Pendulum Advisors FOOD & AGRI TECH

01/03/2018

Second part of upcycling food blog post. Featuring bio-bean, Full Cycle Bioplastics & Misfit Juicery.

By: Alex Sanfilippo

(estimated reading time: 5 minutes) Introduction Our last newsletter provided a holistic overview of food waste and the mismatch between funding and investment opportunities. Below are some of the…

27/02/2018

DROUGHT SPECIAL #6: The Successes of Desalination: The Case of Israel

By: Beryl Visser

27|2|2018 – CAPE TOWN DROUGHT UPDATE Cape Town’s tough water-saving regime has seen Day Zero be pushed back once again, to 9 July from an earlier date of 4 June. This announcement came off th…

20/02/2018

DROUGHT SPECIAL #5: Beryl Visser explores how desalination can secure Cape Town’s water supply. Enjoy the read!

20|2|2018 – CAPE TOWN DROUGHT UPDATE Day Zero has once again been pushed back, to 4 June from an earlier date of 11 May, reportedly as a result of continued decline in agricultural usage, and…

15/02/2018

New week, new Newsletter:

This time we look at how we can feed a population of 10 billion by 2050 not by producing more but by NOT wasting (40%) of what is already produced. The magic word is UPCYCLING.

By: Alex Sanfilippo

(estimated reading time: 5 minutes) Introduction The United States spend over $200 billion transporting, processing, and disposing of food waste – over 1% of GDP. Estimates vary, but the total amo…

13/02/2018

DROUGHT SPECIAL #4: CPT Water Crisis Update and the Cape Flats Aquifer

By: Beryl Visser

12|2|2018 – CAPE TOWN DROUGHT UPDATE Capetonians rejoiced as a welcomed 0.8mm of rain fell on Friday evening. Day Zero has potentially been extended to mid-May as dwindling water supplies con…

06/02/2018

DROUGHT SPECIAL #3: What does the drought mean for agriculture? An outlook from Syria

By: Beryl Visser & Alex Sanfilippo

CAPE TOWN DROUGHT UPDATE Even though Day Zero was pushed back to mid May, Capetonians are still urged to dramatically cut down water their consumption. Rates of consumption remain capped at 50L per…

05/02/2018

Cicero.

01/02/2018

Newsletter time!
Read today what is going on in the clean/cultured/lab grown meat space. Alex Sanfilippo investigated the current market and investments happening in the space to find the important players in the market and what will happen in 2018. Enjoy the read!

Featuring: MosaMeat SuperMeat Memphis Meats

(estimated reading time: 6 minutes) Introduction Various industry experts expect the cost of bringing cultured meat to the public to vary between $150-370 million, according to AgFunder. To date, …

01/02/2018

As from today only 50l of water per person per day are allowed. Here is a very helpful guide provided by The City of Cape Town. Stick to it, we need everyone to comply and to do his/her best. Every liter saved helps us to avoid
Be a and save now!

30/01/2018

- DROUGHT SPECIAL #2 -

How the City of Melbourne overcame the drought and how Cape Town is tackling the water crisis.

By Beryl Visser

City of Melbourne (1997 – 2009) Australia faced their worst ever drought from 1997-2009. The south-eastern city of Melbourne, with a population of 4.3 million saw dam levels drop to 25.6%. T…