Policy & Regulation

A federal district judge has ruled that Texas's law requiring plant-based meat companies to use terms like 'meatless' violates the First Amendment and cannot be enforced. In a major win for the plant-based food industry, a federal court…
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With a mere €1.4 billion in public funding, supportive policies for alternative proteins could add €111 billion a year to the EU economy by 2040. Plant-based, fermentation-derived and cell-cultured foods can meet 10% of the EU's meat…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Ikea's Tiny Chef collab, This's financial milestone, and Kynda's new mycelium facility. New products and launches Ikea…
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Singapore state-owned food innovation platform Nurasa has teamed up with New Wave Biotech to help alternative proteins escape the valley of death with AI-led bioprocess optimisation. In April, Singaporean future food platform Nurasa and…
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To mark the release of his book, Meat, the Good Food Institute founder Bruce Friedrich talks alternative proteins, political bans, investment struggles, blended meat, and parallels with cars and the internet. The seed that sparked Bruce…
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The National University of Singapore has introduced carbon-labelled meals on campus menus as part of a research initiative with carbon accounting firm Zevero. In its bid to identify the most effective ways to lower food-related…
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India's celebrated White Revolution, which made it the world's top milk producer, is now facing intense scrutiny over its hidden and significant costs to the climate, animals, and the economic security of its small-scale farmers. For…
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The conversion of fertile farmland in Punjab, dubbed India's "breadbasket", into solar energy projects offers farmers a stable income, but is raising critical concerns about the long-term impact on the country's food security and the…
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From Brazil’s cattle pastures to Indonesia’s palm oil plantations, European “green” funds that claim to combat climate change are financing companies tied to deforestation and rising emissions, shows a new investigation by Green Queen…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers organic plant-based kids' milk at Walmart, cellular aquaculture AI partnerships, a UK Veganuary record, and US foodservice…
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Kenya must leverage Indigenous crops, food waste innovation, and a shift to plant-rich diets to transform its vulnerable agricultural sector into a scalable blueprint for global climate resilience and public health. Kenya is already…
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In a warming world, a cold colonial legacy persists on Lesotho’s breakfast plates. Breakfast, as a post-waking meal, has long existed in human cultures across the globe, though arguably its modern commercial identity was powerfully…
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Despite ambitious sustainability targets and a booming food-tech sector focused on plant-based protein, Switzerland's transition to a future-ready food system is being undermined by deeply entrenched government policies and subsidies that…
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Arizona's House of Representatives is deliberating over two new bills that aim to restrict the sale of cultivated meat, with one suggesting an 18-month prison term for violators. The season of state-level attempts to ban cultivated meat…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Just Egg's Germany debut, Oatly's latest fashion collab, and HappyCow's 2026 vegan index. New products and launches …
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A district judge has denied Texas's motion to dismiss a lawsuit by two food tech startups over its ban on cultivated meat, allowing the case to move forward. Four months after Upside Foods and Wildtype sued Texas for its ban on…
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At the forefront of the global future food ecosystem, Green Queen founding editor Sonalie Figueiras sets out the most important trends to watch every year. Here are her predictions for 2026. As the Green Queen editor-in-chief, part of…
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The US president has signed the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act into law, which includes provisions to make it easier to access non-dairy milk in school meals. While whole milk may be at the centre of US food policy right now, a new…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Beyond Meat's new chicken products, Upside Foods's cultivated meat tasting, and Shake Shack's vegan menu. New products…
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A physicians' non-profit has petitioned the US health department to withdraw and reissue its national dietary guidelines, alleging a conflict of interest with the meat and dairy industry. In the hours after the US released its…
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A majority of people in Germany are in favour of a lower VAT rate on plant-based milk, which is bought by nearly half of the country's consumers now. People in Europe's largest plant-based market want its government to level the playing…
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