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We INFORM. We INSPIRE. We EMPOWER. Founded by serial entrepreneur Sonalie Figueiras in 2011, Green Queen is an award-winning sustainability & impact media platform advocating for social & environmental change in Asia. Our mission is to shift consumer behaviour through our authentic, original and ground-breaking content.

Alt Protein

Cellular Agriculture Will Help FAO Address Food Emissions In Roadmap By COP28

Green Queen Team Nov 24, 2022

As attention turns toward agriculture in the fight against climate change, cellular agriculture emerges as an invaluable solution. During COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, the U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) announced its…
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Climate Change

Vertically-Grown Indoor Wheat Breakthrough Holds Potential To Localize The Global Food System

Green Queen Team Nov 24, 2022

A German vertical farming startup has grown wheat without soil in an indoor vertical farming operation—and it's potentially more efficient than open-field growing. Vertical farming is no longer just for salad greens and strawberries.…
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Alt Dairy

Wilk’s Cell-Based Milk Fat Yogurt Gets Third-Party Stamp of Approval

Green Queen Team Nov 23, 2022

Wilk, the publicly traded Israel-based food tech company developing cell-based human and animal milk, says it has developed the world's first yogurt made from cell cultures. External laboratories verified that Wilk's yogurt meets all…
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Alt Protein

Emerging From Stealth Mode, Opo Bio Puts New Zealand on the Cultivated Meat Map

Green Queen Team Nov 22, 2022

New Zealand has officially entered the cultivated meat space with Opo Bio's NZ$1.5 million seed capital raise and first product launch. Opo Bio's first product, cultivated cow cells dubbed 'Opo-Moo,' is now available for purchase by…
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Alt Dairy

Food Tech Company Me& Has Developed the First Fortified Human Breast Milk

Green Queen Team Nov 22, 2022

Australia's first cell-based milk startup, Me&, says it is developing cell-based breast milk just like a human mother would. Me&'s cellular and molecular technology captures the inbuilt program in breast tissue cells allowing…
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Alt Protein

Nearly 40% of Chinese Consumers Are Eating Less Meat, Survey Finds

Green Queen Team Nov 22, 2022

A new survey finds nearly 40 percent of Chinese consumers are reducing their meat consumption—a move driven by health benefits, taste, ethics, and a 'cool factor.' The new research, led by Good Growth, finds that more than half (60…
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Alt Materials

Melibio’s Bee-Free Honey to Launch in Europe Next Year

Green Queen Team Nov 21, 2022

MeliBio's novel vegan honey will launch in Europe next year through organic food producer Narayan Foods. Melibio's honey will see its retail launch in European stores next year; Narayan's products are available in more than 75,000…
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Alt Dairy

Bel Group Will Bring Precision Fermentation to Laughing Cow, Babybel, and Boursin

Green Queen Team Nov 21, 2022

Following its investment in Standing Ovation earlier this year, the Bel Group says it has entered into an exclusive partnership with the dairy producer to bring precision fermentation into its catalog of products. The Bel Group, whose…
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Alt Dairy

Indonesia’s Green Rebel Launches Into Plant-Based Dairy Category

Green Queen Team Nov 18, 2022

Following the first-ever dairy-free festival in Jakarta, Indonesia-based Green Rebel Foods has launched into the plant-based dairy category. Green Rebel is a leading producer of plant-based protein across Southeast Asia. Its new…
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Climate Change

Is ‘Climate Fatigue’ Curbing Climate Action? New Research Points to a Troublesome Trend

Green Queen Team Nov 18, 2022

Decades of calls to action to curb greenhouse gas emissions have led to 'climate fatigue' around the world as the crisis becomes direr, new research finds. Scientists have been calling for climate action for decades—and that continued…
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Alt Protein

George Monbiot, Climate Activists Urge COP27 to Rewild and Embrace Alternative Protein

Green Queen Team Nov 17, 2022

Environmentalist and writer George Monbiot joins climate activists on a new manifesto that lays out a sustainable future where all of the world's food can be grown in an area the size of London. According to the United Nations, the…
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Alt Protein

Breaking: Upside Foods Earns FDA GRAS Status for Its Cultivated Meat in ‘Watershed Moment’

Green Queen Team Nov 17, 2022

California-based cultivated meat producer Upside Foods has received FDA GRAS status for its cell-based chicken, becoming the first company in the U.S. to have its products designated as safe to eat. The milestone announcement comes…
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Alt Protein

Meatable and Love Handle Are Developing Meat Made From Plants and Cell Cultures

Green Queen Team Nov 16, 2022

Cultivated meat brand Meatable has announced a 'Future of Meat' innovation center in partnership with plant-based meat brand Love Handle in an effort to bring the two sectors together to co-create the future of food. Would you eat vegan…
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Alt Materials

BioFluff Closes a $500,000 Pre-Seed Funding Round for Plant-Based Fur

Green Queen Team Nov 16, 2022

BioFluff, the San Francisco-based company producing plant-based fur, has closed a pre-seed funding round of $500,000, with funding from SOSV/IndieBio fund, Joyance partners, and Ataraxia Partners Limited, among others. Fur made from…
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Alt Protein

Thrilling Foods Patents Its Fat-Streaked Vegan Bacon

Green Queen Team Nov 15, 2022

Portland-based Thrilling Foods says it has earned a patent for its 'world's first' fat-streaked vegan 'bakon'. Patents are rare in the plant-based meat category, says Thrilling Foods, but the young company's "protein-bound fat" streaks…
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Alt Protein

Vow Sets a Funding Record Ahead of Becoming the World’s Second Approved Cultivated Meat Brand

Green Queen Team Nov 15, 2022

Vow says its Series A funding round comes as it expects approval from Singapore to begin selling its cultivated meat in restaurants later this year. Australian cultivated meat producer Vow has closed a record-setting $49.2 million…
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Alt Protein

Juicy Marbles Debuts Whole-Cut Loin, ‘The Biggest, Most Insulting Piece of Plant Muscle’

Green Queen Team Nov 14, 2022

Juicy Marbles, the plant-based meat brand known for its whole-cut steak, says its newest product, a whole-cut loin, is the 'biggest, most insulting piece of plant muscle ever conceived.' The new Juicy Marbles loin was launched in…
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Alt Protein

Beyond Meat Expands to 1,600 Locations In Germany

Green Queen Team Nov 14, 2022

Beyond Meat scores a European win with retail placement in 1,600 German supermarket locations. Despite recent layoffs and cooling sales in the U.S. across the vegan sector, Europe's demand for plant-based food continues. It's good news…
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Alt Fats

Cultivated Fat Startup Cultimate Raises €700,000 Pre-Seed

Green Queen Team Nov 11, 2022

With backing from Big Idea Ventures, ProVeg International, and Realum.cloud, cultivated fat startup Cultimate has raised €700,000 in a pre-seed funding round. The German-based Cultimate Foods is working to upgrade meat alternatives…
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Alt Protein

Fungi-Based Protein Gets a Trade Group

Green Queen Team Nov 11, 2022

With fungi showing promise as a vegan protein alternative, category leaders have joined forces. Leaders in the fungi-based protein sector have formed their own trade group. The Fungi Protein Association has launched with eight founding…
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Health

How Balanced Are Dietary Guidelines? New Study Takes a Look

Green Queen Team Nov 10, 2022

A new study finds a number of countries are failing to provide adequate dietary guidelines about the benefits of a plant-based diet for human health and the health of the planet. According to recent findings published in the…
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