Winter Solstice traditions often center on adding light during the year’s longest night. The celebrations bring hope and community. But winter’s darkness is also part of the natural cycle, a time of rest and renewal. We were grateful to spend the holidays reflecting on the year and recharging with family and friends. As we prepare for the new year, we are energized and resolved anew for our mission build a more resilient food system that is healthier for both people and nature.
The spirit of this time of year is perfect for announcing the launch of our new Food as Medicine foundation website and first project call, “Food Heroes.” With this call, we aim to support hands-on project initiatives in schools that help children - aged 3 to 12 - to (re)connect with healthy food and agriculture. The call is open until 23 January, and we warmly encourage teachers, principals, school nurses or cafeteria staff to apply.
From the Farm
As many of us paused for time with family and friends, the team at Domaine de Graux worked to keep the animals safe and warm. Even as the ground now rests under a cover crop, the team is planning for spring.
Domaine de Graux achieved B Corp status in 2025. In December, Marie Delvaulx and Eve De Canniere attended B Corp Summit, an event to connect with other B Corp entities. The event focused on collaboration and serving the needs of future generations. The team also celebrated World Soil Day with a highlight on three ways the agroecological practices at the farm support healthy soils.
The year held many successes and changes at the farm. Construction on the renovation began and the Outdoor Classroom project, a collaboration with CRIE-Mouscron, added two new schools to the program. Emilien was recognized as part of the 2025 cohort of Top 50 Farmers. We launched new products and retail partners. And we saw the births of Angus cattle and rescue of our large beehive.
Portfolio News
Ardo
Ardo posted their October Crop Report.
Belgomeals
Learn more about our newest portfolio addition in their video overview (Dutch). Belgomeals also welcomed representatives from the daycare centers of the City of Antwerp for a facility tour in December.
Biotope Group
UDEA
UDEA published their December edition of Verbindend (Dutch), with stories focusing on supplier relationships and human connections across the supply chain.
Färm
The Färm’s latest post, “Natural rituals to get through winter in style,” provides tips on winter wellness.
Agricarbon
Agricarbon is supporting an Arva project, sampling soil at 15 farms and more than 200 fields in North Carolina as part of a regenerative agriculture initiative between Ahold Delhaize USA, Kellanova and Bartlett that aims to reduce Scope 3 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from wheat farming across the value chain.
Agricarbon’s latest blog post. “Turning Uncertainty Into Confidence” provides key insights from their recent webinar: MRV challenges to models, measurement and the future of market integrity.
Antler Bio
Antler Bio is featured as a growth story, as part of the UK Agri-tech Centre’s Grow Your Own Way initiative.
Edacious
StarWalker Beef shared nutrient density data from Edacious for their regenerative beef.
Edacious and the Nutrient Density Initiative continue work as partners on a project exploring how food production practices influence the nutritional quality of fruits, vegetables, grains, legumes, nuts, seeds, dairy, and animal products. Learn more about this initiative or sign up to get involved.
Atomo Coffee
Are you interested in more sustainable coffee? Atomo Coffee is looking for beta testers for their new products launching in 2026.
Quick Organics
Quick Organics expanded their team with the hiring of Zelda Crain, Assistant Project Manager. The Quick Organics team also shared a customer experience story from Cheryl Butler of Vaquero Farm, the owner of an avocado orchard and is transitioning one acre to organic wine grapes—a crop better suited to the region’s limited water resources.
Steward
Steward successfully funded nearly $5.5 million in lending in December, supporting farming projects including the Central Texas Farmers Co-op and Cairnsprings Mills and their supplier network.
Zymofix
Zymofix participated in Batch 7 of RootCamp - A SpinLab Company, with workshops, networking, and founder presentations.
Portfolio Funds
AgFunder
AgFunderNews editorial team Louisa Burwood-Taylor, Elaine Watson, and Jenn Marston recorded a video recap of 2025. The frank conversation, “Agrifoodtech in 2025: What broke, what bent—and what might still work,” spans alt proteins, regenerative agriculture, biologicals, vertical farming, drones, AI, GLP-1 drugs, and the shifting role of sustainability in food and farming.
AgFunder also published an interview with Kishore Indukuri of Sid’s Farm, a premium dairy startup with growth from 20 cows to projected $30 million in value this fiscal year, and direct-to-consumer delivery for over 60,000 customers in the Indian market. Omnivore was an early investor in 2024.
Astanor
The Astanor team, and impact investment network, mourns the loss of Johan Cardoen, an advisor to Astanor with expertise in biologicals and a genuine commitment to innovation.
Astanor announced the launch of Astanor Growth. The first deal is an investment in Matrix Pack Group, a European leader in sustainable, fiber-based packaging replacing single-use plastics worldwide. The strategic investments are in partnership with Astanor’s cornerstone investor, Capricorn Investment Group, and GemTech Investors, joining industrial partner Stora Enso, and early investor SouthBridge Advisors AIFM.
biotope by VIB
The latest newsletter from biotope by VIB highlights their Basecamp Cohort 8, wins for their portfolio entities Elaniti, Typcal, and Shelfion, and six new portfolio investments as their Biotope Ventures II fund hit its first close milestone at €5M.
Blume Equity
Blume Equity posted their second article in a series on the future of supply chain management technology, “Supply Chain Tech Evolution: If AI runs the supply chain, who holds the power? (Part II)”.
Omnivore
Omnivore portfolio company Stellapps Technologies Private Limited, also supported by IFC’s Inclusive Agritech Facility and the Gates Foundation, was featured in an immersive article and video on the IFC website. The article covers how Stellapps digitizes India’s dairy value chain from milk procurement and quality testing to payments, credit access, and market linkage through solutions like mooPay and mooMark.
Omnivore and VCCircle published a co-branded whitepaper, “Feeding the Next Billion: Agrifood Innovation for the India–GCC Corridor”, first presented at the VCCircle Limited Partners Summit, Dubai 2025. The whitepaper outlines food security issues in the Gulf and the India’s role in the accelerating shift toward technology-led resilience.
Pymwymic
Pymwymic’s end-of-year recap celebrates their 4th portfolio exit, a new website, their 10th team member, and the addition of two new portfolio companies, with two new additions to be announced in 2026.
Food as Medicine Foundation
Eat More Trees
The Eat More Trees documentary will premiere at the prestigious Ostend Film Fest on 1 February, 2026! The ambitious film explored the world of agroforestry from meeting with the indigenous leader Benki Piyãko of the Ashaninka people in the Amazon jungle, to La Junquera Farm in Spain, to US locations including Stone Barns, Midwest chestnut orchards, and the perennial grain fields at the Land Institute in Kansas.
Farm for Good
Farm for Good reflects on a productive year of collaboration among 122 farms, with 25% of the organic land in Walloon in the network, and 7500 tonnes of healthy food moved across 10 supply chains.
Top 50 Farmers
Applications for the second Top 50 Farmers cohort have closed. The difficult process of selecting the second cohort of farmers is underway with an announcement to come in early 2026. Sign up to be among the first to meet the new cohort.
Pro-Noot
Pro-Noot is a project to support farmers in Flanders that want to diversify their operations with sustainable cultivation of walnuts and hazelnuts. The program offers technical support from growing to processing and integrated pest management.
Opportunities
- Ardo is hiring for 43 roles across their locations, including Group Project Engineer and Senior Production Operative.
- Monarch Tractor is hiring a Staff Controls Engineer for a position in Livermore, CA.
- Walden Mutual is hiring for five roles including Compliance/BSA Analyst and Marketing Manager.
- AgFunder’s portfolio offers a range of cutting edge technology positions including Cell Culture Specialist, Machine Learning Engineer, and Global Director of Quality Assurance for RNA biotech.
- Buoyant Venture’s portfolio has 36 job openings, including a Senior Data Science in Climate and AI Data and software engineer positions.
- Omnivore’s portfolio has 248 job openings including executive and technical lead positions.