At last year’s World Agritech Innovation Summit, investors and inventors were all buzzing about biologics. This year, the spending mood at the conference was generally more subdued, with the focus shifting from biological products to measuring carbon emissions.
Jay Wetter, editor of Canola Digest and San Francisco’s unofficial tour guide, attended the conference in person last week, and he was joined by RealAg Radio host Shaun Haney for a (walking) discussion of takeaways from the event, including where the interest in agriculture — and, in some cases, the money — is.
Wetter said the focus on actually measuring carbon emissions and relying on modeling to determine emissions intensity and change was central to the event. Wetter said accurate and reliable measurements could be a very interesting advancement for agriculture, as they could help create systems where farmers can actually benefit from the changes. I am.
That said, one of the difficult lessons agriculture must learn is that carbon intensity (i.e. reducing carbon emissions) is ultimately a business imperative, rather than a premium for certain foods. Wetter said that could be a condition.
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