Lab-Grown
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Brazil's Embrapa is growing chicken meat from cells — no animal slaughtered
State research agency Embrapa has produced prototype cultivated chicken fillets at labs in Concórdia and Brasília. A finished technology package is targeted for mid-2027, building on regulatory rules Brazil set in 2023.
Source: Embrapa / Rio Times
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Regenerative
5 min
350 Costa Rican farmers are getting paid to restore soil through the AmistOsa network
Osa Conservation is partnering with farmers in southern Costa Rica's AmistOsa ecological corridor on regenerative practices that boost productivity while sequestering carbon, backed by Walmart Foundation funding.
Source: Osa Conservation
Regenerative
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Regenerative
4 min
World Bank commits $120M loan to sustainable agriculture in Costa Rica
The financing supports Costa Rica's Public Policy for the Agricultural Sector 2023–2032, including payments for carbon capture in coffee, livestock, and sugarcane production chains.
Source: World Bank
Regenerative
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Insect Protein
6 min
Enthos secures VC backing to scale Colombia's largest insect-protein facility
S2G Investments and Ocean 14 Capital invested in Enthos, which processes 200 tons of organic waste per day into Black Soldier Fly protein and oil for the aquaculture and livestock feed markets.
Source: Aquafeed.com
Insect Protein
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Insect Protein
4 min
IFC invests $2M in ProNuvo, a Costa Rican insect-feed producer in Guápiles
The financing helps ProNuvo complete a 4,000 MT/year industrial insect-feed plant. The company harvests Black Soldier Fly larvae native to Costa Rica, using a fraction of the land, time, and water of conventional protein sources.
Source: IFC / World Bank Group
Insect Protein
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Regenerative
5 min
Aquiares Estate: how a 600-hectare Costa Rican coffee farm became carbon neutral
The Rainforest Alliance Certified farm on the slopes of Turrialba Volcano achieved carbon neutrality in 2016 and now sequesters more carbon than it emits — a regenerative coffee model spanning three generations of workers.
Source: Rainforest Alliance
Regenerative
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Food Tech
5 min
Argentina's Kilimo has saved 72 billion liters of water with AI-powered irrigation — now in 7 countries
Kilimo's platform analyzes satellite data, weather forecasts, and soil sensors to tell farmers exactly when and how much to irrigate. Farmers using it have cut water consumption by up to 20% while maintaining yields, reaching over 2,000 farmers across Argentina, Mexico, Chile, and four other countries.
Source: Borgen Project
Food Tech
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Water
6 min
Andean glaciers are thinning 35% faster than the global average — and 90 million people depend on them
A policy brief from the Universities of Sheffield and Newcastle warns that Andean glaciers, thinning by 0.7 meters a year, threaten the water and food security of cities from La Paz to Santiago. In Peru's central range, some glaciers could disappear entirely by the 2050s.
Source: University of Sheffield
Water
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