While no one advocates that we should stop producing food, when the finger-pointing over climate change begins, the ag industry often gets an unfair shake. If agriculture is so disproportionally bad for the planet, shouldn't sustainable agriculture receive a disproportionate amount of the innovation? Bringing together capital sources, business leaders, and tech innovators, Agriculture 2.0 hopes to ignite the next phase of growth in sustainable agriculture. Fixing the flaws in the current food production model may just stave off a crisis that will make the current energy, climate, and economic crises look mild, and incidentally exacerbate them all. Linking farmers and scientists with the cash they need to create a new paradigm is the first step toward doing just that.
September 17
Agriculture 2.0
New York City
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November 7, 2009 at 3:33pm by Doublex john
On September 17, 2009 at the New York Marriott Downtown in New York City, eight sustainable food growth companies will be pitching their businesses to investors attending NewSeed Advisor’s Agriculture 2.0 conference – reportedly the first sustainable agriculture investment conference.
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