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THE NEW YORK CITY EDITION 2026

New York City’s
food and agriculture industry,
in focus.

The companies, capital and talent shaping food and agriculture in New York City. Find the leaders. Understand the segments. See where the activity is.

Snapshot: Funding in USD
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COMPANIES · CAPITAL · TALENT

An industry ecosystem,
measured in context.

Food and Agriculture illustration
MEET THE COMPANIES

Explore New York City’s food and agriculture leaders

24 featured companies from the funding, hiring, revenue and team-size leaderboards.

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Food and Agriculture company highlights in New York City, snapshot 31 August 2026
Company
Magnum Ice Creammagnumicecream.com$3.46B
B&G Foodsbgfoods.com$500M2,847Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
LIVEKINDLY Collectivethelivekindlyco.com$335M500
Bowery Farmingboweryfarming.com$325M
Shake Shackshakeshack.com$225M11 roles7,429$1.45BFYFY2025 filing
Magic Spoonmagicspoon.com$209.04M47
Just Saladjustsalad.com$206M325
Vita Cocovitacoco.com$198.91M342Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
Insomnia Cookiesinsomniacookies.com11 roles764
P.F. Chang\'spfchangs.com10 roles14,093
Boqueriaboqueriarestaurant.com9 roles151
Restaurant Associatesrestaurantassociates.com9 roles8,500
legends hospitalitylegends.net9 roles4,004
SA Hospitality Groupsahospitalitygroup.com8 roles389
The Farmer\'s Dogthefarmersdog.com8 roles355
Ark Restaurantsarkrestaurants.com3,394$165.75MFYFY2025 filing
Baked by Melissabakedbymelissa.com300
Bonchonbonchon.com430
Cafeteria Groupcafeteriagroup.com6,377
Dog is Humandogishuman.com10
Drink LMNTdrinklmnt.com46
Fever-Treefever-tree.com302Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
Hain Celestialhain.com2,786$1.56BFYFY2025 filing
Seneca Foodssenecafoods.com3,000$1.58BFYFY2025 filing
24 featured companies

Locked revenue figures are available in Radar; the eight company financial previews stay the same throughout this page. A dash means the figure is outside these featured lists. Revenue years vary by company; the figures are not a like-for-like revenue comparison. Compare annual accounts ↗

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THE KEY SIGNALS

Food and Agriculture industry KPIs in New York City

A few useful ratios bring the size of this ecosystem into perspective.

31 August 2026
Hiring participation11.9%

127 of 1,066 tracked companies have open roles.

Funding participation19.5%

208 of 1,066 tracked companies have a recorded round.

Top 3 funding share56.0%

Share of disclosed capital received by the three largest recorded recipients.

Median disclosed round$2.3M

Midpoint of 284 rounds with a disclosed amount.

Scale is concentrated. Opportunity is broader. The three largest funding recipients hold 56.0% of disclosed capital, while 80.5% of tracked companies have no recorded funding round.

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CAPITAL & COMPANY FORMATION

How New York City food and agriculture has grown

Recorded company formation and disclosed funding across the complete annual series shown.

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2016 — 2025

Disclosed funding by year

Sum of recorded funding rounds · USD

New York City food and agriculture
$0$1.13B$2.25B$3.38B$4.5B2016: $71.93M20162017: $100.88M20172018: $156.58M20182019: $615.4M20192020: $256.59M20202021: $1.21B20212022: $329.13M20222023: $182.6M20232024: $133.16M20242025: $3.95B2025
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Annual food and agriculture funding and company formation in New York City
YearFunding (USD)FoundedRaising
2016$71.93M3414
2017$100.88M4814
2018$156.58M6324
2019$615.4M6931
2020$256.59M4635
2021$1.21B4233
2022$329.13M3224
2023$182.6M2826
2024$133.16M1321
2025$3.95B415
WHERE CAPITAL SITS

Funding concentration

Share of all disclosed company funding.

  • Magnum Ice Cream45.1%
  • B&G Foods6.5%
  • LIVEKINDLY Collective4.4%
  • Other companies44.0%

Funding by stage

353 recorded rounds since 2016

NUMBER OF ROUNDS
Seed & Angel167 47.3%
Series A–B121 34.3%
Series C+ / PE20 5.7%
Grants, debt & other45 12.7%

Recent recorded rounds

Latest recorded rounds · USD
8 rounds

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Seed04/2026
Ripi $2.4M

Backed by Great Circle Ventures and Paperboy Ventures.

Conventional Debt03/2026
Eat Mezcla

Backed by SG Credit Partners.

Largest and notable recorded rounds

Each card is one recorded round
10 cards

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Series F10/2021
Dig Inndiginn.com$65M

Backed by Enlightened Hospitality Investments and Monogram Capital Partners and others.

THE BUSINESS BEHIND THE ACTIVITY

Revenue, profitability & financial strength

Annual accounts for reporting companies linked to this landscape, on like-for-like currency and reporting bases.

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USD · millions · consolidated

Display conversions use the dated reference rates above. Where a verified rate is unavailable, figures retain their source currency. Each reporting cohort keeps its currency and accounting basis separate.

FY2025 · company accounts; aggregate reporting threshold not met · 6 reporting entities from 11 eligible matches.

Revenue in covered accounts

Sum of reporting-entity revenue; not New York City market sales.

Net profit / loss

Combined result for the same cohort.

Aggregate net margin

Combined net income ÷ combined revenue.

Median company revenue

The middle covered reporting entity.

Profitable entities

None of 6 covered entities.

Top-five concentration

Share of covered revenue from the five largest entities.

Annual account trend

Reported cohort totals by year; coverage is stated for every period.

Bar height shows revenue. Changes in coverage can affect totals.

Profitability has two perspectives

FY2025 · 6 reporting entities

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NEW YORK CITY · INDUSTRY COHORTS

How does food and agriculture compare?

Each pair uses the same year, currency and reporting basis. Cohort overlap is disclosed.

IndustryCovered / eligibleRevenue totalMedian revenueNet profit / lossAggregate marginProfitable shareOverlap

Available-account cohorts are not estimates of whole industries. Overlapping entities can occur in more than one cohort; do not add cohort totals.

Coverage, calculations & financial sources

Filed annual accounts for exact designated national identifiers. Every aggregate and peer pair uses one fiscal year, source currency and reporting basis; periods, coverage and overlap are explicit; 2026 partials are excluded.

The same up to eight reporting entities remain open across years, filters and sorts. Other company figures are available in Radar.

Source currencies and accounting bases stay separate. Missing accounts are excluded rather than treated as zero. Exact reporting periods appear on company previews. Annual totals can change with coverage and do not measure growth of a fixed company cohort.

DIGITAL FOOTPRINT

Web traffic, app reach and release cadence

How the New York City companies on this page show up online: the sites people visit, the apps they install, and how often those apps ship.

Busiest websites

21 of the 1,066 companies on this page carry a measured traffic record (2%); these are the largest of those, by monthly visits. The median among them is 213,765 visits.

Visits and authority are third-party web estimates, not company-reported figures.

Most-installed apps

39 of these companies (3.7%) publish at least one Android app — 44 apps in all, carrying 4M installs between them.

AppInstallsRatingStore category
Shake ShackShake Shack2.3M4.1Food & Drink
Insomnia CookiesInsomnia Cookies530.4K4.8Food & Drink
P. F. Chang\'sP.F. Chang\'s326.8K2.8Food & Drink
Kung Fu TeaKung Fu Tea247.1K4.4Food & Drink
Gregory’s eorderGregorys142.4KFood & Drink
CHOPTChopt Salad125.1K4.9Food & Drink
Parry\'s PizzaParrys Pizza74.7K4.7Food & Drink
Just SaladJust Salad63.4K3.4Food & Drink
Bonchon Chicken USABonchon56K2.1Food & Drink
KyuramenKYURAMEN29.8K1.3Food & Drink

Installs are lifetime totals to date at the June 2026 store reading — a measure of reach, not of people using an app today.

App reach by segment

The busiest app inside each of this page’s own segments, with the quarterly release trend behind it (2024Q1–2025Q4).

SegmentAppsInstallsLeading appRelease trend
Food Distributors4143.6KGregory’s eorder 142.4K
Restaurants228KBluestone Lane 27.5K
Online Grocery423.1KFairway Market 13.9K
Food Retailers622.1KCoCo Bubble Tea 2.6K
Alcoholic Beverage Products412.1KBeerXchange 7.3K
Food Processing3375OneTablet Kitchen 289

A company can carry several segment tags, so these rows overlap and should not be added together. Trend lines are zero-based and share one quarter grid, so a flat line is a quiet segment, not a missing one.

Release cadence by quarter

New apps published, beside apps whose most recent update landed in that quarter — the second bar is how much of the shelf is still being maintained.

2022Q4: 12022Q4: 02022Q42024Q1: 12024Q1: 02024Q12024Q3: 22024Q3: 02024Q32024Q4: 22024Q4: 02024Q42025Q1: 12025Q1: 02025Q12025Q2: 42025Q2: 72025Q22025Q3: 22025Q3: 62025Q32025Q4: 12025Q4: 62025Q42026Q1: 22026Q1: 82026Q1

Darker bars are new releases, lighter bars apps updated. 44 of 44 apps carry a release date. The series ends at 2026Q1, the last quarter that closed before the June 2026 reading.

INSIDE THE INDUSTRY

The New York City food and agriculture market map

Explore the segments behind the headline numbers.

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Where companies are building

Rank segments by scale, hiring or disclosed funding.

Internet first brands47
Consumer digital34
Plant based foods23
Nutritional formula20
B2c e-commerce18
Enterprise tech15
Uber for grocery delivery12
B2c grocery delivery12
Inc 500012
Deep tech10
Novel foods9
Lactose free milk7

Companies can sit in several segments. Counts and funding overlap.

SEGMENT TO EXPLORE

Internet first brands

The largest measured segment in this report snapshot.

47companies
4.3%have hiring activity

2 companies hiring · $173.67M disclosed funding

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How companies make money

Common revenue models; a company can use more than one.

E-commerce - product655
Physical commerce378
Advertising179
Commission on transaction170
E-commerce - service152
Fee-for-service132
Sponsorship24
Subscription22
THE COMPANIES IN MOTION

Who is listing, hiring leaders, launching and winning work

Recorded corporate activity linked to companies in this landscape.

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Recent corporate headlines 10 dated reports
Funding roundstouchlab.co ↗

At the end of 2020, the fledgling firm secured seed investment and its first customer in Ocado, which used the technology to let its warehouse robots pick up fruit and vegetable products without damaging them.

Mergers & acquisitionssapporobeer.com ↗

Duvel Moortgat is acquiring the American beer brand Stone—one of the pioneers of the American craft beer movement—from the Japanese brewer Sapporo.

Mergers & acquisitionsbgfoods.com ↗

B&G Foods Inc. said Jan. 15 that it agreed to buy the broth and stock business of Del Monte Foods Corporation II Inc. and its affiliates, including the College Inn and Kitchen Basics brands, for about $110 million in cash.

Funding roundseatmezcla.com ↗

SG Credit Partners, through its consumer products division, made a senior debt investment in Mezcla, the New York-based maker of the puff-crispy plant protein bar. The investment was made in connection with Mezcla’s recently closed Series B round led by Bluestein Ventures and will support working capital needs as the company continues to accelerate retail expansion nationwide.

Mergers & acquisitionshain.com ↗

In September 2024, the company sold its ParmCrisps snack brand to Our Home.

Mergers & acquisitionsblueribbonfriedchicken.com ↗

Wonder has acquired New York City-based fast-casual restaurant Blue Ribbon Fried Chicken from Blue Ribbon Restaurants for an undisclosed sum.

Funding roundsbarnwellbio.com ↗

Barnwell Bio – $6M Seed BIOTECH Barnwell Bio, an animal health biosurveillance platform for the analysis of environmental and waste samples, has raised $6M in Seed funding led by Twelve Below.

Mergers & acquisitionsfounders-table.com ↗

Founders Table Restaurant Group has acquired Protein Bar & Kitchen, marking a significant expansion of its portfolio of founder‑led brands.

Mergers & acquisitionsthelivekindlyco.com ↗

Livekindly Collective has acquired TiNDLE Foods’s foodservice operations in the US, the UK and Germany.

Funding roundsdavidprotein.com ↗

David Protein, for instance, raised a $75 million series A funding round…led by Greenoaks with participation from Valor Equity Partners

Full recorded event mix

Top 10 categories among 700 recorded events in the 24-month window.

Earnings
175
Leadership moves
168
Mergers & acquisitions
86
Asset acquisitions
83
Company announcements
67
Funding rounds
32
New products
32
Contracts
16
Lawsuit
10
Capital infusions
10
6 activity cards

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IPO pipeline

2 companies with recorded IPO activity

Vita Coco ↗

IPO · NASDAQ1 reports

B&G Foods ↗

IPO1 reports

Leadership moves

33 tracked people moves

Carbone ↗
Jeff Stoeckel

Appointment President

Kin ↗
Brett Tighe

Appointment Board Member

Bonchon ↗
Blas Escarcega

Appointment Chief Development Officer

otg ↗
Sri Anne

Appointment Chief Technology Officer

Ruhan Syed

Appointment Agent

Claudia Morena

Appointment Agent

Onur Tastan

Appointment Agent

Bobbie Lloyd

Promotion Chief Brand Officer

Product launches

Products, platforms and features in the recorded window

Snapple ↗
Snapple Two Hundred Fif‑TEA Party

Tea

Protein Bar & Kitchen

Fast-casual concept

HALO ↗
ARR Milestones

Pricing program

Vita Coco ↗
Piña Colada

Coconut juice flavor

Carbone ↗
Holiday Sets

Seasonal gift set

Carbone ↗
Sweet Pepper & Onion

Sauce

HALO ↗
"$1M Forever"

Enterprise Service Management

Litigation

6 tracked suits

Company
McIlhenny Company v stoli group

trademark infringementCivil · Ongoing

Company
stoli group v Fifth Third Bank

Bankruptcy trustee appointment disputeCivil · Settled

Earnings pulse

Reported company results in the recorded window.

15companies
237period observations
8.1%median reported growth

Median across 185 reported growth observations; companies may contribute multiple periods.

Mergers and acquisitions

Company-linked deal reports; status is preserved as recorded.

Acquirer → targetStatusDateValue / context
duvel moortgatSapporo ↗2026-04-22Not stated in snapshot
No Sleep Beverage Inc.UME Plum Liqueur ↗Announced2026-04-09Not stated in snapshot
B&G FoodsDel Monte Foods Corporation II Inc.Announced2026-03-20$1.1B
Seneca FoodsB&G Foods ↗Announced2026-03-04Not stated in snapshot
our homeHain Celestial ↗Completed2026-03-03Not stated in snapshot
j&j snack foods corpHain Celestial ↗Completed2026-03-03Not stated in snapshot

A discussion or rumour is not a completed transaction. An unstated value is not zero.

PEOPLE & OPPORTUNITY

The talent market

3,281 postings in the preceding 12 months. The full 5,372-posting snapshot covers 141 employers.

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Most advertised job titles

Car Delivery Driver564
Shift Leader354
Cookie Delivery Driver183
Cookie Crew138
Restaurant Manager130
Server104
0 internship postings

4 tracked postings mention remote work.

The seniority mix

1,743 postings specify a level.

unspecified
3,629
manager
1,154
senior
331
lead
192
entry
43
intern
23

Skills employers mention

Top skills across 5,372 tracked postings in the available jobs snapshot.

Food Safety
66
Staffing Coordination
64
Inventory Rotation
64
Scheduling Support
64
Administrative Checklists
61
Labor Execution
61
Shrink Control
61
Excel
28
Baking
25
Word
23
ADVERTISED PAY$45.8K/ year

Median across 551 postings with pay data, expressed in USD.

Salary by seniority

manager$85.0K/ year129 postings
senior$83.6K/ year40 postings

Advertised posting medians do not describe all employees or roles.

THE PEOPLE BUILDING THE FIELD

Founders and leaders

375 founders and chief executives across 297 companies.

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12 profiles

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Education networks

70 profiles with education records.

University of Pennsylvania
11
Harvard Business School
11
Harvard University
11
Cornell University
8
Columbia University
8
Wharton School
5
Columbia Business School
5
The Wharton School
5

Prior employers

6 profiles with prior-work records.

McKinsey
2
Goldman Sachs
2
Cisco
1
Uber
1
Facebook
1

Profiles cover recorded founders and leaders; contact details remain in Radar.

NEWS INTELLIGENCE

How this industry appears in the news

13,830 articles in the measured 12-month window.

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13,830articles in the measured year
3,255articles in 2026Q1
70.5%positive tone in the latest complete year

News volume trends

Food and Agriculture coverage tagged New York City · articles per complete quarter

01,3282,6563,9845,3122021Q2: 2,4842021Q22021Q3: 2,8732021Q4: 2,4062022Q1: 2,7002022Q2: 2,8472022Q22022Q3: 2,4182022Q4: 2,5002023Q1: 2,5902023Q2: 3,0882023Q22023Q3: 2,6232023Q4: 2,9722024Q1: 4,1872024Q2: 3,2012024Q22024Q3: 2,9222024Q4: 4,4042025Q1: 4,6192025Q2: 2,9262025Q22025Q3: 4,5762025Q4: 3,1342026Q1: 3,2552026Q1
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QuarterArticles
2021Q22,484
2021Q32,873
2021Q42,406
2022Q12,700
2022Q22,847
2022Q32,418
2022Q42,500
2023Q12,590
2023Q23,088
2023Q32,623
2023Q42,972
2024Q14,187
2024Q23,201
2024Q32,922
2024Q44,404
2025Q14,619
2025Q22,926
2025Q34,576
2025Q43,134
2026Q13,255

Article volume measures coverage, not market sales.

Tone of coverage over time

2021
5,633 positive · 46 neutral · 2,537 negative
2022
7,210 positive · 71 neutral · 3,166 negative
2023
8,281 positive · 53 neutral · 2,914 negative
2024
9,751 positive · 55 neutral · 4,873 negative
2025
10,727 positive · 54 neutral · 4,436 negative

Leading coverage topics

Food and Agriculture coverage tagged New York City · ranked by full-period article count.

Formula One Championships16,705 articles in the full recorded period
3,112 recent · 4,105 prior
Executive Leadership Changes And Appointments16,639 articles in the full recorded period
3,837 recent · 4,466 prior
College Athletics News14,424 articles in the full recorded period
4,357 recent · 2,567 prior
New Product Launches And Innovations14,091 articles in the full recorded period
3,573 recent · 3,297 prior
Homelessness Prevention Programs13,199 articles in the full recorded period
2,950 recent · 2,770 prior
Corporate Social Responsibility (Csr) Programs12,090 articles in the full recorded period
2,456 recent · 2,924 prior
Strategic Partnerships And Collaborations11,922 articles in the full recorded period
3,108 recent · 2,709 prior
Rural Community Development Programs11,129 articles in the full recorded period
2,635 recent · 2,321 prior
Seafood Sourcing And Aquaculture11,071 articles in the full recorded period
3,559 recent · 2,937 prior
Seafood And Shellfish Categories10,698 articles in the full recorded period
3,736 recent · 2,680 prior

Recent and prior counts use the source comparison windows.

Topics gaining and losing attention

United States comparison coverage

KeywordRecentPriorChange
shrimp aquaculture1,46998050%
land-frozen seafood1,37879074%
shrimp harvest1,13264376%
shrimp1,12668664%
college playoffs1,02966655%
ceo change1,02969049%
crab availability96364849%
fresh shellfish90858356%
tuna steak90253967%
flash-frozen seafood89448385%
f1 world championship1,9723,224-39%
f1 championship1,8632,930-36%
poultry health8042,053-61%
wildlife disease monitoring3771,952-81%
h5n1 avian influenza3561,818-80%

Event and signal lenses

United States comparison coverage

All complete annual cohorts shown
Rising

Regulatory Risk

418,778 classified articles

food rescue donations, meal distribution funding, emergency food aid

34.1% critical · 38.3% positive
Rising

Funding Momentum

135,040 classified articles

food rescue donations, meal distribution funding, hunger assistance programs

31.3% critical · 47.8% positive
Rising

Growth

163,836 classified articles

whole-farm revenue policies, earnings report, stock performance

22.1% critical · 48.5% positive

Food and Agriculture coverage tagged New York City. Topic labels describe recorded classifications and can include broad context.

RESEARCH SIGNALS

What Food and Agriculture research is working on

652 papers in the recorded india scope.

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652papers
8,585worldwide comparison pool
652India-affiliated papers

Research orientation

Promising
234
Problem-identifying
129
Descriptive
110
Breakthrough
103
Cautionary
47
Comparative
19
Critical
10

Contribution mix

Empirical
286
Methods-led
221
Reviews
101
Position pieces
40
Theoretical
4

Tone counts: 584 positive · 34 neutral · 34 negative.

Common problems researchers identify
139 papers · 21.3% of this field
  • Agriculture119 papers
  • Food security32 papers
  • Climate change21 papers
  • Robotics11 papers
  • Productivity10 papers
  • Sustainability8 papers
  • Internet of Things8 papers
  • Livelihood8 papers

Landmark: Climate-smart agriculture: what is it good for?

Cautions
47 papers · 7.2% of this field
  • Agriculture26 papers
  • Climate change8 papers
  • Natural resource economics5 papers
  • Weed5 papers
  • Food security5 papers
  • Tillage4 papers
  • Productivity4 papers
  • Psychological intervention3 papers

Landmark: An Assessment of Experimental Evidence on Agricultural Technology Adoption in Developing Countries

Opportunities
337 papers · 51.7% of this field
  • Agriculture198 papers
  • Robot44 papers
  • Internet of Things31 papers
  • Precision agriculture27 papers
  • Climate change21 papers
  • Productivity16 papers
  • Cloud computing14 papers
  • Agroforestry14 papers

Landmark: Responses of soil carbon sequestration to climate‐smart agriculture practices: A meta‐analysis

Leading institutions

International Food Policy Research Institute
1,024
University of Kentucky
809
Colorado State University
585
Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis
527
Agricultural Research Service
525
Georgia Institute of Technology
503

Leading researchers

Leslie Lipper
635
Andrea Cattaneo
568
Wei Ren
476
Xiongxiong Bai
470
Yawen Huang
470
Mark S. Coyne
470
Pierre-André Jacinthe
470
Solomon Asfaw
389

Highly cited breakthrough-labelled papers

  • The Robotanist: A ground-based agricultural robot for high-throughput crop phenotyping151 citations
  • Self-Powered Sensing for Smart Agriculture by Electromagnetic–Triboelectric Hybrid Generator141 citations
  • sCrop: A Novel Device for Sustainable Automatic Disease Prediction, Crop Selection, and Irrigation in Internet-of-Agro-Things for Smart Agriculture130 citations
  • Blockchain-Based Cloud-Enabled Security Monitoring Using Internet of Things in Smart Agriculture111 citations
  • Renewable Energy Integration Into Cloud & IoT-Based Smart Agriculture110 citations

Common problems researchers identify

125 papers · 4 recurring themes
4 cards

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Climate‑Smart Agriculture ChallengesCommon problems researchers identify · 01

Climate‑Smart Agriculture Challenges

43 papers

34.4% of this theme group

Researchers highlight climate impacts, policy gaps, and food‑security risks in Indian agriculture.

Climate change (20) · Agriculture (43) · Food security (17) · Government (6)

Climate-smart agriculture global research agenda: scientific basis for action

Economics of Climate Smart Agriculture: An Overview

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YearShare index
20222087.7
20232154.4
20242121.1
20252354.5
Robotics and IoT Integration IssuesCommon problems researchers identify · 02

Robotics and IoT Integration Issues

37 papers

29.6% of this theme group

Papers point to technical and adoption barriers for robots and connected devices on farms.

Robotics (10) · Agriculture (32) · Robot (6) · Internet of Things (6)

Computer vision in smart agriculture and precision farming: Techniques and applications

Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT) for smart agriculture: A review of architectures, technologies and solutions

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YearShare index
20221344.5
20231371.8
20241420.2
20251404.4
Economic Constraints on Agricultural TechCommon problems researchers identify · 03

Economic Constraints on Agricultural Tech

29 papers

23.2% of this theme group

Studies discuss limited growth, financing, and market barriers for new farming technologies.

Agriculture (27) · Economic growth (3) · Agricultural economics (4) · Public economics (2)

Agricultural Technology in Africa

Agricultural Technology Choice and Transport

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2022819.3
2023801.0
2024650.4
2025375.5
Nutrient Management and Yield GapsCommon problems researchers identify · 04

Nutrient Management and Yield Gaps

16 papers

12.8% of this theme group

Research flags inefficiencies in nutrient use and management practices affecting dairy and crop productivity.

Agricultural science (4) · Nutrient management (2) · Nutrient (2) · Agronomy (2)

Meta-analysis of the effects of on-farm management strategies on milk yields of dairy cattle on smallholder farms in the Tropics

An overview of organic, grassfed dairy farm management and factors related to higher milk production

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YearShare index
2022389.6
2023372.3
2024270.2
2025197.4

Cautions

44 papers · 4 recurring themes
4 cards

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Sustainability Risks of Climate‑Smart PracticesCautions · 01

Sustainability Risks of Climate‑Smart Practices

16 papers

36.4% of this theme group

Authors caution that some climate‑smart approaches may not deliver promised sustainability outcomes.

Climate change (8) · Agriculture (13) · Sustainability (3) · Greenhouse gas (3)

A Short History of the Evolution of the Climate Smart Agriculture Approach and Its Links to Climate Change and Sustainable Agriculture Debat

Climate smart agriculture and global food-crop production

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YearShare index
20222330.1
20232430.6
20242427.5
20252687.8
Adoption Uncertainty in Developing ContextsCautions · 02

Adoption Uncertainty in Developing Contexts

14 papers

31.8% of this theme group

Evidence shows mixed results and unpredictable uptake of new agricultural technologies.

Agriculture (11) · Agricultural economics (4) · Diversification (2) · Developing country (2)

An Assessment of Experimental Evidence on Agricultural Technology Adoption in Developing Countries

The Role of Information in Agricultural Technology Adoption: Experimental Evidence from Rice Farmers in Uganda

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YearShare index
2022392.7
2023376.2
2024353.1
2025221.7
Health and Safety Trade‑offsCautions · 03

Health and Safety Trade‑offs

8 papers

18.2% of this theme group

Studies warn of animal health and worker safety issues linked to certain farm practices.

Relationship between farm management strategies, reticuloruminal pH variations, and risks of subacute ruminal acidosis

Farm management practices associated with influenza A virus contamination of people working in Midwestern United States swine farms

Ecological Limits to IntensificationCautions · 04

Ecological Limits to Intensification

6 papers

13.6% of this theme group

Research emphasizes that ecosystem resilience can be compromised by intensive farming methods.

Ecology (2) · Food security (2) · Agriculture (3)

Who is resilient in Africa’s Green Revolution? Sustainable intensification and Climate Smart Agriculture in Rwanda

Farm management, not soil microbial diversity, controls nutrient loss from smallholder tropical agriculture

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YearShare index
20221722.6
20231724.9
20241524.1
20251119.1

Opportunities

312 papers · 6 recurring themes
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Precision Farming with Edge ComputingOpportunities · 01

Precision Farming with Edge Computing

95 papers

30.4% of this theme group

Opportunities focus on low‑power AI and sensor systems for real‑time field decision making.

Agriculture (53) · Precision agriculture (16) · Intrusion detection system (5) · Archaeology (5)

Smart Agriculture Revolution: Edge AI for Precision Farming on Low-Power Embedded Systems

Smart Agriculture System for Soil Analysis and Crop Suggestion using AI Techniques

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YearShare index
2022369.9
2023372.1
2024472.5
2025393.8
Agroforestry and Climate AdaptationOpportunities · 02

Agroforestry and Climate Adaptation

55 papers

17.6% of this theme group

Papers explore integrating trees and conservation tillage to mitigate climate impacts.

Climate change (18) · Agriculture (46) · Agroforestry (13) · Tillage (7)

Adapting agriculture to climate change: institutional determinants of adoption of climate-smart agriculture among smallholder farmers in Ken

Climate-smart agriculture: Greenhouse gas mitigation in climate-smart villages of Ghana

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YearShare index
20222223.0
20232259.9
20242327.9
20252386.7
Autonomous Agricultural RobotsOpportunities · 03

Autonomous Agricultural Robots

55 papers

17.6% of this theme group

Research highlights advances in robot navigation and multi‑purpose field tasks.

Robot (36) · Mobile robot (7) · Robotics (8) · Agriculture (25)

Vision‐based Obstacle Detection and Navigation for an Agricultural Robot

Smart Multipurpose Agricultural Robot

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2022827.0
2023847.9
2024840.1
2025849.0
IoT‑Enabled Farm MonitoringOpportunities · 04

IoT‑Enabled Farm Monitoring

51 papers

16.3% of this theme group

Studies present cloud‑based platforms and wireless sensors for continuous crop and soil surveillance.

Internet of Things (27) · Agriculture (35) · Cloud computing (10) · Wireless (6)

Smart Agriculture Based on IoT and Cloud Computing

Internet of Things (IoT)-Enabled Machine Learning Models for Efficient Monitoring of Smart Agriculture

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YearShare index
20221136.6
20231111.1
20241090.0
20251158.5
Economic Gains from Technology AdoptionOpportunities · 05

Economic Gains from Technology Adoption

29 papers

9.3% of this theme group

Evidence shows poverty reduction and welfare improvements when farmers adopt modern equipment.

Agricultural economics (8) · Agriculture (23) · Welfare (3) · Agricultural machinery (3)

Poverty Reduction Effects of Agricultural Technology Adoption: A Micro-evidence from Rural Tanzania

Subsidies for Agricultural Technology Adoption: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment with Improved Grain Storage Bags in Uganda

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YearShare index
2022399.5
2023382.4
2024359.2
2025243.2
Biosecurity and Pollinator ManagementOpportunities · 06

Biosecurity and Pollinator Management

27 papers

8.7% of this theme group

Research identifies tools to predict contamination and protect pollinator health on farms.

Herd (3) · Flock (3) · Biosecurity (3) · Pollinator (3)

Farm Management, Environment, and Weather Factors Jointly Affect the Probability of Spinach Contamination by Generic Escherichia coli at the

Using farm management practices to predict Campylobacter prevalence in pastured poultry farms

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202218.3
202318.0
202412.9
202514.8

How this field compares with the research baseline

Orientation shares compared with 25,000 papers in the reference sample.

Research orientationThis fieldReference sample
Promising35.9%36.7%
Problem-identifying19.8%9.6%
Descriptive16.9%17.4%
Breakthrough15.8%26.5%
Cautionary7.2%4.6%
Comparative2.9%4.0%
Critical1.5%1.1%

Concerns receiving less research attention

Counts and shares refer to the stated research pool. A low count describes how much of that research is recorded here, not the absence of a real-world concern.

Concern / example paperPapersShareRaised as a problemWorldwide share
Privacy & surveillanceThe State and Future of Smart Agriculture: Insights from mining social media61.01%2 (33.3%)1.19%
Labour & data workThe Impact of India’s Rural Employment Guarantee on Demand for Agricultural Technology50.84%2 (40.0%)0.21%
Energy & datacenter footprint00.0%0 (%)0.12%
Water use00.0%0 (%)0.0%
Carbon & emissions of compute00.0%0 (%)0.0%
Hardware, e-waste & supply chain00.0%0 (%)0.04%
Safety & misuse00.0%0 (%)0.0%
Bias & fairness00.0%0 (%)0.04%
Concentration of compute power00.0%0 (%)0.01%

Institution and researcher rankings use citations to their covered work. Research scope: United States. This may be broader than the company geography.

DEMAND, SUPPLY & PLACE

Where demand signals run ahead of mapped supply — New York City

Compare demand signals in New York City’s newsflow with the food and agriculture categories mapped to each signal.

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HOW TO READ THE GAP

Signal percentile − supply percentile = gap in percentile points. Positive gaps highlight questions to investigate. A high signal can reflect spending pressure or access friction, as well as potential demand.

The comparison is relative to the signal families on this page. A supply percentile of zero means the lowest relative reading, not zero companies. It is a prioritisation clue, not measured market size or unmet demand.

COMPARISON PERIOD2025-05-01 to 2026-05-01Against 2024-05-01 to 2025-05-01Explore the signals ↓

The opportunity, in one view

Signal and mapped-supply percentiles, their gap, and change in the signal’s article share.

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3 New York City demand signals compared with mapped food and agriculture supply
Signal familySignal percentileSupply percentileRelative gapGap (points)Signal share vs prior year
E-commerce & quick delivery ↗Channel Shift50.00.0+50.0+31.7%
Inflation & spending pressure ↗Spending Pressure50.050.0+0.0+9.3%
Layoffs & income shocks ↗Spending Pressure50.0100.0-50.0+20.6%

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Where the signals are loudest

All 12 city readings for these demand families in the comparison geography. New York City is highlighted.

Mentions per 10,000 articles

Each city’s reading is a share of its own coverage. Rows cover all of the United States for this page's signal families; New York City is marked.

Seattle110.8

Layoffs & income shocks · E-commerce & quick delivery · Inflation & spending pressure

St. Louis97.8

Layoffs & income shocks · Inflation & spending pressure · E-commerce & quick delivery

Lebanon92.8

Inflation & spending pressure · Layoffs & income shocks

New York City63.9

Inflation & spending pressure · Layoffs & income shocks · E-commerce & quick delivery

Cleveland59.7

Inflation & spending pressure · Layoffs & income shocks · E-commerce & quick delivery

Minneapolis57.3

Layoffs & income shocks · Inflation & spending pressure · E-commerce & quick delivery

Detroit55.5

Layoffs & income shocks · Inflation & spending pressure · E-commerce & quick delivery

San Francisco51.4

Layoffs & income shocks · Inflation & spending pressure · E-commerce & quick delivery

Atlanta49.8

Layoffs & income shocks · Inflation & spending pressure · E-commerce & quick delivery

Chicago48.8

Inflation & spending pressure · Layoffs & income shocks · E-commerce & quick delivery

Portland48.1

Layoffs & income shocks · Inflation & spending pressure · E-commerce & quick delivery

Newark47.3

Layoffs & income shocks · E-commerce & quick delivery · Inflation & spending pressure

Inside the leading signals

Open any signal for its quarterly history
CHANNEL SHIFTE-commerce & quick delivery+50.0percentile-point gap
THE OPERATING HYPOTHESIS

Online and quick-commerce adoption can migrate spend across channels faster than networks adapt.

2.32mentions per 10,000 articles+31.7%share change vs prior year

Mapped food and agriculture categories

  • B2C E-Commerce18
  • Uber For Grocery Delivery12
  • B2C Grocery Delivery12

Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.

Quarterly share of New York City coverage

Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline

012342024Q3: 12024Q32024Q4: 12024Q42025Q1: 22025Q12025Q2: 22025Q22025Q3: 12025Q32025Q4: 32025Q42026Q1: 22026Q1
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E-commerce & quick delivery in New York City coverage
QuarterMentionsPer 10,000 articles
2024Q3131.64
2024Q4101.21
2025Q1202.0
2025Q2262.98
2025Q3421.71
2025Q4303.6
2026Q1242.7

Where this signal concentrates in the comparison geography

Phoenix11.2 / 10,000
Charlotte10.0 / 10,000
Newark9.6 / 10,000
SPENDING PRESSUREInflation & spending pressure+0.0percentile-point gap
THE OPERATING HYPOTHESIS

Sustained price pressure can shift spending toward value formats.

40.23mentions per 10,000 articles+9.3%share change vs prior year

Mapped food and agriculture categories

  • Plant Based Foods23
  • Nutritional Formula20
  • Uber For Grocery Delivery12
  • B2C Grocery Delivery12

Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.

Quarterly share of New York City coverage

Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline

0193756742024Q3: 302024Q32024Q4: 252024Q42025Q1: 352025Q12025Q2: 642025Q22025Q3: 312025Q32025Q4: 502025Q42026Q1: 472026Q1
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Inflation & spending pressure in New York City coverage
QuarterMentionsPer 10,000 articles
2024Q324130.31
2024Q421325.7
2025Q135235.13
2025Q256364.58
2025Q376631.1
2025Q442450.89
2026Q141947.14

Where this signal concentrates in the comparison geography

Lebanon70.3 / 10,000
New York City40.6 / 10,000
Cleveland37.5 / 10,000
SPENDING PRESSURELayoffs & income shocks-50.0percentile-point gap
THE OPERATING HYPOTHESIS

Layoff cycles can pull discretionary spend back toward value offerings.

20.88mentions per 10,000 articles+20.6%share change vs prior year

Mapped food and agriculture categories

  • Internet First Brands47
  • Plant Based Foods23
  • Uber For Grocery Delivery12
  • B2C Grocery Delivery12

Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.

Quarterly share of New York City coverage

Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline

0102029392024Q3: 152024Q32024Q4: 192024Q42025Q1: 192025Q12025Q2: 142025Q22025Q3: 162025Q32025Q4: 332025Q42026Q1: 202026Q1
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Layoffs & income shocks in New York City coverage
QuarterMentionsPer 10,000 articles
2024Q312315.47
2024Q416319.67
2025Q119719.66
2025Q212614.45
2025Q339416.0
2025Q428333.97
2026Q117920.14

Where this signal concentrates in the comparison geography

Seattle97.5 / 10,000
St. Louis66.7 / 10,000
Minneapolis47.4 / 10,000
RESEARCH & CHANGING CONVERSATIONS

Related research and changing coverage

New York City food and agriculture coverage

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RESEARCH CONTEXT · 2018

Climate change and agriculture in New York and Pennsylvania: risk perceptions, vulnerability and adaptation among farmers

Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems

45 citations in the snapshot

RESEARCH CONTEXT · 2019

Urban foraging for food security and sovereignty: quantifying edible forest yield in Syracuse, New York using four common fruit- and nut-producing street tree species

Journal of Urban Ecology

37 citations in the snapshot

RESEARCH CONTEXT · 2024

A Culturally Specific Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Program to Improve Diet in Immigrant Communities in Brooklyn, New York

Health Promotion Practice

8 citations in the snapshot

RESEARCH CONTEXT · 2024

New York State Climate Impacts Assessment Chapter 03: Agriculture

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

8 citations in the snapshot

What is growing in this coverage

the United States coverage of this page's demand families

KeywordRecent articlesPrior articlesShare change
equatorial pacific anomalies13943298.4%
heavy snow warning7027219.5%
supply and demand4820195.8%
anthropogenic warming4921187.6%
greenhouse gas weather impact14565174.9%
nutrient management plan6734142.9%

Share changes describe coverage in the stated comparison periods, not search demand or market size.

UNDERSTAND THE LANDSCAPE

Food and Agriculture in New York City: key questions

Clear definitions for making better comparisons.

What does this landscape measure?

It measures the tracked company ecosystem, recorded funding, hiring and other available evidence. It is not a market-size estimate.

Can segment counts be added together?

No. A company can belong to several segments, so segment counts and funding can overlap.

What does a missing figure mean?

A dash or unavailable panel means the current reviewed source snapshot does not support that figure.

Company ecosystem snapshot: 31 August 2026. Funding is recorded in USD; filed accounts retain their stated currency and reporting basis. Each section identifies its own coverage. The news and research behind these sections is explorable in Prism.

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