More Than 30 D.C. Restaurants Join the First Veg Week In Washington
The nation's capital will celebrate its first Veg Restaurant Week from May 7-14th.
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Happy Ocean Foods Nets New Investors for Its Vegan Seafood During ‘Lion’s Den’ Appearance
Munich-based Happy Ocean Foods, which makes plant-based alternatives to shrimp, has secured two investors following an appearance on Lion’s Den. The programme is the German version of the U.S.’s Shark Tank and the U.K’s Dragon’s Den. The!-->…
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Tomorrow Farms Raises $8.5 Million for Sustainable ‘Next-Gen’ Foods
Closing an $8.5 million Seed Round led by Chris Sacca's Lowercarbon Capital, Maveron, Valor Siren Ventures, Simple Food Ventures, and SV Angel, Tomorrow Farms says it's gearing up to fuel the "sustainable food revolution."
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Revo Foods Has Launched Its Vegan Smoked Salmon In The UK
Austria’s Revo Foods has debuted its plant-based smoked salmon analogue in the U.K. It will be sold by GreenBay, a popular online vegan supermarket. The launch follows a successful domestic unveiling back in October last year and!-->…
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Mooji Meats Nets $3 Million for 3D-Printed Vegan Meat Acceleration
Y Combinator alumnus Mooji Meats, which specialises in whole cut plant-based meats, has raised £3 million in a seed funding round. The Good Startup, Collaborative Fund, Lever VC and AgFunder all participated in the round.
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Melt&Marble Secures €5 Million After Showcasing Precision Fermented ‘Beef’ Fat
Swedish startup Melt&Marble, which makes animal fat analogues, has closed a €5 million seed funding round, led by Lever VC. The company recently unveiled its alternative to beef fat that can be customised for plant-based meats. The!-->…
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‘World’s First’ Lab Grown Leather Backed By Kering Bags $46 Million Series A
French-based luxury fashion corporation Kering has announced it has backed San Francisco's VitroLabs, a biotech startup that has created a platform for growing highly scalable, cultivated animal-derived leather that is environmentally!-->…
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Billionaire Makes $1.1 Billion Donation To Stanford University For New Sustainability School
California’s Stanford University has revealed that a new school will be opening at the start of the 2022 fall semester. The Doerr School of Sustainability has come about thanks to a $1.1 billion donation from John and Ann Doerr, plus gifts!-->…
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Lindt Brings Its Creamy Vegan Oat Milk Chocolate To the U.S.
At the start of the year, Swiss chocolatier Lindt released two vegan chocolate bars in the U.K, to coincide with Veganuary. Canada followed in February and now, the U.S. is getting a taste of the original and salted caramel incarnations.!-->…
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Is HSBC About To Get Hung Out To Dry For Greenwashing?
U.K. advertising watchdog, the Advertising Standards Authority, is in the midst of deciding whether or not to caution HSBC over “misleading” adverts. The campaigns in question allude to climate action by the major financial institution!-->…
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Space F And Partners Scoop $15 Million Government Grant
South Korean cultivated meat startup Space F, along with four partners, has won a grant of $15 million to continue researching cultivated meat. As part of the Alychymist Project, an R&D initiative supported by South Korea’s Ministry of!-->…
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Skinny Butcher Nails Two Trends In One With ‘Stranger Things’ And Vegan Chicken Nuggets
Ahead of the Stranger Things season four premiere, Detroit’s Skinny Butcher has announced it has rolled out show-themed plant-based chicken nuggets in nationwide Walmart stores. The Crazy Crispy Chick’n Nuggets are the latest in a long!-->…
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Lone Star: A Bite From This Tick Causes a Lifelong Red Meat Allergy, And It’s Migrating Through The U.S.
The lone star tick has moved from Southern states, migrating to the North and Western U.S. Females are recognisable by the white spot on their back. But the ticks are better known for another reason: one bite can render a person allergic!-->…
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Mayonnaise Giant Kewpie Unveils Plant-Based Egg Line
Kewpie, known for its range of egg-based mayonnaise products which your local sushi joint slathers all over your California roll, has announced its new plant-based egg range. The Japanese manufacturer has unveiled Hobotama, which!-->…
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Greenest Debuts New Range Of Plant-Based Foods To Key Industry Players
Upstablish Food Technologies has announced a new range of plant-based meats from its Greenest brand. One of India’s leading plant-based startups, the brand has previously made noise in the space with its “hyper-realistic” shami kebabs.!-->…
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Alternative Seafood Is Set To Benefit From This New Whole Food Ingredient
Smallfood, a Canadian microbial fermentation ingredients startup, claims that it's about to change the alternative seafood sector thanks to a whole food ingredient it has developed. When added to seafood analogues, the company's!-->…
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Heura Launches Good Rebel Tech To ‘Redefine Plant-Based Food Manufacturing’
Barcelona-based Heura has announced a new approach to plant-based food production. Good Rebel Tech (G.R.T.) is a new platform created to develop what the company describes as sustainable micro and macronutrient-rich foods in order to!-->…
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Fermify Closes Pre-Seed Round To Accelerate Proof-Of-Concept Cheese Debut
Vienna’s Fermify, which has created a digital platform that can produce casein proteins via precision fermentation, has concluded a pre-seed undisclosed funding round led by Übermorgen Ventures and Backbone Ventures, with participation!-->…
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More Stringent Sustainability Standards Are Coming to the EU
Sustainability targets for companies doing business across Europe will have to widen if the bloc adopts standards proposed by the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group.
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No New Plastic: Scientists Say a Production Cap Is Needed to Save the Planet
A group of scientists says new plastic production needs to stop in order to protect the world's oceans and the environment from plastic pollution.
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BioMeat And The Volcani Institute Launch E-FISHient To Develop Cultivated Tilapia
Israel’s E-FISHient Protein is a joint startup project between BioMeat and The Volcani Institute that aims to develop, produce and market cultivated tilapia fish meat, using non-animal serums. Such serums are being considered for!-->…
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