Climate Scientists: We Need to Halve Our Livestock Emissions by Replacing Meat & Dairy with Plant-Based Foods
Globally, greenhouse gas emissions from livestock farming must peak next year, and be reduced by 50% by 2030 to align with our climate goals, scientists suggest in a new survey. And to do this, we need to replace meat and dairy consumption!-->…
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UK Regulatory Approval for Cultivated Meat Looms with New Proposed Rules, As Meatly Expects Greenlight for Pet Food Within 3 Months
Meatly, the British startup making cultivated meat for pets, has indicated that it expects to get the regulatory greenlight to sell its cat food within three months, which would make it the first company in the sector to go to market in!-->…
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63% of the USDA’s Climate-Smart Funding Goes to Farming Practices That Don’t Cut Emissions
The US Department of Agriculture's (USDA) funding for climate-smart agriculture is flawed, with 63% going to farming practices that don't reduce – or actually increase – greenhouse gas emissions, a new report has found.
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Can Behavioural Science Help Us Live More Climate-Friendly Lives?
By Chiara Longoni, associate professor, marketing and social science, Bocconi University; and Kimberly Doell, senior researcher in environmental and climate change psychology, Universität Wien
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Planted Launches Fermentation-Derived Vegan Whole-Cut Steak
A leader in the European plant-based meat sector, Switzerland's Planted has launched a clean-label whole-cut steak leveraging a proprietary fermentation process, hitting flavour, health and climate touchpoints all at the same time.
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The Kraken: Revo Foods Releases the World’s First Vegan Octopus
Revo Foods has today launched the world's first vegan octopus for retail, using its patented 3D-printing technology to transform fungi into a seafood analogue beloved by many, and one being increasingly unethically farmed.
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Most People Who Have Tried Cultivated Meat Say They’d Eat It Again, But Taste & Price Parity Remain Key
In a first-of-its-kind in-market study of cultivated meat, a majority of consumers who have tasted Eat Just's Good Meat chicken say they'd do it again. However, delivering on flavour and bringing down costs are the most important factors!-->…
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Orbillion Bio Secures Funding & Reaches Scaling Milestone for Cultivated Beef Production
Californian B2B cultivated meat producer Orbillion Bio has secured additional funding to scale up production and develop its biotech platform, which completed a 200-litre production run in September.
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With New Red Packaging, Impossible Foods is Leaning Into the ‘Carnivorous Craveability of Meat’
Plant-based meat leader Impossible Foods has unveiled a complete brand refresh, with striking red packaging putting flavour and nutrition front and centre of its products.
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Lightlife Gets In On the Whole-Food Plant-Based Trend with Tempeh Mince
One of 2024's biggest plant-based trends continues to blossom, with Lightlife Foods launching Tempeh Protein Crumbles to rival its own vegan mince range amid a larger shift towards cleaner labels.
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Report Says Europe Not Prepared for ‘Catastrophic’ Climate Impacts, But Fails to Highlight Livestock Farming
The first risk assessment of the impact of climate change on Europe puts the urgency of action into sharp focus – but the lack of a spotlight on livestock farming is a huge miss.
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Global Agrifood Tech Funding Down by 50% As Deals Become Smaller and Fewer
The global agrifood tech financial landscape remains difficult, with funding in the sector down by 49.2% from 2022-23, reaching $15.6B – the lowest it has been in six years – according to a new report by AgFunder.
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Centers for Sustainable Protein: Bezos Earth Fund to Invest $60M for Tastier, Cheaper & Healthier Alt-Protein
The Bezos Earth Fund has earmarked $60M to establish the Centers for Sustainable Protein, which will target tech barriers to reduce production costs, enhance taste profiles, and improve the nutritional benefits of alternative proteins.
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Future Food Quick Bites: Vegan Kraft Dinner, Falafalcinis & Oat Milk Reese’s
In our weekly column, we round up the latest news and developments in the alternative protein and sustainable food industry. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers nutrition wins for plant-based meat, a ton of alt-dairy announcements,!-->…
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Climate Quitting: This New Podcast is All About Alt-Protein Careers
With more and more people leaving their jobs or turning down new ones because of their companies' climate actions (or lack of them), a new podcast focuses on how alternative protein careers can help people who are climate quitting.
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Expo West 2024: The Most Exciting Alt-Protein & Future Food Launches
With tens of thousands of people flocking to the Anaheim Convention Center this week for Natural Products Expo West, we look at some of the standout plant-based and future food products being unveiled at the trade show.
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Singaporean Cultivated Seafood Startups Umami Bioworks and Shiok Meats Announce Merger
In a major shift in the cultivated seafood space, Singaporean startups Umami Bioworks and Shiok Meats have announced plans to merge. Once finalised, Umami Bioworks CEO Mihir Pershad will lead the combined entity, and Shiok Meats CEO!-->…
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OMNI Unveils Lion’s Mane Mushroom Steak & Dessert Baos at Expo West
Hong Kong-based OmniFoods is exhibiting two new products at this week's Natural Products Expo West in Anaheim, California (March 12-16): a lion's mane mushroom steak that's part of its new whole-food OMNI Garden range, and a line of!-->…
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Here’s What the SEC’s New Climate Disclosure Rules Really Mean
The SEC has watered down and walked back on its proposed rules for mandatory corporate disclosures of scope 3 emissions – here's why, and what that means.
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Artificial Intelligence Likely to Use More Energy, and Spread More Climate Misinformation
That artificial intelligence (AI) can help solve the climate crisis is a misguided notion – instead, the tech will likely cause rises in energy use and fuel the rapid spread of climate misinformation, according to a new report.
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Florida Will Soon Ban Cultivated Meat – Here’s How the Industry is Fighting Back
Florida will imminently ban cultivated meat from being produced or sold within state borders, with Governor Ron DeSantis set to sign the bill that was passed in the Republican-controlled House last week. But the alternative protein!-->…
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