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Join us at the #66FoodDistribution Conference! Exploring the path, provenance, & promotion in California's food landscape with leaders from supply chains, policymakers, growers, & educators. Moderated by @Agtools with @FDRSInc experts. Oct 13 | 8:30AM-10:00AM #fooddistribution

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Agtools – Invited to the next step with NextGen Startup in Charlotte, NC!
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#FIG2025 #Fintech #Insurtech #Innovation @RevTechLabs

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Apples as a gift for the hashtag#holidays in many cultures symbolize wishes for health, love, and prosperity for the year ahead. 🌟 Source: USDA & Agtools

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#Apples a staple holiday ingredient… think apple pie, baked apples, and cider. 🍎✨
The U.S. produces over 5 billion pounds of hashtag#fresh apples annually, with demand peaking during the holiday season.

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All of this discarded food could provide five meals to each of the 47.4 million people experiencing food insecurity in the United States.
#FoodWaste #Thanksgiving #Sustainability
Source: ReFED

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Part 2 (final) - 🍂 Food Waste: A Thanksgiving Challenge with Climate and Social Impact 🌍
This Thanksgiving, food waste isn't just a loss of resources—it's a major contributor to climate change.

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The 798,568 metric tons of CO₂ emissions from wasted food are equivalent to the emissions from driving 190,000 gas-powered cars for a year.

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Thanksgiving - mindful of our food choices. Plan, portion, and preserve leftovers to make a difference. Protect our #Planet
Source ReFED

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Thanksgiving, Let’s Talk Food Waste 🍂
Did you know that 316 million pounds of food—valued at over $556 million—will be wasted across the U.S. this Thanksgiving?

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That’s not just food; it’s the 105 billion gallons of #water, the energy, #labor, and land that went into producing it, all gone to waste. magine: 105 billion gallons = 18 showers for every person in #USA per year!

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Livestock emissions are just 4.3% of overall USA emissions and continue to decline with improved feed and production methods. In the past decade, farms using renewable energy systems like solar, wind, hydro, and methane digesters have surged by 167%!
Source: USA Farm Bureau

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U.S. farmers are achieving more with, less thanks to innovation. Compared to 30 years ago, they would have needed 100 million more acres to match today’s output!
Advanced equipment, precision ag tools, and biotechnology allow farmers to use less water, fertilizer, and pesticides

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Today's U.S. dairy herd numbers roughly 9.4 million. But compared with 2002 there are far fewer herds with less than 1,000 cows, while the number of farms with more than 1,000 cows has increased by 60%.
Source: USDA.

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#Milk production in 2023 was 33% greater than in 2003. #California, #Wisconsin, #Texas, #Idaho, #NewYork are the five largest dairy states. Cows in 2003 produced an average  18,759 pounds of milk; in 2023 and average 24,117 pounds - an almost 30% increase.

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The agricultural #supplychain also employs approximately 1.6 million #people.
Source: Agriculture Gov AU

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Down and Under – Food and AG
Recent studies indicate that Australia’s #agricultural sector was valued at $88 billion in 2021-22. Notably, 72% of the country’s agricultural #produce is exported, while 90% of the #food consumed domestically is produced within #Australia.

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10 states accounted for 93% of sales and 92% of acres producing fruit, tree nuts, and berries in 2022. Just three states – California, Washington, and Florida – accounted for 83% of sales and 76% of acres.
Source: Census of Agriculture

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U.S. fruit, tree nut, and berry sales amounted to $34.2 billion in 2022 (20% more than 2017), accounting for 6.3% of total U.S. agriculture sales.

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Agrifoodtech startups raised $15.6 billion globally in 2023, down 49.2% percent from $30.5 billion in 2022. Funding to all categories declined with the exception of two: Bioenergy & Biomaterials and Farm Robotics, Mechanization & Equipment.
Source: AgFunder

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Global AgriFoodTech Investment Will Impact of Food #SupplyChain
Investment in #agrifoodtech startups has hit its lowest point in six years, declining nearly 50% from 2022 to 2023 as a result of fewer and smaller deals.