Climate Education: How We Can Instil Hope & Action, Instead of Fear & Eco Anxiety
Reframing climate change education around a message of “hopeful alarm” will not only underscore the threats we face, it will also show students how they can act to shape the future.
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6 Upcoming Food Documentaries You Need to Add to Your Watchlist
Netflix's recent Poisoned: The Dirty Truth About Your Food documentary made waves across the Internet and media for its detailed exposé of the US food system's fallacies. Where do we go from there? A whole host of upcoming!-->…
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Cluck Yeah: Rotterdam is Getting A Fully Vegan Butcher Shop This World Animal Day
Unilever-owned plant-based meat brand The Vegetarian Butcher is opening a vegan butchery in Rotterdam, Netherlands. To be launched on World Animal Day, it marks the 13th anniversary of the company's launch.
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Food Waste Needs a Rebrand: From Trash to Treasure, Overcoming The Issue’s Image Problem
Food waste is a major global issue with no easy fixes.
By now, we’ve probably all heard the statistic that around one-third of all food produced each year is lost or wasted. That’s the equivalent of each of us putting an entire meal -!-->!-->!-->…
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PALM-ALT: Could This Palm Oil Alternative Be the ‘Holy Grail’ of Sustainable Baking Fats?
A new sustainable fat by Edinburgh's Queen Margaret University (QMU) is the latest to join the fledgling palm oil alternative sector. Using food industry sidestream ingredients, PALM-ALT is said to be 70% better for the environment!-->…
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From Burger King To IHOP, Impossible Foods Does Foodservice Collabs Right
Impossible Foods has partnered with IHOP on a range of menu items, expanding its US foodservice footprint. A leading plant-based meat company, Impossible has a knack for getting these collaborations with F&B chains just right – with!-->…
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This Washing Machine Filter Captures 98% of the Microplastics Released from Your Laundry
Slovenian startup PlanetCare has launched the second iteration of its microfibre-absorbing laundry filter, which can capture 98% of all pollutants from washing machine wastewater. Now made from recycled plastic, its cartridges are!-->…
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8 Brands Making the Best Plant-Based Ready Meals for the Time-Strapped Consumer
It's a fast-paced world. There's a lot to do. Cooking? Gah, who has the time? But you love food. We get it. Ready-to-eat meals are here to save you, showcasing the best of plant-based food that's ready in a jiffy. Here are the (vegan)!-->…
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In Singapore, Call It ‘Cultivated’ Meat – Not ‘Clean’ or ‘Cell-Based’
Singaporeans prefer the term 'cultivated meat' over related terms like 'cultured' or 'cell-based', according to a new study. Moreover, researchers found that people who consider cultivated meat 'unnatural' are – perhaps counterintuitively!-->…
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The World’s Largest Meat Company is Building a Cultivated Protein R&D Facility
Brazilian meat giant JBS has broken ground on a $62M cultivated meat research and development facility in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina. Billed as the largest food biotech centre in Brazil, it's scheduled to open at the end of 2024. The!-->…
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100 Billion Animals Are Slaughtered for Meat Every Year – Yet Livestock Farming Doesn’t Get Talked About in Climate Discourse
New data shared by Our World in Data shows that approximately 94% of animals on earth live on factory farms and at least 100 billion are slaughtered each year for meat and other animal-derived products. The analysis shows these numbers!-->…
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Boosting Food Security: UAE Plans to Create $10B Food Sector & 20,000 Jobs – What Does It Mean for Alt-Protein?
Two months before it hosts the UN climate summit COP28 – which is set to feature a heavy food focus – the UAE has announced a food and agriculture strategy to bolster the sector's value to $10B and create 20,000 jobs by 2025. The!-->…
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Made in The USA: TiNDLE Launches Vegan Breakfast Sausage For Restaurants, Eyes 2024 Retail Expansion
Singapore-headquartered TiNDLE Foods has launched a breakfast sausage in the US, its first domestically-made product. The rollout comes a day after it expanded its presence in the UK, appearing on menus at two restaurant chains and!-->…
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Exclusive: Formo Spills the Yolk on Soon-to-Launch ‘Lab-Brewed’ Egg Alternative & Why Consumers are Curious About Precision…
German precision fermentation startup Formo will unveil its 'lab-brewed' alternative to eggs in foodservice in their home market later this year. Formo CEO Raffael Wohlgensinger and researcher Oscar Zollman Thomas speak to Green Queen!-->…
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‘Hybrid Could Unleash Alt-Seafood’: Vegan Fish Startup Seaspire on Indian Consumers, Launching in Foodservice and Why Retail Isn’t…
Indian vegan seafood company Seaspire has launched in D2C channels after months of foodservice trials in major cities in its home country. The startup's co-founder Varun Gadodia tells Green Queen about India's appetite for alt-seafood,!-->…
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EU Greenwashing Ban: Everything You Need to Know About the Who, the What & the When
Last week, the EU finalised a new law designed to curb greenwashing, which will ban the use of terms like 'carbon-neutral' from product claims. Who does this affect, when does it come into effect, and what can't you say anymore? Here's!-->…
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EY Report Suggests Strong Growth For Plant-Based But Industry Faces Key Challenges
A new report commissioned by plant-based body Protein Industries Canada (PIC) has found that the global vegan market shows great potential over the next decade. But while Canada's own alt-meat consumption has increased, major industry!-->…
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Stone Fruit Kernel Milk: Austrian Startup Lands €12M Series A, Eyes US Launch in 2025
Austrian food tech startup Kern Tec, which upcycles stone fruit pits into plant-based dairy alternatives, has raised €12M in a Series A funding round. The brand's co-founder Luca Fichtinger tells Green Queen that it aims to scale up!-->…
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Gouda Riddance: Dutch Company Spins Off Dairy to Go Fully Vegan, Aims for Europe-Wide Launch by 2026
Dutch dairy leader Boermarke, operational since 1987, has announced its intention to pivot to a fully plant-based product lineup. The decision comes after alt-dairy sales in the Netherlands grew in the last two years, as conventional milk!-->…
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Smart Menus: How to Get Meat Eaters To Choose Plant-Based Dishes
A new study from research group Rethink Priorities explores how different combinations of menu options influence people's choices of meat-free dishes, plant-based meals and conventional chicken and fish. Here are the key takeaways.
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Global Collaboration Village: Can this Metaverse Hub Help Fight The Climate Crisis?
The World Economic Forum (WEF) has launched the Global Collaboration Village, a metaverse hub to help craft solutions to the climate crisis. It brings together leaders from across the world virtually to address polar tipping points, which!-->…
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