With Its $10 Million Series A, Biobetter Brings Cultivated Meat Growth Media Down From $500,000 Per Gram to $1
Israel-based cultivated meat startup Biobetter says it has closed a $10 million Series A funding round led by Jerusalem Venture Partners and additional investment from Milk and Honey Ventures, and the Israeli Innovation Authority.
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From Raising Chickens To Growing Mushrooms: Here’s How Livestock Farmers Can Make The Sustainable Leap
Scientists and climate activists have called for an urgent transition to a more sustainable food system. The future food system envisioned is one without animal agriculture, the industry that drives as much as 18% of global greenhouse gas!-->…
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Beyond Meat’s Asia Streak Continues As It Enters Japan
Beyond Meat is gearing up for a Japan launch in a new partnership with United Super Market Holdings. The partnership will include both product development and distribution.
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Medieval Kings Didn’t Eat a Lot of Meat. You Probably Shouldn’t Either.
Here's a little trivia night fodder you didn't know you needed: medieval period royalty were mostly plant-based, a recent study discovered.
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Impossible Foods Reworks Its Beef Nutrition to Capture the Growing Flexitarian Market
With its latest iteration, Impossible Foods' plant-based ground beef now contains less saturated fat and more protein than ever, putting it on par with conventional beef.
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Can Lizzo Get Us to Eat Healthier and Forget About Body Image at the Same Time?
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Float Foods Launches Asia’s First Vegan Egg Tamagoyaki
Float Foods' OnlyEg is coming to Singapore's food service industry, marking the first time a plant-based egg Tamagoyaki is commercially available in Asia.
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Fossil Fuel Ad Ban In France Has Loopholes, Says Greenpeace
In a move that was heralded as a sign of the times amid dangerous heat waves and flooding across the globe as a result of climate change, France became the first European country to ban fossil fuel ads. But the environmental group!-->…
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Heyday Is Making Canning and Beans Cool Again
Canned food startup Heyday Canning Co is aiming to revive the canned food category as a sustainable and affordable protein source.
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Swiss Vegan Food Tech Startup Planted Closes US$72 Million Series B
Ahead of its launch of a 'whole-cut' line of plant-based meat, Swiss-based Planted has closed an CHF 70 million (US$72 million) Series B led by the largest global consumer-focused private equity firm, L Catterton.
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The 10 Best TED Talks About Healthy Living, Fitness, and Wellness
Take an inspiring tour through the TED archives with some of the best TED Talks about healthy living, fitness, and wellness.
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The latest data shows that secondhand fashion that will lead sustainable fashion and see explosive growth in the next few years.
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New Zealand’s Off-Piste Provisions Explores Vegan Meat Made From Fermented Food Waste
In a bid to bring more sustainability to New Zealand's food system, the country's Off-Piste Provisions is collaborating with food tech experts to produce plant-based protein from fermented agricultural byproducts.
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Climate Activists Sue U.K. for Not Effectively Tackling Its Meat and Dairy Problem
Is England perpetuating the climate crisis by not having a plan to reduce meat and dairy consumption? A group of activists thinks so.
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Umami Meats Debuts the World’s First Cultivated Fish Ball
Singapore-based Umami Meats has debuted what it says is the world’s first cultivated fish ball laksa at a private event in Singapore this week.
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India’s Greenest Closes Pre-Seed Funding Round As It Readies for South Asia’s Plant-Based Expansion
India-based plant protein brand, Greenest, has secured an undisclosed pre-seed funding round led by Better Bite Ventures, and India’s Food & Agri industry veteran, Sachid Madan.
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Heavy Metals, Microplastics, Driving Asia’s Shift to Plant-Based Seafood: Report
In the first survey of its kind, leading protein think tank Good Food Institute APAC identified key factors sending Asian consumers toward plant-based seafood options.
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Fonterra Supplies 30% of the World’s Dairy. Now It’s Adding Precision Fermentation Whey.
New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra and bioscience company, Royal DSM, have launched a precision fermentation startup to create sustainable dairy proteins.
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Le Melior is a Hong Kong-based clean beauty curator, showcasing only the best organic and toxin-free skincare and cosmetics. The name is inspired by the french term for the best ("le meilleur"), and this meaning drives their philosophy!-->…
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Ivy Farm Opens the Largest Cultivated Meat Factory in Europe
The first cultivated meat pilot plant of its kind in the U.K. is now open. Ivy Farm says its new 18,000-square-foot Oxford cultivated meat plant can produce nearly three tons of cultivated meat per year.
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