$2 Million Strong: How Vegan Baby Food Startup Mamamade Overcame Investment Machismo To Serve Busy Parents Better
UK-based Mamamade is making history, as well as healthy baby food. The organic, plant-based infant meal company has just revealed a 300 percent oversubscribed crowdfunding raise on the Seedrs platform, bringing in £1.5 million ($2!-->…
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Could Sunflower Kernel Powder Be The Secret Creamy Ingredient Vegan Chocolate Is Missing?
Cargill has unveiled a new vegan chocolate line under the ExtraVeganZa brand and products are made using a slew of what the company calls “power ingredients”. The food giant says using sunflower kernel powder and rice syrup make their!-->…
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Cultivated Meat Passes Blind Taste Test With Flying Colours: ‘An Important Moment in the History of Humankind”
Cultivated meat brand SuperMeat has held a blind taste testing event at its in-house Tel Aviv restaurant, The Chicken. Among the samplers was highly respected Israeli taster and Master Chef judge Michal Ansky. Highly confident in her!-->…
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Circular Electronics Platform Now France’s Most Valuable Startup As Repair Movement Strengthens
Return and repair startup Back Market has confirmed the closing of a $510 million funding round. It brings the French unicorn’s total investment to date to more than $1 billion. London-based Sprints Capital led the latest round. Funds are!-->…
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Greenwashing Fashion Brands Under Fire As UK Regulation Comes In
Misleading eco claims from U.K. fashion brands are set to be punished. Those found flouting consumer protection law will be liable for revised advertising costs and potential court action. The move is being made to prevent inaccurate and!-->…
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‘Don’t Look Up’ Officially Crowned Netflix’s Second Most Watched Film Ever
Global streaming giant Netflix has announced that Don’t Look Up has climbed to second position on its most successful releases list. The title debuted on the site on December 24 2021. It has since racked up over 322,000,000 viewing!-->…
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10 Simple, Sustainable Lifestyle Tips for a Greener Year
As more individuals make small but meaningful changes to their daily lives, we can make a major difference for the planet. We don’t know about you, but that definitely gets the Green Queen team excited about the changes we can take on for!-->…
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‘1000 Trees’: Shanghai Reveals Visionary New Eco-Lifestyle Mall That Mimics A Mountain
Tian An China Investments has completed construction on a new green mall in Shanghai. The building sits snugly amidst the city’s art district. Called ‘1000 Trees’, it is covered with greenery, cascading over various levels, to resemble a!-->…
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Veganly Deli Launches Superfood-Fuelled UK Vegan Deli Meats
Plant-based charcuterie anyone? Based in the U.K., Veganly Deli produces artisan vegan food, made by Michelin-trained chefs. It lists cured-style meats, cheeses and animal-free foie gras amongst its products. Their USP? Each meat has been!-->…
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‘Don’t Look Up’ Entertains While Shining A Light On Trend Of Ignoring Climate Change Experts’ Warnings
By Gale Sinatra, University of Southern California, Barbara K. Hofer, Middlebury
Every disaster movie seems to open with a scientist being ignored. “Don’t Look Up” is no exception – in fact, people ignoring or!-->!-->!-->…
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Thanks, Climate Change? New Penguin Colonies Discovered As Birds Move South Due to Rising Temperatures
A scientific discovery reveals new penguin colonies across Antarctica as rising temperatures due to climate change force the birds south to raise their offspring.
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Vegan Strongman Patrik Baboumian Throws His Weight Behind UK’s GREENFORCE Vegan Meat
German vegan food tech startup GREENFORCE has arrived in the U.K. Founded in 2020 by Thomas Isermann in Munich, its official U.K. launch follows trial availability of plant-based meat items. Consumers can order a range of powder-to-meat!-->…
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How Nature’s Fynd Is Turning Geyser Goo Into Vegan Meat and Cheese
There are a lot of interesting ingredients making their way into the vegan meat and cheese categories. But Nature's Fynd may just have the most interesting one of all.
As the meat, seafood, egg, and dairy categories change—namely!-->!-->!-->…
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To Make the UK’s Food Supply More Sustainable, Lidl Helps Farmers Go Eco
In an effort to make the UK's food supply more sustainable, leading supermarket chain Lidl says it's working with produce suppliers to achieve eco-certification by the end of 2023.
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Omni Scoops $1.5 Million For Vet-Backed Vegan Dog Food As Man’s Best Friend Becomes Investors’ Best Bet
UK-based Omni has secured £1.1 ($1.5) million in its first funding round. ProVeg International, Trellis Road, Purple Orange Ventures and Kale United all participated. Funds have been raised to support new product line developments,!-->…
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Vegan Protein As Effective As Whey For Building Muscle, Study Finds
New research into the effectiveness of vegan and animal-based protein sources has confirmed no difference between the two. The data show that men who eat plant-based protein and supplement with soy can bulk up as much as those who include!-->…
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One-Stop Vegan Food Platform VEats Pilots In Sydney Ahead of Australia-Wide Launch
Founded by Australian duo Lara Young and Susan McCarthy, VEats is a new plant-based platform focussed on helping consumers looking for convenient plant-based options in the country. They describe the digital solution as a!-->…
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WADA Issues Warning To 2022 Olympic Athletes About Drug-Contaminated Chinese Meat
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has doubled-down on recommending caution for 2022 Olympic athletes when consuming meat in China. It comes after confirmation of contaminated supplies and the German WADA counterpart issuing a mandate to!-->…
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12 Alt Protein Trends To Watch: Green Queen’s 2022 Industry Predictions
Another year, another set of Green Queen trend predictions. 2021 was a bumper year for the global alternative protein industry and less than three weeks into 2022, it's looking even more wild. The raises are getting bigger, the launches!-->…
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Natalie Portman-Backed French Vegan Bacon Startup Breaks Records With $28.3M Raise
French veggie bacon maker La Vie, formerly known as 77 Foods, has announced a successful Series A funding round totalling €25 million ($28.3M) today. The round, which was led by VC fund Seventures, is the largest single alternative protein!-->…
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7-Eleven Becomes Latest Chain To Partner With Lightlife In Canada
In a move that will significantly increase the availability of plant protein for mass consumers, 7-Eleven Canada has made Lightlife vegan chicken tenders available in more than 600 locations across the country. They will be served hot from!-->…
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