, AI-equipped crop monitoring devices for real-time detection of pests and diseases.
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Portland, OR, USA
For Bitter For Worse is a distillery using certified organic, locally farmed ingredients to create a healthier, more inclusive culture with their non-alcoholic cocktails.
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2024, Finalist
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Cupertino, CA, USA
Grape.ag’s sensors and communication devices allow for the unique care of each plant in a vineyard, providing valuable atmospheric and soil information that enables vintners to visualize hyper-local conditions, find trends, and make better decisions.
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Cleveland, OH, USA
Holmes Mouthwatering is an all-natural, elevated applesauce brand delivering homemade-inspired products made with real fruit.
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Haifa, Israel
Meala’s next-generation, naturally derived texturizing proteins can create gelling, binding, and emulsion, helping food manufacturers maintain a clean ingredient list without compromising texture, juiciness, and nutritional value.
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Parsippany, NJ, USA
PureNanoTech develops membrane nanobubble technology solutions to maximize irrigation performance and optimize energy usage in the agriculture, pond and lake restoration, wastewater treatment, and disinfection industries.
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Surrey, Canada
SkyAcres’ energy-efficient vertical farming system and AI-powered marketplace allow anyone with under-utilized space to grow and sell produce, creating the Airbnb of indoor farms.
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Toronto, Canada
Terra Bioindustries upcycles agrifood waste into sustainable, value-added products with broad market appeal, starting by converting Brewers Spent Grain into a sugar for fermentation and food applications.
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Albion, NY
UdderWays uses a unique, brushless technology to gently stimulate cows and ensure clean and dry teats. With the startup’s patented vortex-style application, farmers can achieve consistent stimulation and effortlessly promote milk letdown.
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2024, Finalist
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New York City, NY
Unibaio offers naturally derived particles that trap the active ingredients of pesticides, fertilizers, and phytosanitary, enabling them to penetrate plants more efficiently.
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2024, Finalist
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Oakfield, NY
Zordi builds autonomous greenhouses with robots and AI to make delicious, high-quality produce available anywhere.
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2024, Finalist
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