The AgFunderNews team reflects on the past year by highlighting their favorite articles, rather than just the most popular ones. Notable pieces include insights from North Carolina farmers about legislative impacts on agriculture, discussions on the venture capital model’s relevance in agtech, and the XPRIZE competition’s disappointing outcome without a winner. Other highlighted stories explore innovations in agtech, including sustainable materials from brewer’s spent grain and agroforestry initiatives. The year also saw a significant increase in investment in agriculture gene editing, despite overall declines in agrifoodtech funding linked to global events.