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Asia Pacific Plant-Based Industry: How Startups & Investors Are Coping With Coronavirus
The Covid-19 pandemic has no doubt left businesses across all industries and markets reeling. Customers are at an all-time low, supply chains are fragile and vulnerable to external shocks from travel restrictions, and businesses have to!-->…
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Singapore Launches SGD30M Fund To Boost Local Food Production Amid Covid-19 Disruption
Singapore has just announced a new S$30 million (US$21 million) fund to boost local food production to fend itself from external supply shocks caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. The new plan will involve turning rooftop car parks into urban!-->…
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Pumpkins Are Fruits, Wild Rice Is Grass & More Food Facts That Will Shock You
You probably know the obvious fruit & veggie facts by now: tomatoes and bell peppers are technically fruits, for example. But below we've discovered some pretty surprising info about some of your favourite everyday foods. Below are 10!-->…
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Food Scientists Find Textured Soy Protein Can Help Give Lab-Grown Beef A Meaty Bite
In a new study, food science researchers have found that textured soy protein, the edible byproduct of extracting soybean oil, can help recreate the texture of a meat bite in lab-grown beef. Prototypes of this new blend of cultured beef!-->…
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Asia Needs US$800 Billion To Help Solve Food Security Crisis
Asia is facing a massive food crisis. The continent is currently home to half of the world’s population – and it will continue to grow to almost 5 billion by 2030, amid a global climate crisis that will threaten crop yields and the!-->…
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Preventing Another Pandemic: The Link Between Coronavirus And Industrial Livestock Farming
The coronavirus pandemic has renewed questions about our global food system and the danger that it poses to public health. In particular, the illegal wild animal trade has been singled out in most conversations about disease pandemics,!-->…
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Virus Brings Surge In Demand From City’s Hungry: How This Hong Kong Charity Is Dealing With Pandemic
Editor's Note: we are publishing this letter by the team at Feeding Hong Kong to share the incredible challenges facing charities and NGOs during the coronavirus pandemic. Access to funding, supplies and logistics are all compromised at!-->…
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UN Warns Coronavirus Export Bans Could Lead To Global Food Shortage
Some of the current measures by national governments around the world to stem the spread of the coronavirus pandemic could cause global food shortages, says the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). Speaking to the!-->…
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Global Rice Production Needs To Change To Help Fight The Climate Crisis
A staple food for more than half of the global population, many of them in Asia, rice is one of the most vital food crops in the world. But it is also the most polluting out of all grains, and demand continues to rise alongside population!-->…
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Coronavirus Hits Chinese Supply Of Imported Meat, Will Consumers Opt For Local & Plant-Based Instead?
The coronavirus pandemic has hit global supply chains as major transportation links have ground to a near halt in an effort to combat the spread of the disease. But while the outbreak in China appears to have eased opening up the chance!-->…
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#CopingWithCorona: 32 Ideas For Struggling Chefs, Restaurants & F&B Operators
The coronavirus (or Covid-19) is now a global pandemic of epic proportions. Entire countries are on lockdown. Air travel is grinding to an almost halt. Working from home is the new norm. Over half a billion children are out of school.!-->…
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Hobose: New China AR App Gives Personalised Food & Dietary Advice While You Grocery Shop
Chinese startup Coolhobo recently launched Hobose, an augmented reality app that acts as a tool for consumers to understand which food products to put in their shopping basket. Users will be given “traffic light guidance” when they point!-->…
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Hong Kong’s Breadline App Redirects Leftover Loaves To People In Need
Recently launched web app Breadline is helping to fight food waste in Hong Kong. Users can use the app to track where leftover loaves and baked goods are, which they can then collect and bring to a designated charity for those in need.!-->…
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Omnipork’s New OmniEats Product Range Prove Plant-Based Food Can Be Healthy, Accessible & Affordable
Green Monday has recently debuted a new product line of frozen ready-made vegan meals and dim sum dumplings. Called the OmniEat series, the re-heatable meals are made using the plant-based pork mince Omnipork and designed to celebrate!-->…
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Is UN Food Security Summit Backed By Agrochemical Farming Giants?
A global summit on food security may be dominated by big businesses at the expense of grassroots movements and smallholder farmers’ interests, according to the United Nations’ former food expert Olivier De Schutter. The accusation has been!-->…
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Singapore Emerges As FoodTech Capital Of Asia According To New Report
While the alternative protein movement is still in its infancy in Asia, Singapore stands out from the crowd and has of late become a central food tech innovation hub in the region. According to the Asia Alternative Protein Industry Report,!-->…
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#IWD2020: 8 Female-Led Asian Brands That You Should Know, From Fashion To Food
While International Women’s Day this year has already passed, it doesn’t mean that we should stop celebrating the many achievements of women to date. From developing much-needed sustainability solutions to leaving behind a positive social!-->…
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#IWD2020: 8 Asian Women Changing The Future Of Food
International Women’s Day is internationally recognised on the March 8th every year, and represents a focal point for women’s rights and is a celebration of the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. With climate!-->…
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Expo West, World’s Largest Natural Products Show Postponed Due To Coronavirus
A number of events around the world have been cancelled or postponed since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, and the latest to fall victim is Expo West 2020, the world’s largest natural products show. According to the organisers New!-->…
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‘Just A Phone Call’: Danish Chef Hits Out At Michelin’s Sustainability Icon For Greenwashing
Michelin’s latest green campaign to introduce a new emblem for sustainable gastronomy has come under criticism for greenwashing. After digging into the Guide’s criteria for approving which restaurants could receive the green clover shaped!-->…
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Report Finds Plant-Based Meat Will Seriously Disrupt Global Protein Industry, Especially China
A new report published by global consultancy firm OC&C Strategy Consultants finds that the rise of plant-based meat substitutes is causing a serious disruption to the protein industry. According to the research, the Chinese market is!-->…
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