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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

New Partnership Will Bring the First Cultivated Wagyu Beef to Europe

Green Queen Team Sep 30, 2022

A collaboration between U.S.-based cultivated meat company Orbillion Bio and Luiten Food, a European leader in premium meat, will bring cell-based wagyu beef to Europe, pending regulatory approval. Aiming to bring sustainable premium…
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Biodiversity

Agriculture Is Responsible for Nearly All Tropical Deforestation, New Study Finds

Green Queen Team Sep 29, 2022

New research finds between 90 to 99 percent of all tropical deforestation is related to agriculture, either directly or indirectly. The new research, published in the journal Science found only half to two-thirds of deforested land for…
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Alt Protein

South Korean Cultivated Meat Startup TissenBioFarm Raises $1.6 Million In Pre-Series A

Green Queen Team Sep 29, 2022

Preparing to disrupt South Korea's protein market, TissenBioFarm has closed a 2.2 billion KRW (approx. 1.6million USD) pre-Series A funding round. TissenBioFarm says the new funding was led by impact investing company, Envisioning…
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Climate Change

Climate Change Fears Driving 40% of People to Avoid Having Children, Survey Finds

Green Queen Team Sep 28, 2022

A new survey finds growing concerns over climate change are impacting a number of key considerations, including the decision to avoid having children. New research across 31 countries including the U.S., U.K., South Korea, Egypt,…
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Alt Protein

Aqua Cultured Foods Tackles Food Waste With Dumplings Made From Mycoprotein Offcuts

Green Queen Team Sep 28, 2022

Mycoprotein seafood startup Aqua Cultured Foods is tacking on another category disruption beyond its alternative seafood. The Chicago-based company is using up whole-muscle offcuts from its vegan seafood in a new range of dumplings to…
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Alt Protein

European Consumers Are Driving the Demand for Sustainable Protein, Survey Finds

Green Queen Team Sep 27, 2022

European consumers are keen to see more alternatives to conventional animal products, finds a new survey. More than 60 percent of consumers across four European countries—France, Spain, Germany, and Italy—say more alternatives to meat…
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Alt Dairy

After 40 Years, Dairy-Free Pioneer Tofutti Adds ‘Vegan’ to Its Labels

Green Queen Team Sep 27, 2022

Legacy dairy-free brand Toffuti has announced its first rebrand in decades with one notable upgrade: the labels now includes the words 'vegan' and 'plant-based.' To the vegan-versed consumer, Tofutti's new black and red packaging looks…
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Wellness

Hexagon Bio Raises a $47 Million Series A to Develop Fungi-Based Medicine

Green Queen Team Sep 26, 2022

California-based Hexagon Bio has closed a $47 million Series A funding round led by The Column Group, with participation from 8VC and Two Sigma Ventures. Hexagon is using first-of-its-kind proprietary genomics technology to develop…
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Alt Materials

Kombucha-Based Leather and Plastic Manufacturer Bucha Bio Closes $1.1 Million Seed Round

Green Queen Team Sep 24, 2022

Texas-based Bucha Bio says it has closed an oversubscribed Seed funding round, raising $1.1 million for its biobased materials produced by a kombucha-based bacterial nanocellulose along with plant-based materials to replace leather and…
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Alt Protein

New Report: How Asia Came to Dominate Plant-Based Meat Industry IP

Green Queen Team Sep 23, 2022

A new report published by the researchers at Roots Analysis details how the intellectual property for plant-based meat has grown more than three times over the last decade, jumping from 2,388 in 2012 to 7,126 this year. And leading the…
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Alt Protein

All G Foods Launches Bloom Providore the First Vegan Meat Range for Chefs In Australia

Green Queen Team Sep 23, 2022

Australian startup All G Foods has launched Bloom Providore, a meat-inspired plant protein range made exclusively for chefs. “With more Australians opting for plant protein options, the market has crowded with too many plant-based…
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Biodiversity

Deforestation Could Create a Financial Crash As Big As 2008, Report Finds

Green Queen Team Sep 22, 2022

A new report from the UN Climate Change High-Level Champions warns of economic disaster as big as the 2008 financial crash—or worse—as a result of ongoing deforestation and biodiversity loss. As a result, the world's leading food and ag…
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Alt Dairy

Perfect Day’s Latest Precision Fermentation Product? It’s the Technology Itself

Green Queen Team Sep 22, 2022

Perfect Day, the pioneer in animal-free whey created through precision fermentation, has launched Nth Bio—a spin-off platform that will leverage its expertise and technology services for collaboration and hire. The Nth Bio name is taken…
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Alt Protein

Rival Foods Raises a €6 Million Series A to Improve on Plant-Based Meat Development

Green Queen Team Sep 21, 2022

Rival Foods, the Wageningen University & Research spinoff working since 2019 to replicate animal meat with plants, has announced the closing of a €6 million Series A funding round. PeakBridge and Roquette Ventures led the funding…
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Dinner

Oprah-Backed Healthy Chain True Food Kitchen Rakes In $100 Million for Expansion Plans

Green Queen Team Sep 21, 2022

True Food Kitchen, the Oprah-backed healthy restaurant chain founded by Dr. Andrew Weil in 2008, says it has raised more than $100 million to fuel its growth plans. The latest investment round was led by HumanCo and Manna Tree, and…
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Eco Lifestyle

Gotham Greens Raises $310 Million Series E to Expand Greenhouse Produce Operations

Green Queen Team Sep 20, 2022

Gotham Greens, the New York-based producer of greenhouse-grown greens and products including dressings, dips, and sauces, has just raised $310 million in a Series E funding round to lead its U.S. expansion plans. Led by BMO Impact…
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Climate Change

Want to create a better world? Empower more women investors.

Green Queen Team Sep 20, 2022

By: Helena Wasserman Eriksson & Sonalie Figueiras Empowering more women to become investors will unlock billions into ESG investing and help fight the climate crisis. You may have seen the recent headlines about Adam Neumann,…
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Alt Protein

Next Level Burger Raises $20 Million for Vegan Fast-Food Expansion Plans

Green Queen Team Sep 20, 2022

Can $20 million help plant-based fast-food chain Next Level Burger open 1,000 locations? Matt de Gruyter, co-founder and CEO of Next Level Burger, the first organic vegan burger chain in the U.S., says the company's latest raise, $20…
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Alt Dairy

New Partnership Brings Microalgae Protein Experts Together In Dairy Exploration

Green Queen Team Sep 19, 2022

Is microalgae milk coming? Sophie's Bionutrients and NewFish, both leaders in microalgae protein fermentation, are partnering on an effort to further explore microalgae's potential in the future of food, namely the booming dairy…
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Alt Materials

Mark Cuban and Emily Ratajkowski Back Prolific Machines’ $42 Million Raise to Scale (Cheap) Cultivated Meat

Green Queen Team Sep 19, 2022

Emerging from stealth mode, the celebrity-backed Prolific Machines is about to bring down the price of cultivated meat significantly. Profilic Machines' $42 million was raised a year ago and comes from a long list of seed and an…
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Alt Dairy

Standing Ovation Closes €12 Million Series A for Precision Fermentation Casein

Green Queen Team Sep 16, 2022

Paris-based food tech company Standing Ovation has closed an oversubscribed €12 million Series A financing round to scale its animal-free casein and alt-cheese products. The new funding was led by Astanor Ventures, with participation from…
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