I think that it's just the same mechanism as the Linux Foundation itself, but specific for the AgTech sector. My basic understanding is that on one side you ha

I think that it's just the same mechanism as the Linux Foundation itself, but specific for the AgTech sector. My basic understanding is that on one side you have companies who want to sponsor open source tech they depend on, and on the other side you have open source developement teams who would like to be supported; the Foundation facilitates interaction between these 2 sides.