Packing A Prickly Punch: Here Are The World’s First Boxing Gloves Made From Cactus Leather
The world’s first boxing gloves made using vegan-friendly and sustainably made cactus leather has just been launched by Sanabul, a U.S. martial arts and athletic equipment brand. Called the Los Cactus, the new boxing gloves boasts the same!-->…
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Leading Voices Pen Letter To Global Banks: Stop Funding Factory Farming To Prevent More Pandemics
The world’s leading environmentalists and experts including Jane Goodall and Stanley Johnson, the British prime minister’s father, have called on financial giants to stop lending money to the animal agriculture industry. In an open letter,!-->…
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Middle East First: Dubai-Based Arlene Pioneers Plant-Based Ready Meals Aimed At Flexitarians
Food entrepreneur Helene Raudaschl began practicing a flexitarian diet a year ago when she became increasingly aware of the ethical and environmental impact of meat consumption. It was on this journey when she noticed a gap in the market!-->…
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How Does Joe Biden’s Climate Plan Stack Up To The Green New Deal?
By: Jeff Berardelli
At the first presidential debate on Tuesday night, former Vice President Joe Biden said point-blank that he does not support the Green New Deal — a progressive plan which not only aims to aggressively!-->!-->!-->…
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Plant-Based Burgers Aren’t ‘Discs’: Can The Nomenclature Police Please Stop?
All over the world, legislators are wasting their time (and our money) fighting battles about what to call foods we have been eating for decades. Apparently we consumers are so moronic that we are incapable of telling the difference!-->…
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Bolt Threads Unites Adidas, Kering, Lululemon & Stella McCartney For Mushroom Leather Products
Bolt Threads, a biotech company developing sustainable materials, has announced a new partnership with some of the biggest fashion players to create a consortium with access to Mylo, its latest vegan mushroom leather material. The!-->…
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Ag-Tech FluroSat Wins Future Food Asia 2020 Award, Japan’s DAIZ & Thailand’s Let’s Plant Meat Score Plant Protein Prize
A number of exciting food and agri-tech startups in Asia-Pacific have been recognised for their disruptive and sustainable solutions to tackle our broken food system. Announced at the recent Future Food Asia conference, Australian!-->…
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Hyasynth: Biotech Startup First To To Bring Fermented CBD To Market
Montreal-based biotechnology company Hyasynth has won the race to become the first to commercialise cannabidiol (CBD) produced and extracted through a yeast fermentation process, without the need for traditional cultivation or extraction!-->…
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Planet Organic: Spain’s Heura Plant-Based Meat Products Enter UK Retail Market
Heura, the Barcelona-based vegan meat brand, has just launched in the U.K. at two leading specialty plant-forward retailers. British customers will now be able to purchase three of the startup’s most popular 100% plant-based meat!-->…
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Asian Conservation Groups Join Global Coalition To Protect All Aquatic Animals
Several major conservation groups in Asia have joined the Coalition for Aquatic Conservation (CAC), a global movement led by the Aquatic Life Institute dedicated to protecting and improving the welfare of all aquatic animals. With most of!-->…
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Plant-Based Seafood: Hooked Secures First Funds To Launch Vegan Tuna In Nordic Market
Hooked, the Swedish food tech behind the world’s first plant-based shredded salmon, has just signed their first investor to launch their sustainable and vegan-friendly tuna product in the Nordic market. With their plant-based salmon in the!-->…
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Plant-Based Pioneer: Tesco Pledges 300% Sales Increase For Meat Alternatives Within 5 Years
British supermarket giant Tesco has committed to a 300% sales boost for plant-based meat alternatives within the next five years, making it the first retailer in the U.K. to set a sales target for the category. The pledge is a part of the!-->…
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Q&A w/ BVeg Foods: “We Want To Become An End-To-End Solution Provider For The Plant-Based Industry”
BVeg Foods aims to become a trusted and high quality co-manufacturer and distributor for plant-based meats both locally and globally as they building ecosystem fundamentals in India by addressing white space opportunities.
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Oxfam Research Shows The Rich Generate Emissions While The Poor Suffer Climate Consequences
By: Joseph Opoku Gakpo
The world’s poor and marginalized people are suffering the most from climate change impacts, though they contribute the least to the carbon emissions that are driving global warming, according to new research by!-->!-->!-->…
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Grow Food, De-stress: Rooted Offers Corporate Employees Micro-Learning Urban Farming Platform
Agtech startup Rooted wants to make urban farming the new corporate hobby with their new micro-learning platform, which offers users the tools and skills they need to grow their own food at home. Launched amid the coronavirus pandemic at!-->…
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Ovolo Hotels: First Hospitality Group To Go 100% Vegetarian For A Year
Ovolo Hotels has just announced that it is going to go completely vegetarian across all its restaurants, bars and room service for a whole year, making it the first hotel group to do so. The pledge is part of the company’s wider!-->…
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Plant-Based Startup Next Gen Raises US$2.2M Seed Funding To Launch In Singapore
Next Gen, a Singapore-based food tech, has just announced its official launch after closing a US$2.2 million seed funding round. The startup has already established its R&D centre in the city-state, where it plans to develop its line!-->…
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World First: Female Plant-Based Founder Pitch Competition Launched By Vegan Women Summit
The Vegan Women Summit (VWS), an events and media organisation dedicated to upending the gender bias and discrimination in the food tech world, has just annouced the launch of VWS Pathfinder, the world’s first summit and pitch competition!-->…
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Walmart To Trial Plastic-Free Cucumbers With Edible Apeel Technology Made From Waste
Walk down your usual supermarket aisle, and bets are on that you’ll come across produce wrapped in a layer of non-recyclable plastic. Now, in a bid to meet the growing demand for more sustainable packaging from consumers, retail giant!-->…
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Language Matters: Mainstream Consumers Prefer Term ‘Field Grown’ To ‘Meat Free’, ‘Vegetarian’
A new report by the Better Buying Lab, a research lab under the World Resources Institute (WRI) that tests strategies to help consumers select sustainable foods, says that language matters when it comes to making plant-rich foods popular!-->…
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Quorn Set On Tackling Obesity, Pandemics & Climate Change Together
Quorn, the legacy vegetarian and vegan meat substitute brand, says that it will be doubling down on health and sustainability focused initiatives after recognising the interconnectedness between public health and climate change. In a!-->…
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