Lidl UK launched a Grassroots Dairy Partnership with Müller Milk & Ingredients, UK, to secure a sustainable end-to-end dairy supply chain, from the grassroots through to the customer.

Square Roots, a Brooklyn, N.Y.-based indoor urban farming company, developed a way for consumers to see exactly where, when and how their food is grown.

Indigo Ag, Inc., Boston, Mass., acquired TellusLabs, a Cambridge, Mass.-based provider of satellite imaging for developing agricultural insights.

California Bioenergy LLC (CalBio), Visalia, Calif., received funding from the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), San Francisco; the California Air Resources Board (CARB), Sacramento, Calif.; and the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), Sacramento, Calif., for three dairy pilot projects selected to install dairy digester renewable fuel technology.

The Wendy's Co., Dublin, Ohio, announced what is said to be an industry-leading step that will allow the company to better understand and communicate how cattle for Wendy's fresh beef hamburgers are raised, facilitating advancements in animal care, antibiotics and sustainability.

Farmstead raised an additional $2.2 million venture round from ARTIS Labs, San Francisco; Resolute Ventures, San Francisco; Y Combinator, Mountain View, Calif.; Red Dog Capital, San Francisco; and other investors, bringing the total raised to date to $7.5 million.

Property development company Beladon, Holland, developed a floating dairy farm.

Whole Leaf, Canada, announced plans to double the size of its facility, with Phase 2 set to open March 15, 2019.

France is the top high-income country in the 2018 Food Sustainability Index (FSI), which ranks 67 countries according to their food system sustainability.