Multi-Michelin-Starred Chef Alain Ducasse Says We Need to Eat Less Meat
Speaking at France's inaugural Sustainable Gastronomy Summit, Monégasque chef Alain Ducasse called on the world to eat less meat. Highlighting how it would be better for both human and planetary health, the 21-Michelin-starred chef!-->…
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Meet the Startup Helping UK Restaurants & Food Brands Calculate Their Carbon Emissions
Matthew Isaacs, co-founder of UK emissions calculator and carbon labelling startup My Emissions, talks to Green Queen about the company's pivot from recipe blogs to restaurants and food manufacturers, how it measures a product or dish's!-->…
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This Changes Everything: Beyond Meat Goes All-In On Health with New Ad Campaign
Two months after launching its farmer- and health-centric marketing drive, alt-meat giant Beyond Meat is doubling down on the health aspect of its products with its new This Changes Everything campaign. It comes a few months after its!-->…
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Back to the Future: Using Traditional Fermentation to Make Vegan Cheese Cheesier and Plant-Based Meat Meatier
We're at a point where artificial intelligence is helping us make better food and more realistic alternatives to animal-derived proteins. But if two new studies are anything to go by, it's not new tech, but an age-old technique, that could!-->…
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Dutch Startup Hosts Successful Cultivated Pork Tasting Event in Singapore Ahead of Planned 2024 Launch
Following its first tasting event in May, which involved retail partners and Singapore's Economic Development Board, Dutch cultivated pork producer Meatable hosted a second such session last week for the media and stakeholders. It!-->…
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Flora UK Spreads Are Vegan Again, As Upfield Reviews Global Climate Commitments
Last week, CPG spread giant Upfield caused a (positive) stir when it announced its popular Flora Buttery range would go back to being fully vegan in the UK market, three years after the company added buttermilk as an ingredient. The!-->…
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If All Dogs and Cats Went Vegan, We Could Feed 520 Million People – New Research
A new peer-reviewed study has found that if the world's dogs and cats went vegan, it could have tremendous benefits for the climate and global food security. It would help feed nearly 520 million people, conserve land the size of multiple!-->…
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Comms Queen Katherine Miller: ‘Chefs Are Key To Making The Food System More Just and Sustainable’
Thin Lei Win talks to former James Beard exec, GWU Terker fellow and communications expert Katherine Miller about her new book and why chefs are the perfect advocates to bring about structural change to food systems.
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Magical Mushroom Root: Meati Receives Patent for Mycelium Ingredient As AI Study Discovers Health Potential
US mycelium meat producer Meati has received a patent for its MushroomRoot™ ingredient with exclusivity until 2039. Additionally, the company shared early results of a promising AI-led study into the health benefits of its mycelium strain.!-->…
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Whole-Cut Plant-Based Poulet: France’s Umiami Adds Extra $34.7M to Series A Round for EU Expansion & US Launch
A year after securing $30M in a Series A fundraiser, French plant-based whole-cut chicken producer Umiami has reeled in a further €32.5M ($34.7M) to scale up its production, accelerate European distribution and set up its US operations.
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Future Food Quick Bites: Less Meat, More Burgers & Vegan Flying
In our new 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 Australia's meat reduction, Kellogg's omnivore-targeting plant-based!-->…
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Food is Medicine Series: How to Save American Lives and Billions of Dollars with Food Prescriptions
Food is Medicine programmes – which include medically-tailored meal initiatives and produce prescription campaigns – could help reduce diseases, improve quality of life, and cut billions in healthcare costs in the US, according to a!-->…
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Australia’s Eden Brew Raises $24.5M in Series A to Scale Up Animal-Free Casein Micelle & Dairy Protein Production
Australian precision fermentation startup Eden Brew – co-owned by the country's largest dairy cooperative, Norco – has closed a $24.4M Series A funding round. The company has developed what it calls a "world-first" animal-free casein!-->…
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Take Me to Foreverland: Q&A with Italy’s New Cocoa-Free Chocolate Maker
Based in Southern Italy, Foreverland is the latest cocoa-free producer making a sustainable alternative to chocolate. Its co-founder Giuseppe D’Alessandro speaks to Green Queen about its Freecao chocolate, what sets it apart from other!-->…
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Premium Roe: Can Cultivated Caviar Catch On?
Californian startup Marinas Bio is developing a cultivated alternative to one of the world's most premium foods, caviar. While cost will continue to be a major barrier for cell-cultured meat and seafood as companies are still far from mass!-->…
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Plant-Based World City: A Food Lover’s Guide to Hong Kong’s Best Vegan Eats
It's not known as Asia's World City for nothing – Hong Kong has some of the best food the planet has to offer, from starred Michelin establishments to comfort-food dai pai dongs. But what does it offer vegans? Plenty it turns out, you've!-->…
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To Avoid Climate Disasters Like the NYC Floods, the US Must Reduce Its Meat Consumption by 82%
New York City is in a state of emergency, with flash floods leaving the Big Apple struggling to recover, merely three months after the city was engulfed in a polluted haze due to Canadian wildfires. Experts have blamed it on the climate!-->…
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Flawless Fungi: EU & US Startups Team Up to Develop Tastier Meat Alternatives
German mycoprotein startup Nosh.bio has partnered with Boston-based synthetic biology firm Ginkgo Bioworks to leverage the latter's cell programming platform to find protein-producing fungi strains with superior sensory profiles. The!-->…
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A Bilateral Deal with Israel Could Fast-Track UK Cultivated Meat Approval – Report
The UK is set to fast-track its approval of cultivated meat as part of a bilateral agreement with Israel, according to the Telegraph. The news comes two months after Israel's Aleph Farms became the first cultured meat company to file for!-->…
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Could the Next Pandemic Hit Crops Instead of People?
Genetic uniformity is central to modern farming. It leaves us vulnerable to plant disease breakouts.
By Saima Sidik, Grist
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12 Climate Change Books You Need To Read This Fall
After the daunting heatwaves and storms of this summer, our cheery visions of the season seem at odds with our climate-changed reality.
By Michael Svoboda, Yale Climate Connections
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