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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.

Climate Change

Singrow’s ‘Climate Agnostic’ Crops Will Help Singapore Reach Food Sovereignty

Green Queen Team Oct 14, 2022

The Singapore-based precision agriculture firm Singrow is expanding its vertical urban farms and launching a consumer-facing brand aimed at bringing sustainable crops to consumers in a bid toward Singapore's 30 by 30 food resilience goals.…
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Animal Rights

As Humane Slaughter Come to Aquaculture, Is Animal Welfare At a Tipping Point?

Green Queen Team Oct 13, 2022

Fish deserve a humane death says the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC), one of the world's leading farmed seafood organizations, in a move that elevates animal welfare standards to new heights. The ASC said for the first time that…
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Alt Protein

Meatable Moves Closer to Becoming the World’s First Cultivated Pork Producer to Earn Regulatory Approval

Green Queen Team Oct 13, 2022

Dutch cultivated meat producer Meatable says it's poised to bring cultivated pork to Singapore through an exclusive partnership with the only approved contract cultivated meat manufacturer, ESCO Aster. Cultivated pork could be the…
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Alt Protein

India’s Licious Adds Veggie Chicken and Lamb As It Moves to Take Over the Category

Green Queen Team Oct 12, 2022

Licious, the Temasek-backed Indian meat company, has announced the launch of UnCrave, its first foray into vegetarian meat. The new launch will see Licious work directly with consumers on the UnCrave products, focusing on Delhi, Mumbai,…
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Alt Protein

Forget Recent Sales, Widespread Vegan Meat Adoption Is Inevitable, Says Report

Green Queen Team Oct 12, 2022

New analysis suggests alternative protein and vegan meat is in the early phase of an "S" adoption curve. And by the next decade, there will likely be a tipping point. The new findings come as plant-based meat sales have waned; a recent…
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Southeast Asia

Thailand’s Ambitious Plan to Become the ‘Silicon Valley of Food’

Green Queen Team Oct 11, 2022

Thailand's National Innovation Agency (NIA) SPACE-F project is aimed at bringing investment opportunities to the Thai food tech sector and creating the Silicon Valley of food for Southeast Asia. According to Dr. Pun-Arj Chairatana,…
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Alt Protein

New Partnership Will Grow Micro Meat’s Cultivated Meat In Outer Space

Green Queen Team Oct 11, 2022

Heading to outer space anytime soon? You may be dining on cultivated meat, thanks to a new partnership between alternative protein pioneer, Mexico's Micro Meat, and U.S.-based Orbital Assembly, developer of space-based business parks with…
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Alt Protein

Vegan Meat Leader Impossible Foods Lays Off 6% of Staff Despite Steady Growth. What’s Next?

Green Queen Team Oct 10, 2022

Impossible Foods, the Bay Area vegan meat brand behind Burger King's Impossible Whopper, says it recently laid off six percent of its workforce. Is it a sign of more cuts or more growth ahead? According to Impossible Foods' CEO Peter…
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Alt Protein

Umami Meats Patents Novel Single-Cell Tech to Bring Down Cultivated Seafood Costs

Green Queen Team Oct 10, 2022

Singapore-based Umami Meats has filed a patent for a novel single-stem cell technology that it says can build both muscle and fat in cultivated seafood. The new patent for mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) lines from fish is aimed at helping…
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Fashion

Ozone Technology, Innovative Fibers, Low Waster & Low Waste: The Future Of Denim is Here

Green Queen Team Oct 7, 2022

Jeans are ubiquitous but their production process is far from sustainable. A host of new techstyle innovations promise to make denim lower impact and toxin-free. By: The Mills Fabrica More than ever, consumers are demanding to know…
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Alt Protein

BlueNalu Demonstrates Scalability and 75% Profit Margin for Cultivated Seafood

Green Queen Team Oct 7, 2022

Cultivated seafood company BlueNalu says it has 'cracked the code' to significant profitability with 75 percent gross margins achieved through breakthrough technology. With its first large-scale facility and novel technology for its…
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Fashion

Resale Driving Consumer Purchasing Habits, New Report Finds

Green Queen Team Oct 7, 2022

A new report conducted by Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and secondhand platform Vestiaire Collective finds the resale market could make up 40 percent of the overall apparel market in the coming years. The new report, What an…
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Alt Protein

Is High Protein Bread the Next Big Plant-Based Trend?

Green Queen Team Oct 6, 2022

Food tech startup Equii has closed a $6 million seed funding round for its proprietary microbial protein-based bread. Is this a new frontier for plant-based food? The seed funding round was led by Khosla Ventures, which also supported…
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Alt Dairy

Asia’s First Dairy-Free Festival Is a Signal of the APAC Market Potential

Green Queen Team Oct 6, 2022

Last month, Jakarta held Asia's very first dairy-free festival and alternative milk latte art competition in a strong showing of the category potential across the region. Organized by the Jakarta Vegan Guide, the Generasi Dairy-Free…
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Alt Protein

Is France About to Become the World Leader In Cultivated Meat?

Green Queen Team Oct 5, 2022

Paris-based cultivated meat company Gourmey has announced the closing of an oversubscribed €48 million Series A funding round to accelerate its culinary-grade sustainable meat and foie gras and open the largest cultivated meat hub in…
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Alt Protein

Vow Opens One of the Largest Cultivated Meat Factories In the World Ahead of Anticipated Regulatory Approval

Green Queen Team Oct 5, 2022

Australian cultivated meat company Vow has unveiled Factory 1, its NSW-based factory capable of producing 30 tons of cultured meat per year. Coinciding with the opening of Factory 1 in Alexandria in Sydney, Vow says it has started…
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Plastic Pollution

Could This Paper Cup Help Us Quit Plastic Coffee Cups for Good?

Green Queen Team Oct 4, 2022

A new patented paper cup called The Good Cup aims to help consumers quit single-use plastic. Can it work? ChoosePlanetA, a green packaging solutions company, says its Good Cup can help reduce the use of plastic cups. Its alternative is…
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Alt Protein

Singapore’s Meatiply Debuts Asia’s First Cultivated Smoked Duck Breast

Green Queen Team Oct 4, 2022

Singapore-based cultivated meat startup Meatiply, has revealed three structured meat prototypes as proof of concept, including the first smoked duck breast meat in Asia. The three new cultivated meat offerings include kampong chicken…
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Alt Dairy

Woody Harrelson Helps Wicked Kitchen ‘Push Boundaries’ In $20 Million Bridge Round

Green Queen Team Oct 3, 2022

Wicked Kitchen, the plant-based empire that started out of the U.K. supermarket chain Tesco, has secured $20 million in bridge funding, including a convertible note from actor Woody Harrelson. In addition to Harrelson's participation,…
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Alt Protein

Anina Turns Food Waste Into Sustainable Plant-Based Ready-Meals

Green Queen Team Oct 3, 2022

Israeli food tech start-up Anina is using upcycled vegetables to create ready meal "pods" that use up imperfect vegetables for healthy plant-based meals. About 33 percent of the world's food is wasted every year—close to 1.3 billion…
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Alt Materials

WNWN Launches Cacao and Palm Oil-Free Daim-Style Candy Bars

Green Queen Team Sep 30, 2022

From the first company to make chocolate without both cacao and palm oil, WNWN has introduced its second product, called the Waim! Bar—a knock-off of the popular European Mondelez Daim bar. The new limited-edition candy bars are covered…
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