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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.

Funding News

Asian Development Bank Calls For Sustainable “Blue Economy” To Save Our Oceans

Sally Ho Jun 15, 2020 0

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has called on Asia to begin focusing on building a new sustainable “blue economy”. The region’s development bank says that in order to preserve livelihoods and the planet, the continent must begin…
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Alt Protein

Bühler & Big Idea Ventures Partner To Champion Asia Plant-Based Protein Revolution

Sally Ho Jun 15, 2020 0

Swiss food processing giant Bühler and sustainable protein venture capital fund Big Idea Ventures (BIV) has just announced a new partnership to accelerate plant-based startups’ journeys to deliver animal-free protein alternatives. Bühler…
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Vegan

Pandemic Meat Crisis Pushes Consumers Towards Plant-Based Alternatives From HK To US

Sally Ho Jun 12, 2020 0

The meat industry is in crisis, with the coronavirus outbreak seeing slaughterhouses and meat plants staying shut, propped up prices and supermarket shortages. Now, mainstream consumers are turning their attention to plant-based…
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Alt Protein

VegInvest & Shiok Meats Co-Founder Sandhya Sriram Invest In Evo Foods

Sally Ho Jun 12, 2020 0

India’s first plant-based egg startup Evo Foods has just announced new investment from vegan investment fund VegInvest and the co-founder and CEO of Shiok Meats, Dr. Sandhya Sriram. The news comes after the food tech welcomed veteran vegan…
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Climate Change

Rapusia: Search Engine Uses Advertising Income To Back Social & Environmental Projects

Sally Ho Jun 12, 2020 0

Rapusia is a new web search engine that helps raise money for the company to fund social and environmental projects globally. Born out of South African charity Tennis World Foundation and sports news Coppini Trading, Rapusia currently…
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Animal Rights

Pangolin Scales Removed From China’s Official Traditional Medicine List

Sally Ho Jun 12, 2020 0

Update (July 2): This article has been updated to reflect that while China's 2020 pharmacopoeia has removed pangolins from the key traditional Chinese medicine list, it is still included as an ingredient in several listed patent medicines…
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Alt Protein

Impossible Delivered: Alt Meat Giant Launches New Direct-To-Consumer Website

Sally Ho Jun 11, 2020 0

Impossible Foods has launched a new direct-to-consumer e-commerce service for its plant-based burger patties and ground beef products. Currently available for consumers in the United States, the move comes at a time when foodservice is…
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Vegan

Omnipork Luncheon Meat Will Soon Be Available In The Philippines

Sally Ho Jun 11, 2020 0

Shortly after Green Monday made headlines with its groundbreaking new Omnipork Luncheon Meat product, the world’s first vegan “spam” will be made available to consumers in the Philippines in the coming months. Spam is considered a staple…
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Food & Nutrition

“Our Food Systems Are Failing”: UN Chief Urges Action To Rebuild A Resilient Food System

Sally Ho Jun 11, 2020 0

The United Nations secretary-general António Guterres has just released his latest policy brief on the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on global food security and nutrition. In the report, Guterres stresses that the world is at a…
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Climate Change

Stories Of Nepal: Platform Helps Communities Who Face Flooding & Food Shortages Amidst Covid-19

Sally Ho Jun 11, 2020 0

Stories of Nepal, an initiative created by street photographer Jay Poudyal and inspired by Humans of New York, has just raised US$26,000 in donations from the community to distribute across nine regions in Nepal for individuals who have…
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Interviews

Q&A: Impossible Foods’ Nick Halla Talks Asia Expansion, IPO Plans & Why The Brand Resonates With So Many

Sally Ho Jun 10, 2020 0

Green Queen founder Sonalie Figueiras and I recently sat down with Nick Halla, one of Impossible Foods leading figures, who has been instrumental in helping visionary founder Pat Brown build the now world-famous Silicon Valley food tech.…
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Climate Change

The Green New Deal: What It Is, How It Plans To Fight Climate Change & Why It Matters

Sally Ho Jun 10, 2020 0

Heard a lot about the Green New Deal (GND) but still a little confused about what it actually is? We got you. The proposed United States legislation package isn’t exactly a simple one-policy solution to our climate crisis, so we've done a…
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Fitness & Working Out

Reebok Drops CrossFit After Founder Greg Glassman’s Outrageous George Floyd Tweet

Sally Ho Jun 10, 2020 0

Update (June 11): This article has been updated to reflect that Greg Glassman has since stepped down from his role as CEO of CrossFit. Reebok, one of the biggest brands under sportswear giant Adidas, has just severed its ties with…
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Alt Protein

Secret Ingredient: Motif FoodWorks To Replicate Animal Fat For Plant-Based Meat & Dairy

Sally Ho Jun 10, 2020 0

Motif FoodWorks, a Boston-based ingredient innovation startup, has just announced a new exclusive research collaboration with University of Guelph in Canada and founder of food tech Coasun Inc. and food science professor Dr. Alejandro…
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Zero Waste

Foodpanda Singapore Partners With BarePack To Bring Reusable Packaging For Food Deliveries

Sally Ho Jun 10, 2020 0

Food delivery giant Foodpanda has just announced that they are collaborating with Singapore startup barePack to offer reusable food containers to their customers in the city-state. Currently in pilot stage, the delivery platform hopes to…
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Alt Protein

Swedish Food Tech Startup Creates World’s First Plant-Based Shredded Salmon

Sally Ho Jun 9, 2020 0

Hooked, a Swedish plant-based food tech, is creating the world’s first vegan shredded salmon product. As the most consumed seafood protein in Europe, the startup has set its sights on disrupting the continent’s food system with its…
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Health

Vietnamese Company Creates World’s First Biodegradable Coffee Face Mask

Sally Ho Jun 9, 2020 0

ShoeX, a Vietnam-based footwear company that has created coffee shoes, has just launched its new product line of coffee face masks. Called AirX, the face mask is made from Vietnamese coffee beans and is reusable, biodegradable and…
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Plastic Pollution

Scientists Urge More Research On Plastics To Bring About Sustainable Economy

Sally Ho Jun 9, 2020 0

A new report by an international union of chemical scientists, business leaders and government figures calls for more global research on plastics and its impacts. Without fully understanding plastics, the experts say, we will be unable to…
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Animal Rights

Jane Goodall: Change Our Food System Or Humanity Is “Finished”

Sally Ho Jun 9, 2020 0

Jane Goodall, the 85-year-old renowned anthropologist, animal activist and primatologist says that humanity will be “finished” if we do not make dramatic changes to our food systems in response to the climate and coronavirus crisis.…
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Alt Protein

Seaweed-Based Protein: French Biomarine Startup Algaia Scores US$2.4M To Improve Plant Meat Texture

Sally Ho Jun 8, 2020 0

Algaia, a French biomarine ingredient company specialising in seaweed natural extracts, has just completed a US$2.4 million investment round, which it says it will spend on developing a new range of seaweed-based solutions that can be used…
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Climate Change

Experts Call For Sustainable Development In Indonesia’s Coronavirus Recovery

Sally Ho Jun 8, 2020 0

In a virtual meeting on Thursday (May 28), a number of government and legislative figures in Indonesia said that the country must rebuild from the coronavirus using the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a…
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