Focus Area: Agriculture & Food

Larta Institute’s Agriculture & Food focus area accelerates breakthrough science and technology ventures transforming global food systems. Grounded in our historic partnership with the USDA, this pipeline advances scalable innovations in regenerative crop production, vertical farming, waste-to-value circularity, and supply chain resilience to build an equitable, sustainable planet.

Rooted Horizons Release

“Rooted Horizons: Growing Food by and for Angelenos” identifies infrastructural, bureaucratic and operational challenges facing urban farmers and suggests recommendations to advance urban agriculture in LA County El reporte revela obstáculos burocráticos para desarrollar condiciones que facilitan la agricultura urbana en el condado de Los Ángeles y también sugiere medidas para superarlos Los Angeles, CA.—Larta […]

NOAA Demo Day 2022

October 26–27, 2022 Each year the NOAA: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration awards approximately $10M in grant funding to U.S. small businesses through the SBIR Program (America’s Seed Fund) — this early-stage non-dilutive funding empowers innovators to develop new technologies that can foster a more sustainable planet. Alongside the funding, the grant awardees are eligible to take […]