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Sally Ho is Green Queen's former resident writer and lead reporter. Passionate about the environment, social issues and health, she is always looking into the latest climate stories in Hong Kong and beyond. A long-time vegan, she also hopes to promote healthy and plant-based lifestyle choices in Asia. Sally has a background in Politics and International Relations from her studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Vegan

VEDGEco: Hawaii’s ‘Vegan Costco’ Brings Plant-Based Bulk Groceries To Every U.S. State

Sally Ho Aug 19, 2020 0

VEDGEco, the world’s first 100% plant-based bulk wholesale shop known as the “Vegan Costco”, is operating nationwide in the U.S. this month. The company was founded in Hawaii last year, and stocks many of the popular plant-based brands…
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Impact Investment

AgFunder Launches ESG-Focused GROW Impact Fund

Sally Ho Aug 18, 2020 0

AgFunder, a venture capital firm focused on agri-food tech startups based in Silicon Valley and Singapore, has just launched GROW Impact Fund, its first to be entirely dedicated to technologies that will perform on environmental, social…
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Alt Protein

Mission Barns To Start Taste Tests Of Its Cell-Based Bacon & Pork Fat

Sally Ho Aug 18, 2020 0

Berkeley, California-based food tech Mission Barns is planning to start tastings of its cell-based bacon and pork fat this month. The startup is now discussing partnerships with leading food companies to use its cultured animal fat, grown…
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Alt Protein

Hong Kong Consumers Can Now Buy Impossible Foods To Cook At Home

Sally Ho Aug 18, 2020 0

Impossible Foods, the Silicon Valley-based food tech famous for its plant-based “bleeding” burgers, has just launched a new initiative in Hong Kong to allow its restaurant partners to resell its plant-based meat to consumers. It comes amid…
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Alt Protein

White Castle China Debuts Omnipork Kimchi Burger As Plant-Based Demand Rises

Sally Ho Aug 18, 2020 0

White Castle China, the fast food chain famous for its sliders, has just partnered with Green Monday to begin offering a vegetarian Omnipork Kimchi Burger across its outlets in the country. It comes as demand from Chinese consumers for…
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Vegan

5 Signs That Japan’s Vegan Food Scene Is Having A Moment

Sally Ho Aug 17, 2020 0

While the plant-based trend seems to have experienced a slower uptick in Japan, it looks like it’s now hitting the country in a major way. From vegan bakeries serving up dairy-free Japanese-style milk buns to 100% plant-based burger joints…
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Vegan

BeVeg Becomes First Vegan Certification To Be ISO Accredited

Sally Ho Aug 17, 2020 0

BeVeg International, a Miami-based vegan certification organisation, has just become the first vegan standard to be accredited and recognised by ISO 17065, the international quality assessment for bodies that certify products, processes…
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Alt Protein

Beyond Meat Rolls Out Across ‘Cult Favourite’ U.S. Convenience Chain Wawa

Sally Ho Aug 17, 2020 0

Beyond Meat is expanding yet again, this time with popular U.S. convenience chain Wawa. The chain has launched a new plant-based breakfast sandwich made with Beyond Meat’s vegan sausage analogue across all 650 stores in the Mid-Atlantic…
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Wellness

InBloom: Kate Hudson To Debut New Plant-Based Nutrition Brand

Sally Ho Aug 14, 2020 0

Hollywood actress Kate Hudson has announced that she will be launching a new plant-based natural body nutrition company this August. Called InBloom, the brand will offer non-GMO, plant-based, synthetic-free and eco-friendly wellness…
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Animal Rights

How To Stop Using Animal Names In Vein: 8 Cruelty-Free Idioms To Know

Sally Ho Aug 14, 2020 0

PETA has previously been mocked for advocating for the replacement of certain idioms that are “anti-animal”. While many might see this as a bit of a non-issue, there’s perhaps a point to be made about the way some of the most commonly used…
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Alt Protein

Eat JUST Has Sold The Plant-Based Equivalent Of 50 Million Eggs

Sally Ho Aug 13, 2020 0

Eat JUST, the food tech behind the famous plant-based egg known simply as JUST, has just announced that as of August this year, it has sold the equivalent of more than 50 million eggs. The brand’s vegan eggs are made from mung beans, and…
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Hong Kong

HKU Team Develops Novel 3D Printed Reef Tiles For Coral Restoration

Sally Ho Aug 13, 2020 0

Architects and marine scientists at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) have co-developed a novel method to help repopulate coral communities. They have designed 3D printed artificial “reef tiles” customised for coral attachment, which will…
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Hong Kong

Hong Kong Shifts: Photo Journalism Project Spotlights Everyday People That Make Our City Work

Sally Ho Aug 13, 2020 0

Hong Kong Shifts is a project that started back in July 2019 to raise awareness and change perspectives on the everyday lives of Hong Kong shift workers that the city depends on to function, but are often overlooked in society. Through the…
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Funding News

BNP Paribas Launches Australia’s First Climate-Linked Bond

Sally Ho Aug 13, 2020 0

BNP Paribas has announced the successful issuance of equity-linked green bonds totalling A$140 million (US$99.6 million) marking the first to be linked to the Australian Climate Transition (ACT) Index. The ACT Index is based on several…
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Future Foods

6 Ways KFC Became The Fast Food Giant That Embraced Alt Protein

Sally Ho Aug 12, 2020 0

From dishing out plant-based chicken nuggets to participating in a 100% meat-free week movement, KFC is quickly making a name for itself as the restaurant chain that is embracing alternative proteins. As consumer demand for more…
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Climate Change

Climate Crisis Could Cause More Deaths Than All Infectious Diseases Says New Study

Sally Ho Aug 12, 2020 0

Unabated global temperature rise could lead to a death toll higher than the current number of deaths from all the infectious diseases combined, new research has found. Poorer and hotter parts of the world will bear the brunt of the burden,…
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Vegan

Lindt Is Rolling Out Vegan Oat Milk Chocolate Bars In Eco Packaging

Sally Ho Aug 12, 2020 0

Leading Swiss chocolatier Lindt & Sprüngli has announced that it will be launching a range of vegan chocolate bars made with oat milk this year. There will be three flavours and will be wrapped in 100% recyclable packaging. So far, the…
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Women & Gender Rights

4 Inspiring Vegan Women Leaders You Need To Know

Sally Ho Aug 12, 2020 0

Earlier this year, Green Queen reported on the launch of a new female-focused plant-based membership platform, The Vegan Women’s Leadership Network. Launched by Katrina Fox, an Sydney-based journalist and founder of Vegan Business Media,…
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Alt Protein

Meet The 12 Next-Gen Food Techs Transforming The Future Of Protein

Sally Ho Aug 11, 2020 0

Today (August 11), Big Idea Ventures (BIV) announces the launch of its second food technology accelerator program in New York City and Singapore. This year’s cohort includes 12 early-stage startups working in the plant-based and cell-based…
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Fashion

H&M Suspends Staff Over Use Of Racial Slur To Describe Product

Sally Ho Aug 11, 2020 0

Fashion giant H&M has suspended a number of employees after they used a racial slur in relation to a product to be sold under its & Other Stories brand. The slur, the N-word, was used to describe a hat that will be a part of the…
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Wellness

Found: First CBD Concept Store & Café Opens In Hong Kong

Sally Ho Aug 11, 2020 0

With Found, Hong Kong welcomes the city's first CBD café and boutique concept store. Opened in June this year, the shop offers an entire range of CBD and hemp-derived products, from oils and tinctures to capsules and even CBD-infused dog…
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