Food & Nutrition

New Jersey Senator Cory Booker has a new plan aimed at holding large factory farms accountable and improving animal welfare. Can he get it passed? Under Senator Cory Booker's Industrial Agriculture Accountability Act, the Democrat…
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Food's climate problem is getting worse and yet, we're more stuck than ever. Why is it so hard? COP27 ended on a bittersweet note, with some achievements but mainly with a growing sense of frustration. For once, food and agriculture…
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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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Alternative protein has a naming problem. As a burgeoning global population gets hungrier and hungrier for meat, do we need to reframe the industry's identity? I've been covering the alternative protein industry for over 6 years. At…
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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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Notes From the Frontlines of the Sustainable Food Movement – a new opinion column by Irina Gerry Images of happy cows on pasture hide the ugly truth the dairy industry doesn't want you to know: dairy production can never be sustainable.…
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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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Brooklyn-based Cresilon has developed an innovative hemostatic gel for wound treatment in animals. With its $25 million Series A funding, the company is working to bring the life-saving tech to humans. Cresilon's plant-based gel…
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A new report suggests limiting meat consumption to no more than two times per week to help reduce methane emissions and slow the impact of climate change. But despite multiple calls for reducing methane emissions, countries are falling…
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The FDA is issuing new guidelines on food products claiming to be 'healthy.' But new research finds a growing number of food companies are failing to make food healthier, despite pledges to do so. Any food claiming to be healthy on…
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Beanless coffee pods for your Nespresso machine? Northern Wonder is brewing just that: an innovative, alternative coffee product made sans beans to combat deforestation. Coffee Free Coffee? Northern Wonder, a European food…
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Israel-based Grace Breeding says it can improve grain yields by 18 percent and biomass by 16 percent, reducing the need for synthetic fertilizer and the environmental impact of conventional farming methods. If Grace Breeding's Nitrogen…
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These food startups selected as finalists in Thought For Food's 2021 Challenge are set to sustainably change the way we grow and eat food.
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Vegan cheese has become something of a scapegoat—often cited as the reason people won't go plant-based. But is it really bad? A lot has changed in the dairy-free cheese world in recent years, and now, food tech companies are creating…
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These 19 food startups are leading India’s emerging alternative protein space, developing 100% plant-based and cell-based alternatives.
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This November, the City of Austin's Office of Sustainability is launching a month-long plant-based restaurant campaign and it's all thanks to Britty Mann. Green Queen's Sonalie Figueiras talks to the Austin, Texas-based food educator and…
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Arguably, no two food tech companies have played a bigger role in making it seem possible for the planet to go plant-based than California-based rivals Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods. Both companies manufacture animal-free burger patties…
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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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Our world is facing many challenges, from the ongoing coronavirus pandemic to climate change. But scientists and experts agree that our social, environmental and health issues are all interrelated, and it is now more important than ever…
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Just like with friendships and romantic relationships, our relationship with food is something we must nurture and continue to develop. After all, how you eat plays a huge role in your overall health and wellbeing. We all get so busy that…
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In a move aimed at reducing its carbon footprint to help fight the global climate crisis, the Dutch city Haarlem has become the first in the world to ban advertisements in public spaces for meat—a leading producer of greenhouse gas…
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