2020

Plant-based food tech Impossible Foods is making waves this week, announcing just shortly after launching retail in Asia for the first time that it is now planning to double the size of its Silicon Valley-based R&D team. Over the…
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Natural Order Acquisition Corp., a blank check company founded this year and focused on sustainable plant-based food products, has filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to raise US$250 million in an initial public…
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Beer brand Corona has recently introduced Paradise Advisor in Colombia, a new platform showcasing eco-friendly accommodation across the country to encourage local sustainable travel. Running on a similar business model as online vacation…
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Eat Just, the San Francisco-based food tech that pioneered the plant-based egg, has just announced a new partnership with a consortium led by investment management firm Proterra to build a new production facility in Singapore. It marks Eat…
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TurtleTree Labs, the world’s first startup to develop lab-grown milk with the same composition as real dairy milk without any cows, has just won the grand prize amongst the 175,000 companies competing at the Entrepreneurship World Cup…
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During an exclusive virtual media conference held today (October 20), which featured the food tech’s senior executives attended by Green Queen, Impossible Foods officially announced the first retail launch of its plant-based products in…
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Australian plant-based meat startup v2food has just announced a AU$77 million (US$55 million) Series B round, breaking records as the largest funding round in the category within the country. The financing was led by major institutional…
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Founded two years ago by a grandson of a Devonshire dairy farmer, Amsterdam-based plant-based cheese brand Willicroft is now bringing its products back into the U.K. market. Launching at major retailers including Waitrose, Wholefoods,…
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San Francisco-based tech company Higg Co has revealed plans for its new Open Data Portal, which is designed to bring transparency to the growing sustainable fashion segment of the apparel industry. Slated to launch next year, the portal on…
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Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg has just joined the campaign demanding the release of 12 Hongkongers who have been arrested and detained in mainland China. On Twitter, Thunberg wrote that “12 is more than a number” and nominated a…
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Raised in Hong Kong and now based in Ethiopia, social entrepreneur Ariana Day Yuen became inspired to create a sustainable supply chain for foods when she witnessed the complexity of agricultural systems while working at an NGO in the East…
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Returning for its third edition amid the ongoing coronavirus crisis, the Asia-Pacific Agri-Food Innovation Summit will take place November 18-20 this year, focusing on the crucial collective response to food security threats and the need…
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Last month, Dao Foods, a cross-border impact investment venture helping bring sustainable protein to China, announced the launch of its Dao Foods Venture Fund 1 to support 30 alternative protein companies within the next three years. Now,…
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At the recent Smart Kitchen Summit (SKS) held virtually this year and hosted by food tech news The Spoon, the founders of two of the world’s most recognisable alternative protein startups didn’t hold back in a showcase of their difference…
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A new rolling fund, Prithvi Ventures, has just launched on AngelList to help accelerate tech solutions to tackle the climate crisis. Aiming to open up the funding pool for the technologies that will have the greatest impact on combating…
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A cultured meat research consortium project called Meat4All has just been awarded a €2.7 million (US$3.16 million) grant under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 R&D funding programme. It marks the first cell-based meat project to…
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A fifth of all countries in the world are now threatened with ecosystem collapse as biodiversity continues to be eroded, a new report has revealed. With more than half the global GDP dependent on high-functioning biodiversity, from water…
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Marking the seventh edition of the trade show, Natural & Organics Asia (NOA) will return this year from November 11 to 13 at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre (HKCEC) in Wanchai. The fair is the region’s most established…
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Plant-based meat brand Tofurky is challenging a new Louisiana law that would impose fines for meatless products labelled with terms such as “burger”, even if they have been clearly identified with the descriptions “vegan", "plant-based" or…
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Performing acts of kindness and helping other people is beneficial to one’s health, a new study has confirmed. While all prosocial behaviours are linked to improve physical and mental well-being, the research highlights spontaneous random…
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Overthrow Hospitality has just opened the doors of Saramsam – the first vegan Filipino restaurant in the Big Apple. With Philippine-born chef Raj Abat leading the kitchen, Saramsam will celebrate traditional Filipino classics and authentic…
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