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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

Mandorla Mozzarella: Italy’s Dreamfarm Raises €5M for Healthy Fermented Vegan Cheese

Anay Mridul Nov 8, 2023

Italian vegan cheese startup Dreamfarm has closed a funding round of €5M aimed at building a production hub for its patented process to make a healthier plant-based cheese alternative. Its fermented almond mozzarella and spreadable cheese…
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Alt Protein

Meati Expands Mycelium Meat Range with Nuggets, Spicy Takes & Holiday Bundles

Anay Mridul Nov 7, 2023

Weeks after opening its D2C online marketplace, Colorado-based mycelium meat startup Meati has expanded its line of meat alternatives with new vegan chicken nuggets and spiced takes on its existing steaks and cutlets. The brand has also…
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Vegan

Exclusive: Vegan Celebrity Chef Matthew Kenney Expands His Plant City Empire to China

Anay Mridul Nov 7, 2023

Matthew Kenney, the vegan author and celebrity chef behind Plant Food + Wine, is expanding his empire to China with food halls inspired by his Plant City F&B concept, with the help of global scale-up firm The Wellness Agency. The…
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Climate Change

‘A Growing Movement’: Q&A with the Co-Founder of the World’s First Veganic Farming Summit

Anay Mridul Nov 7, 2023

Ahead of what's billed as the first-ever Veganic Summit (November 10-12), which will focus on organic plant-based farming that eschews the use of chemical fertilisers and manure, the event's co-founder Meg Kelly talks to Green Queen about…
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Funding News

Top 20 Meat & Dairy Producers: GHG Emissions Up 3%, Majority Still Don’t Have Net Zero Science-Based Targets – Report

Anay Mridul Nov 7, 2023

Greenhouse gas emissions from the world's 20 largest meat and dairy producers increased by 3.28% in the last year, according to new analysis from the investor network FAIRR Initiative. The findings come just as global leaders prepare for a…
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Climate Change

Asia Decarbonisation: Invest $125B to Reduce Region’s Agri-Food Emissions by 12% by 2030, Says Temasek-Backed Report

Anay Mridul Nov 6, 2023

A new report backed by major actors in Asia's agrifood system including Singapore global investment company Temasek is calling for urgent climate action from industry stakeholders across the region to invest in tech and back existing…
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Consumer Trends & Insights

Carbon Labelling on University Catering Menus Increases Student Demand for Climate-Friendly Meals

Anay Mridul Nov 6, 2023

A year after announcing its carbon labelling partnership with research firm HowGood, catering company Chartwells Higher Education has revealed that there has been an increase in students looking for climate-friendly meals in US…
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Alt Protein

Beyond Meat: 26.5% Q3 Sales Decline Leads to Revised Annual Forecast and Additional Layoffs

Anay Mridul Nov 6, 2023

Despite hopes for a better second half of 2023, Beyond Meat has announced a 26.5% decline in quarterly sales to $75M, while further cutting its annual sales forecast and employing a cost-cutting programme that will see 8% of its workforce…
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Zero Waste

Notpla: Earthshot Prize Winner’s Seaweed Packaging Named ‘First and Only’ Plastic-Free Material Under EU Regulation

Anay Mridul Nov 6, 2023

Earthshot Prize-winning British startup Notpla's seaweed-based packaging has become the 'first and only' material recognised as plastic-free by a European Union country, following a nine-month verification process under the EU's Single-Use…
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Future Foods

Mush Foods CEO on Blended Meat: ‘We Don’t Need the Entire World to Go Vegan’

Anay Mridul Nov 3, 2023

Shalom Daniel, CEO of mycelium meat company Mush Foods, tells Green Queen about why the brand's ingredient is ideal for blended meat applications, why anti-meat investors believe flex meat is the solution, and its mission to halve global…
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Policy & Regulation

California Just Passed a New Carbon Offset Law – Here’s What It Means for Businesses

Anay Mridul Nov 2, 2023

The state of California has passed new climate laws that are meant to curb greenwashing linked with the voluntary carbon offsetting market, requiring companies and offset providers to be more transparent in their claims and disclosures.…
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Fermentation-Based Alt Protein

Precision Fermentation Egg Leader The EVERY Co: ‘Our Purpose is to Remake the Food System from Within’

Anay Mridul Nov 2, 2023

Silicon Valley startup The EVERY Co, which makes precision-fermented egg proteins, recently collaborated with Colombia's largest CPG food company. It signposts the company's increased retail focus, which its CEO Arturo Elizondo and…
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Research & Scientific Studies

Cutting Out Meat Twice a Week Can Offset Almost All Your GHG Emissions from Flights: Report

Anay Mridul Nov 2, 2023

Replacing 30% of meat consumption with plant-based alternatives could offset almost all of global aviation emissions, free up a carbon sink the size of India, and save all the cows alive in the US today, according to a new report by…
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Future Foods

Singapore Trade Minister on Food Tech Ecosystem: ‘Come to the Best Place in the World for Food Innovation’

Anay Mridul Nov 2, 2023

Singapore is host to Rethink's Asia-Pacific Agri-Food Innovation Summit this week, where it's bolstering its role as a leader in the APAC food tech ecosystem. Off the back of a newly announced food safety bill that will advance novel food…
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Vegan

World Vegan Day 2023: 10 Key Stats on Progress, Problems and Potential

Anay Mridul Nov 1, 2023

Today marks the 29th World Vegan Day, and the start of World Vegan Month. We'll see a host of announcements, launches, and releases, especially leading up to Veganuary – but how far has veganism come, and how far does it have to go? Here…
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Seafood

Vegan White Fish: Nestlé Adds to the Growing List of Plant-Based Seafood Launches

Anay Mridul Nov 1, 2023

Nestlé has announced the launch of three new vegan white fish SKUs in Europe and Asia, as it becomes the latest brand to release a plant-based seafood product to cater to the growing demand for seafood and sustainable proteins. Nestlé…
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Future Foods

Future Food Quick Bites: Pasta Partnerships, Killer Commercials & Christmas Incoming

Anay Mridul Nov 1, 2023

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 an upcycled pasta partnership at Cambridge, the UK getting into…
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Cell-Based News

Out of This World: Growing Meat in Space for the Better for the Planet

Anay Mridul Nov 1, 2023

Two projects funded by the European Space Agency have looked at the viability of producing cultivated meat in space to provide more sustainable food for astronauts. The results are promising. There is so much regulatory red tape around…
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Future Foods

Mushrooms For Climate: Urban Fungi Startup Tupu Reels in $3.2M in Seed Funding

Anay Mridul Oct 31, 2023

Berlin-based agtech startup Tupu has raised $3.2M in a seed funding round to grow mushrooms directly in cities. The firm combines its patent-pending modular farming tech with bioscience, robotics and artificial intelligence to offer…
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Singapore

New Singapore Food Safety Bill To Offer More Clarity for Novel Foods Like Cultivated Meat

Anay Mridul Oct 31, 2023

Singapore is working on a Food Safety and Security Bill that would offer greater clarity on regulatory frameworks for novel foods like cultivated meat and help prevent foodborne illnesses like the ones suffered from raw seafood, which…
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Climate Change

Climate-Resilient Coffee: Meet Amatera, The French Startup That Raised €1.5M to Accelerate Its Perennial Crop Tech

Anay Mridul Oct 31, 2023

French biotech startup Amatera, which develops non-GMO, climate-friendly perennial plants using crop genetics technology, has closed a €1.5M pre-seed funding round to speed up production of its regulatory-compliant coffee varieties. …
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