Growers in the U.S. and globally face rising challenges including climate change, limited water and land supply, uncertainties in immigration policy, a severe labor shortage and feeding a rising population estimated at 9 billion in 2050.
A new generation of startups led by women, with a diversity of backgrounds and ethnicities, are seeking to provide novel perspectives and solutions to agriculture’s problems with tech innovation. Diversity is often a source of innovation, yet — despite large increases in funding for agtech companies — only 7% of agtech and food tech investment funds went to women-founded startups in 2019 .
This moderated discussion and audience Q+A session features the founder and director of the award-winning documentary “From Farms to Incubators ” — and a newly-released book by the same name — spotlighting women leaders in ag and agtech. We will be joined by two women who have founded agtech companies, as well as the director of Innovation Commercialization from the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center. This session is sponsored in part by Wells Fargo/NREL IN2 through a Channel Partner award.
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