Agriculture

(Sid Jha)
dClimate: Smart Contracts for the Warming World
dClimate’s Sid Jha, a speaker at CoinDesk’s IDEAS conference, is a decentralized marketplace for climate-related data.
(Sid Jha)

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Lemonade Is Working With Avalanche, Chainlink on Weather Insurance for Farmers
A newly formed DAO backed by the Lemonade Foundation will roll out permissionless weather insurance to African farmers later this year.
(Nguyen Tong Hai Van/Unsplash)

Soy crop
Hard-Hit Argentinian Farmers May Get Boost From Trading Platform for Tokenized Produce
Farm assets like soybeans will be tokenized on a platform from CoreLedger for trading against other assets like cattle or fiat currency.
Soy crop

grain harvest
Blockchain Grain Trading Platform Sees Commercial Launch to Tap Russia Market
Agri-trading platform Cerealia will focus on international trading for the world's largest wheat market, Russia.
grain harvest

Morzine, France
Climate Startup Nori Raises $4M to Solve Carbon Market Double-Spending
Nori has been funded to build a blockchain-based market for carbon credits that will start by paying farmers to remove CO2 from the atmosphere.
Morzine, France

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Blockchain to Play 'Essential Role' in Farming Supply Chains, Says US Government
An agency attached to the U.S. Department of Agriculture said it expects blockchain will play an important role in the sector's supply chains.
(Michael Gäbler/Wikimedia Commons)

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Blockchain Firm Partners With Indian Government to Boost Earnings for Farmers
Agtech startup Agri10x is working with India's government to better connect small-scale farmers to global buyers, using blockchain to cut out the middleman.
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GrainChain's blockchain tracing platform has already made inroads in the Honduran coffee scene. Image via: Roger Johnson/Medici
Overstock's VC Wing Leads $8.2M Funding Round in GrainChain
GrainChain, a blockchain platform for tracing commodities, raised $8.2 million from Medici and Eden Block.
GrainChain's blockchain tracing platform has already made inroads in the Honduran coffee scene. Image via: Roger Johnson/Medici

Vermont's agriculture department plans to start tracking hemp production and shipments on ethereum in partnership with Trace. (Image via Shutterstock)
Vermont Turns to Home-Grown Blockchain Company to Track Hemp With Ethereum
Vermont state regulators will begin recording the production of hemp – a low-THC cannabis strain popular in textiles – on the ethereum mainnet this year.
Vermont's agriculture department plans to start tracking hemp production and shipments on ethereum in partnership with Trace. (Image via Shutterstock)

Colorado agriculture
Colorado Lawmakers Seek Exploration of Blockchain Use in Agriculture
Lawmakers in the U.S. state of Colorado are eyeing a role for blockchain technology in the agricultural industry.
Colorado agriculture