2021

Berkano Foods, the New Zealand plant-based ready meal startup, is now gearing up to launch an alt-meat range. The company recently closed a crowdfunding campaign with more than NZ$30,800, which will fuel its product portfolio expansion,…
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Beyond Meat founder and CEO Ethan Brown believes that taxing items that have high negative impacts, such as meat, is an “appealing” idea. Brown’s comments were made in a recent BBC interview, where he also shared more about Beyond’s plans…
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Swiss vegan meat startup Planted has secured CHF 19 million (approx. US$21 million) in a pre-Series B financing round. The company will use this capital to drive the growth of its existing plant-based meat portfolio and launch new…
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Could the healthy plant-based products you’ll be buying at supermarkets be developed with AI technology? In the not-so-soon future, most probably. Danone, one of the world’s biggest food corporations, is working with Brightseed to discover…
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Cape Town-based De Novo Dairy wants to be the first African startup using precision fermentation to make real animal-free dairy.
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Sustainable sneaker brand Cariuma is making waves at the world's first-ever skateboarding Summer Olympic games in Tokyo this year.
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The Last Beach Cleanup has filed a lawsuit against TerraCycle, alleging the firm is misleading consumers about its recycling platform.
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Biotech startup Protera has raised US$10 million in its Series A round to advance its protein platform and fight food waste.
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Dairy-free cheese brand Miyoko’s Creamery has partnered with vegan Olympians to promote the benefits of a plant-based diet.
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More than 1,550 wildlife species, from marine animals to terrestrial mammals, are documented to have ingested plastic waste.
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The first NBA draft pick is Cade Cunningham. The vegan is also the newest ambassador for the plant-based Just Egg.
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Nearly 14,000 scientists and academics have signed an updated report urging for rapid and transformational action on the climate emergency.
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New York startup Actual Veggies has raised $2.8 million for its burgers as consumer demand for cleaner label plant-based foods rises.
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GoodDot has raised funding from Sixth Sense Ventures, marking the first VC investment into the Indian plant-based meat space.
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NovoNutrients captures CO2 emissions to develop vegan protein and it's just raised $9 million in order to make more.
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Biotech company Bucha Bio is helping the textile industry ditch the use of plastics and petrochemicals by offering a biobased vegan leather.
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Hello Fresh, one of the largest meal-kit brands in Australia has added carbon-neutral vegan 'Veef' mince from homegrown company Fenn Foods.
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Millennials in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia are buying secondhand because they want to be more sustainable, according to a Carousell report.
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Shanghai startup Wellme is behind the new homegrown Chinese plant-based brand Berrywell and its range of chickpea-based vegan yogurt.
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American actress Zooey Deschanel wants to help shoppers make sustainable and healthy food choices on a new rewards app called Merryfield.
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Regulatory approval of cell-based meat remains the biggest obstacle for the industry, according to a new report released by Lux Research.
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