Meatless Farm Products Back at UK Supermarkets After VFC Acquisition
Three months after the UK company was bailed out of bankruptcy by fellow British plant-based meat brand VFC, Meatless Farm products are back on UK supermarket shelves. The brand has relaunched a few of its old products alongside a new!-->…
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Investors are Neglecting Food Tech, While Supply Chains Battle Global Disruption
The median food tech venture capital deal size has declined for the first time in seven years, falling to $3M in Q2 – a 12.4% drop from 2022 – according to Pitchbook. This was also the sixth consecutive quarter of decline for!-->…
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Climate-Conscious German Consumers Say They Want More Plant-Based Products in Supermarkets – New Poll
Over a fifth of German consumers (21%) believe the range of plant-based alternatives to animal products available in grocery stores is too small, according to a new survey. In fact, a higher number of options would lead to 29% buying more!-->…
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Carbon Offsets: A Nice Climate Fairytale That Hasn’t Panned Out
Many businesses use carbon offsetting as a way to bring down their emissions totals and mitigate their environmental impact, but a slew of recent investigations into the practice have found that offsets are deeply flawed and not doing what!-->…
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France U-Turns on Factory Farming, Calls for Cheaper Meat
Two weeks after proposing an unprecedented labelling ban on meat-related terms for plant-based alternatives, France is now promoting a pro-factory farming agenda by calling for the production of cheaper meat and 'taking back the market!-->…
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Plant-Powered Politics Q&A: Can Europe Shift to a Plant-Based Food System?
Five European organisations have come together to suggest 11 measures that can unlock the region's transition towards a plant-based food system, in a new report titled Plant-Powered Politics. In conversation with Green Queen, the coalition!-->…
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Plant-Based Seafood: The 7 Best Vegan Shrimp Brands Making Your Po’ Boy Dreams Come True
From Australia and Thailand to the Netherlands and the US, it's easier than ever to find plant-based, overfishing-free alternatives to shrimp. You can make your own vegan shrimp cocktail, grits with shrimp or even ceviche – the world's!-->…
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Greenwashing Risk: 64% of Agrifood Companies Have No Regenerative Agriculture Targets – New Report
While a majority of the food and retail sector's giants believe regenerative agriculture can be a solution to the climate crisis, 64% of them have not put targets in place to achieve these ambitions, according to a new study. Meanwhile,!-->…
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Cell-Based Blueberries, Anyone? What is Lab-Grown Fruit, and Is It a Food Security Solution?
With climate change threatening crop growth and food security in many places, scientists are hoping to create lab-grown fruit with usually discarded parts of fruits, like apple cores and orange peels. While the process is some years away!-->…
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Taste the ‘Carbon’ Difference: The Problem with Sainsbury’s Lower-Carbon Beef
UK retailer Sainsbury's has launched a lower-carbon beef from its premium Taste the Difference line, a few weeks after US company Tyson Foods began retailing a USDA-approved “climate-friendly product as part of its Brazen Beef!-->…
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This Shanghai Startup Says It’s Getting Closer To ‘Cost-Effective Mass Production of Cultivated Fish’
Shanghai-based agtech firm CellX has announced the successful trial of its first 200-litre fish cell pilot production, marking an important step towards its industrial application of cultivated seafood products. It comes a month after the!-->…
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Unpopular Opinion: Second-Hand Luxury Fashion Is Not Fixing Our Global Waste Problem
The paradox of pride: an anthropologist and marketing professor on why second-hand fashion is not a true threat to the luxury industry.
In today’s world, sustainability, waste reduction, and responsible consumption are hot topics. And!-->!-->!-->…
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You Can Now Get Vegan Whole-Cut Steak Sandwiches at This Neat Burger Location in NYC
A month after becoming the first vegan steak to land on a US steakhouse chain menu, Israeli startup Chunk Foods' whole-cut plant-based alternative is making its fast-casual debut via Leonardo DiCaprio- and Lewis Hamilton-backed chain Neat!-->…
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Meati Opens Online D2C Store with Subscription for Mycelium Steak, Chicken & New Mystery Products
Colorado-based mycelium meat producer Meati has opened a direct-to-consumer online storefront to enable product deliveries and subscriptions for its customers. The Meati Marketplace will allow people to try its alt-meats before they hit!-->…
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Shake Shack NYC Pilots Rain-Fed Sugarcane Cultured Cooking Oil for Stack Burgers and Fries
Shake Shack has partnered with Californian startup Zero Acre Farms to trial the latter's sustainable Cultured Oil on select menu items at two locations in New York City. The pilot is part of Shake Shack's Stand for Something Good!-->…
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Can the Green Tuesday Cafeteria Campaign Help Vietnam Lower Its Meat Emissions?
Non-profit organisation Vegan Outreach has expanded its Green Tuesday Initiative to Vietnam after five years in India. The programme hopes to reduce the impact of the country's diet on the environment and is in talks with over 100!-->…
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‘No Longer An Alternative’: Why Plant-Based Dairy Leader Alpro Redesigned Its Packaging
Alpro's brand refresh features new packaging putting the ingredients front and centre, along with taste descriptors and a bespoke font. Danone's global plant-based marketing director speaks to Green Queen about emphasising sustainability!-->…
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Oat Giant Kölln Launches Vegan Muesli Range with ChoViva’s Cocoa-Free Chocolate
German alt-chocolate brand ChoViva (formerly NoCoa/QOA) has partnered with oat cereal producer Kölln on a new range of vegan muesli that uses the former's cocoa-free chocolate. Sibling founders Sara and Maximilian Marquart tell Green Queen!-->…
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How Sustainable is Animal-Free Dairy? We Compare Precision Fermentation LCAs
Precision fermentation, described as the third pillar of alt-protein alongside plant-based and cultivated foods, is on the rise. There are at least 62 companies working in this space globally across the supply chain, with a big focus on!-->…
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Hong Kong High School Student Creates Board Game to Highlight City’s Beach Pollution
A high-school student has developed Beach Board Hong Kong, a Monopoly-style game that sheds light on the environmental issues faced by the island's beaches. Featuring damning pollution facts, action prompts to tackle these challenges, it's!-->…
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Vegan Cats May Be Healthier Than Those on Meat-Based Diets, Finds New Study
Cats on a plant-based diet could be healthier than those fed meat, with owners reporting fewer visits to the vet, reduced medication use and assessments of severe illness, and more vets describing vegan cats as healthy, according to a new!-->…
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