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Anay is Green Queen's resident news reporter. Originally from India, he worked as a vegan food writer and editor in London, and is now travelling and reporting from across Asia. He's passionate about coffee, plant-based milk, cooking, eating, veganism, food tech, writing about all that, profiling people, and the Oxford comma.

Alt Dairy

Doubling Down on Animal-Free Dairy, Fonterra Looks to Advance Superbrewed Food’s Postbiotic Cultured Protein

Anay Mridul Aug 13, 2024

New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra is exploring how US biomass fermentation startup Superbrewed Food's Postbiotic Cultured Protein can complement its dairy portfolio. Fonterra, the world's largest dairy exporter, is continuing to explore…
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Climate Change

India Releases 109 High-Yielding, Resilient Crop Varieties for Climate-Vulnerable Farmers

Anay Mridul Aug 13, 2024

The Indian government has introduced over 100 high-yielding, climate-resilient varieties of crops for farmers, a group among the country's most vulnerable to global warming. India has unveiled 109 future-facing varieties of crops for an…
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Alt Protein

Quality Meats: Impossible Foods Opens Pop-Up Restaurant in Chicago, Featuring Oatly Ice Cream

Anay Mridul Aug 12, 2024

Building on its impressive foodservice record, Impossible Foods will open its first pop-up restaurant in Chicago, showcasing its plant-based meat products across a range of dishes. Impossible Foods is opening a new pop-up restaurant in…
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Green Business

Walmart Taps Denali’s ‘Depackaging’ Solution to Recycle Food Waste in 1,400 Stores

Anay Mridul Aug 12, 2024

In its efforts to reduce food waste, Walmart has teamed up with organics recycler Denali to bring repackaging technology to over 1,400 stores. As it moves towards its global zero-waste goal, America's largest retailer has introduced a…
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Alt Dairy

Chinese Plant-Based Dairy Giant Viee Gets Private Equity Backing for ‘Spice-Neutralising’ Beverages

Anay Mridul Aug 12, 2024

One of China's largest plant-based beverage companies, Viee, has received an undisclosed sum in private equity funding from L Catterton. Sichuan Viee Beverage Food Co., which describes itself as the largest plant-based drinks maker in…
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Climate Change

In the Latest Blow to Carbon Offsets, A Third of All Credits Fail Key Market Test

Anay Mridul Aug 12, 2024

A third of all renewable energy carbon credit projects have failed to meet the 'high-integrity' standards required to use the Core Carbon Principles label. Major worries are emitting from the carbon offsets sector, after an industry…
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Research & Scientific Studies

Four in 10 Scientists Don’t Eat Meat Out of Climate Change Concerns, and A Third Are Ready to Give It Up

Anay Mridul Aug 9, 2024

Almost three-quarters of scientists around the world either follow mostly meat-free diets or are willing to go vegan/vegetarian out of concern for the climate, a new survey has found. Nearly all global scientists (96%) believe climate…
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Climate Change

Discredited: Corporate Climate Watchdog SBTi Says Carbon Credits Are ‘Ineffective’

Anay Mridul Aug 9, 2024

The world's leading judge of corporate climate goals has described carbon credits as largely "ineffective" in a key study, although it leaves the door open for limited use. The pushback against carbon credits as a viable net-zero…
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Fermentation-Based Alt Protein

Equii Takes on GLP-1 Space with High-Protein, High-Fibre Pasta Made from Microbial Fermentation

Anay Mridul Aug 9, 2024

Californian food tech startup Equii has expanded its microbial protein product range into pasta, with rigatoni and mac and cheese SKUs rich in protein and fibre. As the GLP-1 craze and America's fibre deficiency rages on, the food world…
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Policy & Regulation

Netherlands Rejected Meat Tax Based on ‘Biased’ Report, Finds New Investigation

Anay Mridul Aug 9, 2024

The Dutch government's decision against implementing a tax on meat products in 2021 was based on a one-sided, biased report, an investigation has found. A government-commissioned report calling a meat tax in the Netherlands "unfeasible"…
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Climate Change

23% of US Congress Members Are Climate Change Deniers – And They’re All Republican

Anay Mridul Aug 8, 2024

A new report has found that nearly a quarter of elected federal officials in the US think climate change is a hoax, and all of them belong to the Republican Party. “We’ve had freezing periods in the 1970s. They said it was going to be a…
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Alt Dairy

This Stinks! Fermented Vegan Cheese Maker Plonts Stretches Budget with $12M Seed Investment

Anay Mridul Aug 8, 2024

Californian startup Plonts has emerged from stealth with a $12M funding round, launching its fermented soy milk cheese at restaurants in New York City and San Francisco. Cheese is not a dairy product; it is a microbial product – and…
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Alt Protein

Beyond Meat Cuts Costs, Raises Prices to Boost Margins and Revenue Expectations in Q2 2024

Anay Mridul Aug 8, 2024

Amid a wider decline in plant-based meat sales, Beyond Meat's new pricier lineup has delivered better profit margins in Q2 and an improved sales forecast for the rest of 2024. Despite a ninth consecutive quarter of year-on-year…
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Climate Change

Brazil Orders Cattle Rancher to Pay $50M for Destroying the Amazon

Anay Mridul Aug 8, 2024

A Brazilian cattle farmer has been fined $50M for destroying parts of the Amazon rainforest, and ordered to restore the land he deforested. A federal court in Brazil last month froze the assets of a local cattle rancher, ordering him to…
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Funding News

European Fermentation Startups Raised More Funds in H1 2024 Than All of 2023

Anay Mridul Aug 7, 2024

Within the first six months of 2024, European precision and biomass fermentation startups attracted more investment than they did in all of 2023. Between regulatory wins, market breakthroughs, and dominant investment rounds, 2024 has…
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Seafood

Akua: Kelp Burger Startup Winds Down Amid Wider Plant-Based Industry Headwinds

Anay Mridul Aug 7, 2024

Seaweed-based meat startup Akua is shutting shop after seven years in operation, citing logistical challenges and the overall decline of plant-based meat. Akua, the New York-based maker of the Kelp Burger, is ceasing operations, in what…
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Future Foods

Future Food Quick Bites: Bar Vegan, Mr. Charlie’s & EU Alt-Protein Investments

Anay Mridul Aug 7, 2024

In our weekly column, we round up the latest news and developments in the alternative protein and sustainable food industry. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Mr. Charlie's new vegan cheeseburger, Califia Farms' acquisition of…
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Future Foods

Veganz Group Churns Up €10M in Funding to Expand Production of Its 2D-Printed Oat Milk

Anay Mridul Aug 6, 2024

Germany's Veganz Group has secured €10M ($10.9M) in financing to scale up production of Mililk, its 2D-printed oat milk, and its plant-based meat analogue Peas on Earth. Veganz Group, a plant-based pioneer from Germany, has brought in…
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Fermentation-Based Alt Protein

Bored Cow: Animal-Free Dairy Milks Now Selling At Target Stores Across America

Anay Mridul Aug 6, 2024

Tomorrow Farms has launched its Bored Cow animal-free milks, made from Perfect Day‘s precision-fermented dairy protein, into select Target stores nationwide. Animal-free milk is coming to Target shelves across America, as New York…
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Climate Change

Climate Change is Slowing the Earth’s Rotation – and Making Our Days Longer

Anay Mridul Aug 6, 2024

Melting ice caps have made the Earth thicker, slowed its rotation and lengthened its days, impacting financial transactions, GPS and cellphone networks. The mass melting of polar ice caps is changing the shape of the Earth, causing each…
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Future Foods

Tuber Protein: ReaGenics Creates Potatoes with 31% Protein via Plant Cell Culture

Anay Mridul Aug 6, 2024

Israeli startup ReaGenics has developed a cell-based potato with 31% protein content, which could rise even higher. As first reported by AgFunderNews, ReaGenics, an Israeli biotech startup leveraging cellular tissue culturing to grow…
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