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Corie Chu is a Reiki Master Teacher (RMT), Numerologist, Intuitive Energy Healer, Meditation Facilitator and Wellness Enthusiast. Corie has taught internationally, at Hong Kong's Largest Outdoor Wellness Festival, IRIS: Your Escape, The Garden Gathering, The Yoga Room, Naked Hub, WeWork, Reiki Rays’ Online Healing Summit, and with various wellness brand partners such as Caelum Greene. She has also been featured as a "Master of Wellness" at the Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong. Corie spent most of her life living in Los Angeles and moved back to Hong Kong to get in touch with her roots. When she's not facilitating private energy healing sessions, numerology consultations or teaching classes at Corie Chu Healing, her studio based in Central, she loves writing, discovering new ways to promote our well-being and drinking tea. You can follow her on her wellness adventures on Facebook and Instagram.

CellX, China’s Most Funded Cellular Agriculture Startup Lands $6.5M in Series A+ Round

Jill Ettinger Jun 20, 2023

China's cultivated meat front-runner, CellX, has successfully procured $6.5M in a Series A+ funding round. Shanghai-based CellX's new funding comes by way of a collection of strategic investors. The funding propels CellX toward the…
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A Joint Venture Between APAC-SCA and JACA Will Boost Japan’s Cellular Agriculture Industry

Jill Ettinger Jun 19, 2023

The Asia-Pacific Society for Cellular Agriculture (APAC-SCA) and the Japan Association for Cellular Agriculture (JACA) have solidified a partnership through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The new MoU aims to boost the growth of…
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New Research Dishes On Ways Restaurants Can Increase Orders of Lower Emission Foods

Jill Ettinger Jun 19, 2023

A new meta-analysis explores how restaurants can get patrons to order lower-emission food. In a climate increasingly fraught with urgency, the microscope is on consumer behaviors, particularly food choices, which generate about 34…
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Filipino Plant-Based Startup WTH Foods Introduces Microalgae-Based Vegan Seafood Products

Jill Ettinger Jun 16, 2023

WTH Foods is expanding its presence in both the European and Southeast Asian markets with a new range of low-sodium, clean-label plant-based seafood products. Known for its popular Umani brand of plant-based meat alternatives that…
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With Help From Jaguar Land Rover, Uncaged Innovations Raises $2 Million for Bio-Based Leather

Jill Ettinger Jun 15, 2023

Uncaged Innovations, a biomaterials startup focused on sustainable leather alternatives, has raised $2 million in a Pre-Seed funding round. Uncaged's funding comes from investors, including InMotion Ventures, Jaguar Land Rover's (JLR)…
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Breaking: Upside Foods, Eat Just Earn USDA Label Approval for Cultivated Meat: ‘A Major Step Forward’

Jill Ettinger Jun 15, 2023

California's Upside Foods earns USDA label approval for its cultivated meat just days after Eat Just earned the same clearance for its cultivated chicken, bringing cell-based meat one step closer to American plates. The label approval…
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Renewal Mill Secures Initial Series A Funding for Diverted Food Waste Flour Blends

Jill Ettinger Jun 14, 2023

The upcycled food innovator, Renewal Mill, has successfully secured the initial phase of its Series A funding round. The undisclosed financing round was led by Beyond Impact Advisors and ICA Fund. In the upcoming months, Renewal…
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Impossible Foods’ New Ads Will Make You Want to Switch Up Your Meat

Jill Ettinger Jun 14, 2023

It's the Summer of Impossible according to a stellar new ad campaign for Impossible Foods from Terry Crews' Super Serious creative agency. No one wants summer to end and Impossible Foods is making that known even before the season is…
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Climax Foods Debuts ‘World’s First’ Plant Casein: ‘One of the Most Important Scientific Breakthroughs’

Jill Ettinger Jun 13, 2023

AI food tech startup, the Bay-Area-based Climax Foods Inc., has debuted what it says is the world's first plant-based ingredient that mimics the functionality, flavor, texture, melt, and stretch of the dairy protein casein. The new…
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Vegan Seafood Startup Plantish Rebrands as Oshi As It Eyes Global Market

Jill Ettinger Jun 13, 2023

Plantish, the innovative Israeli company acclaimed for its cutting-edge plant-based salmon produced via unique, patent-pending additive manufacturing technology, has announced a rebrand to Oshi. Oshi says the renaming event symbolizes…
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Can JBS Distance Itself From the ‘Deforestation Beef’ Label With Cultivated Meat and Methane Biogas?

Jill Ettinger Jun 12, 2023

Brazilian meat processing giant JBS has announced that its first large-scale cultivated meat production plant is in development by its subsidiary, BioTech Foods, located in Spain as it adds methane biodigesters in nine Brazilian cities. …
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Oatly Launches Vegan Oat Cream Cheese Nationwide: ‘We’re Extremely Excited’

Jill Ettinger Jun 12, 2023

Oatly, the world's largest oat milk manufacturer, has announced its vegan cream cheese is now available nationwide in the US. Sweden-based Oatly says its new oat cream cheese innovation was spearheaded by the company's…
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ChatGPT Founder-Backed Uncommon Raises $30M In A Series A For RNA-Driven Cultivated Pork

Jill Ettinger Jun 9, 2023

Uncommon, the Cambridge-based biotech start-up that's turning cellular innovation into appetizing, environmentally friendly meat products, has secured $30 million in Series A funding. Uncommon's Series A was led by Balderton Capital…
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Meati Foods Scores A Home Run With MLB Hall of Famer Derek Jeter Investment

Jill Ettinger Jun 9, 2023

Derek Jeter, the former New York Yankee shortstop and Major League Baseball hall of famer, has joined a number of high-profile celebrities backing Colorado's Meati Foods. Meati Foods isn't short on capital; the company has raised more…
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Bettaf!sh Launches Vegan Canned Tuna As It Hits A Conservation Milestone

Jill Ettinger Jun 8, 2023

Honoring World Ocean Day on June 8, alternative seafood start-up Bettaf!sh has unveiled its latest sustainability data, spotlighting strides made through a unique product line centered on seaweed, a regenerative and biodiversity-supporting…
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E.U.-Funded Project Proposes Eco-Friendly Dietary Policies

Jill Ettinger Jun 8, 2023

The Smart Protein project, funded by the E.U., has released a comprehensive document recommending policy measures to transition Europeans towards more environmentally friendly dietary choices. The new Smart Protein report suggests…
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Celebrity Chef Marcus Samuelsson Joins Aleph Farms as Investor and Culinary Advisor

Jill Ettinger Jun 7, 2023

Renowned chef Marcus Samuelsson has made an investment in Aleph Farms, Israel's leading cellular agriculture company, and will serve as an advisor and launch partner in the United States. The collaboration between Samuelsson and Aleph…
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LeBron James’ Uninterrupted Backs ‘Game Changers’ Sequel: ‘We Couldn’t Be More Thrilled’

Jill Ettinger Jun 7, 2023

Uninterrupted, a subsidiary of The SpringHill Company founded by LeBron James and Maverick Carter, has teamed up with the creators of 2019 's The Game Changers documentary to produce a highly anticipated sequel. The original Game…
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India’s Shaka Harry Makes Its International Debut In With 15 Plant-Based Products In Singapore

Jill Ettinger Jun 6, 2023

Leading Indian plant-based protein label Shaka Harry has announced its expansion into Singapore. The expansion marks the company's first foray into the international market. Shaka Harry is set to introduce 15 innovative products at…
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Upstream Foods Says Cultivated Fat Will Help Plant-Based Seafood Market Surge

Jill Ettinger Jun 6, 2023

When it comes to seafood alternatives, the choices are limited. Dutch start-up Upstream Foods aims to change that by cultivating fat from salmon cells for the plant-based seafood market. The alternative seafood sector has seen…
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Quorn Foods And Prime Roots Partner To Expand Mycelium Meat Category

Jill Ettinger Jun 5, 2023

Leading mycoprotein producer, U.K.-based Quorn Foods, has made a minority investment in the Berkeley-based vegan meat startup Prime Roots. Quorn pioneered the mycoprotein category, and its new partnership with Prime Roots, which relies…
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