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A long-term committed ethical vegan and formerly Green Queen's resident plant-based reporter, Amy juggles raising a family and maintaining her editorial career, while also campaigning for increased mental health awareness in the professional world. Known for her love of searing honesty, in addition to recipe developing, animal welfare and (often lacklustre) attempts at handicrafts, she’s hands-on and guided by her veganism in all aspects of life. She’s also extremely proud to be raising a next-generation vegan baby.

Plantish Nets $12.45 Million, Alt Seafood’s Largest Seed To Scale Ultra-Realistic Salmon

Amy Buxton Mar 16, 2022

Israel’s Plantish has announced the completion of a record-breaking seed round. The plant-based seafood developer scooped $12.45 million, one month after showcasing its hyper-realistic fish analogue across social media channels, which the…
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v2food Adds Plant-Based Chicken To Its Portfolio To Help Aussies To Eat Less Meat

Amy Buxton Mar 16, 2022

v2food has announced it has developed a range of plant-based chicken products. It comes after success with beef alternatives and a recent launch of meat-free pork into the Asian market. The company says it worked closely with government…
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Israel’s Alt Protein Sector Saw 450% Increase In Investments In 2021, Says New Report

Amy Buxton Mar 16, 2022

Israel’s alternative protein sector has experienced its biggest investment year on record, according to a new report. Industry startup raised $623 million last year, a 450 percent increase from 2020’s $114 million. The jump secured Israel…
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This Food Tech Is Making Smoked Vegan Salmon From Spirulina Algae

Amy Buxton Mar 16, 2022

Israeli’s SimpliiGood has revealed that it has successfully prototyped a smoked salmon analogue made purely from spirulina algae. The development is cited as being the first of its kind. The company already produces products including meat…
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New APAC Cellular Agriculture Coalition Aims To ‘Foster A Harmonized Industry’ Ahead Of Commercialization

Amy Buxton Mar 15, 2022

The APAC Society for Cellular Agriculture (APAC-SCA) announced its launch this week as a new coalition with a mission to offer member companies developing cultivated meat and seafood access to shared information. Its key priorities include…
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Hong Kong Plant-Based Pork Meat Startup Bags HK$12 Million For Mainland China Expansion

Amy Buxton Mar 15, 2022

Hong Kong startup Good Food Technologies, which makes plant-based pork meat, has announced the closure of an oversubscribed HK$12 million (approx. US$1.5 million) seed round led by pan-Asian VC Gobi Partners, in their first investment into…
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Opalia Enters Cultivated Milk Race To Push Sustainability And Animal Welfare Issues Forward

Amy Buxton Mar 15, 2022

Montreal-based Opalia has announced that is has successfully produced cell-based milk without the use of fetal bovine serum (FBS). The startup has already secured $1 million in pre-seed funding, with a seed round now in progress for…
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Consumers Can Now Buy Impossible Beef At The Grocery Store Across Australia and New Zealand

Amy Buxton Mar 15, 2022

Californian plant-based meat pioneer Impossible Foods is expanding its reach in Australia and New Zealand with retail distribution secured Woolworths and Countdown supermarkets. Consumers will now be able to purchase the world famous meat…
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New Four-Way Food Industry Collaboration Formed In The US To Revolutionise Plant-Based Protein Availability

Amy Buxton Mar 15, 2022

A new four-way industry collaboration has debuted a vegan chicken brand. Skinny Butcher, Golden West Food Group, Valor Siren Ventures, and Wow Bao are working together to make vegan chicken easier to buy than ever. The project involves…
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2foods And Kagome Join Forces To Create Japan’s First Vegan Egg For Omurice

Amy Buxton Mar 14, 2022

Japanese food brand 2foods by TWO Inc. has linked up with domestic manufacturing giant Kagome Co. to develop a plant-based egg substitute for a new omurice dish. Dubbed “Ever Egg”, the component is made from vegetables and legumes which…
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SuperMeat Announces New Partnership With Ajinomoto To Accelerate Cultivated Meat Commercialisation

Amy Buxton Mar 14, 2022

Israeli foodtech SuperMeat, whose cultivated chicken a food expert called indistinguishable from the animal version, has announced a strategic partnership with Japanese food giant Ajinomoto. The two plan to work together to speed up and…
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Stämm Biotech Secures $17 Million For Desktop Sized Bioreactors

Amy Buxton Mar 14, 2022

Buenos Aires-based Stämm Biotech recently closed a $17 million Series A round to scale its 3-D printing bioreactors aimed at the global cultivated meat sector. This brings the startup’s funding to $20 million. The new investment will be…
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Arkeon Biotechnologies Nets More Than $7 Million in Oversubscribed Seed Raise For CO2 Protein

Amy Buxton Mar 14, 2022

Vienna-based Arkeon Biotechnologies has announced the closure of an oversubscribed seed round. The startup secured more than $7 million in the raise, which Square One Foods, Synthesis Capital and ReGen Ventures participated in. Investment…
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London’s Biggest Burger King Restaurant Is Going Fully Vegan For One Month Starting Today

Amy Buxton Mar 14, 2022

Fast-food giant Burger King U.K. is converting its Leicester Square branch into a 100% plant-based restaurant, from today, March 14 for an entire month. The entire 25-item menu, which includes the world famous Whopper, as well as a…
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Seoul Office of Education Pledges To Teach Food Ecology In Response To Worsening Climate Crisis

Amy Buxton Mar 13, 2022

Building on its introduction of eco-friendly free school meals in 2011, the Seoul Office of Education is implementing new initiatives in South Korea. Major improvements include increasing the number of vegetarian meals on offer, alongside…
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The US Is About To Get Its First-Ever All-Vegan Cooking Competition TV Series

Amy Buxton Mar 12, 2022

Peeled, the first vegan-only culinary competition for U.S. broadcast is currently in production. The show will be ‘cooking up compassion’ instead of meat and is predicted to make its debut this summer. The production is spearheaded by…
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Perfeggt Scoops $4 Million To Become Europe’s ‘Number One Egg Brand’

Amy Buxton Mar 11, 2022

Berlin-based vegan egg maker Perfeggt has revealed that new investors have joined its pre-seed funding round and brought the total raised to $4 million. Urania Ventures, Atomico Angel Fund and Foodspring have been named, amongst numerous…
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Groundbreaking UN Resolution Connects Animal Welfare And Environmental Sustainability For The First Time

Amy Buxton Mar 11, 2022

The United Nations Environment Assembly has adopted a resolution linking animal welfare to sustainability for the first time. The Animal Welfare – Environment – Sustainable Development Nexus resolution was accepted earlier this month after…
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Impossible Foods vs Motif Foodworks: Another Lawsuit To Hit The Alt-Protein Industry As Competition Heats Up

Amy Buxton Mar 11, 2022

Impossible Foods and Motif Foodworks are the latest plant-based meat manufacturers to be meeting in court. The former has filed a lawsuit accusing Motif of IP infringement, connected to its patented ‘heme’ ingredient. Impossible is seeking…
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Australian Consumers Not Confused By Plant-Based Foods, New Study Concludes

Amy Buxton Mar 11, 2022

A new study from the Institute for Sustainable Futures (ISF) has determined that Australians know exactly what they are eating when they buy plant-based foods. The research is a first for the University of Technology Sydney offshoot. It…
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President Xi References China’s Alt-Protein Sector In National Food Security Speech

Amy Buxton Mar 10, 2022

In a historic first, China’s President Xi Jinping has referenced alternative proteins in a speech during which he underlined his support for domestic food innovation. Speaking at a meeting with agricultural, social welfare and social…
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