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Podcast: AgTech Digest: Weekly Agriculture Technology News & Deals · iGrowNews

Opublikowano: 2026-08-21

A salmon farmer just got cleared to raise half a billion dollars in green bonds — collateralised, effectively, by 300,900 tons of fish. Norway's Financial Supervisory Authority approved SalMar, based in Frøya, to list NOK 5 billion (roughly $531 million) in green bonds on the Oslo Stock Exchange, backed by record 2025 harvest volumes. It is one of the larger debt raises to hit the sector this year, and a signal that lenders are now comfortable underwriting aquaculture at scale. Also this week: Mérieux NutriSciences agreed to acquire Certified Group, further consolidating global food-safety testing; GrubMarket made its firs...