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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.

South Africa’s Mzansi Meat To Debut Africa’s First-Ever Cultivated Meat Beef Burger

Amy Buxton Mar 10, 2022

Mzansi Meat, the African continent's first cellular agriculture startup, has announced that it has successfully produced a cultivated beef burger after two years of research and development. The burger will make its debut was made at a…
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Mexico’s Micro Meat Launches To Offer Cultivated Meat Manufacturers A New Way To Scale

Amy Buxton Mar 10, 2022

Micro Meat, Mexico's first cultivated meat startup, Micro Meat, has launched to offer key foundational tech for the growing cellular agriculture industry. The startup, which is based in Monterrey and co-founded by a tissue engineer and a…
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Asian Food & Biotech Giant Joins Forces With Korean Startup To Build Cultivated Meat Cell Line Production

Amy Buxton Mar 10, 2022

One of Asia’s largest food and biotech companies, CJ CheilJedang, is entering the cultivated meat industry in partnership with KCell Biosciences, a startup focused on cell culture media. The companies will construct a cell culture media…
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New Zealand’s Sunfed Launches New ‘Bull-Free’ Plant-Based Diced Beef

Amy Buxton Mar 10, 2022

Sunfed has added a new raw beef analogue to its growing portfolio of realistic plant-based meat products. The prime diced beef development is the latest unprocessed offering that the company claims sets the company apart from many other…
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6 Small Lifestyle Changes Could Be Enough To Mitigate The Climate Crisis, New Study Suggests

Amy Buxton Mar 10, 2022

People in affluent countries can contribute to halting the climate crisis by making six lifestyle changes, a new study has found. Research was conducted by Leeds University, with findings being verified by engineering firm Arup and the C40…
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Upside Foods Opens Its Doors for ‘EPIC’ Consumer Tours About The Future Of Meat

Amy Buxton Mar 9, 2022

California’s Upside Foods, which has pioneered cultivated meat in the U.S, has announced that it is inviting consumers to tour around its Engineering, Production, and Innovation Center (EPIC) in Emeryville as a way to educate the public…
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Vivera Debuts Plant-Based Salmon Fillet That Costs Less Than The Real Thing

Amy Buxton Mar 9, 2022

JBS-owned Vivera has revealed a new vegan salmon analogue that the company says mimics the flavour, fattiness and flaky texture of real salmon in response to a ‘lack of plant-based fish alternatives’ currently in circulation in the…
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Nestlé Announces New $73 Million Serbian Production Facility For Plant-Based Garden Gourmet Brand

Amy Buxton Mar 9, 2022

Nestlé has revealed it will be opening a new production plant in Serbia. The $73 million facility is in progress, with the first phase of construction reportedly already complete. The new site will be 18,440 square metres and within easy…
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Fungi-Based Startups Meati Foods And The Better Meat Co Intensify Legal Dispute

Amy Buxton Mar 9, 2022

Two fungi-based alternative meat manufacturers are accusing each other of legal transgressions. Colorado-based Meati Foods, founded in 2015, claims that a former employee went to work for California’s The Better Meat Co, founded in 2018,…
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Finless Foods Nets $34 Million Series B Funding for Plant-Based and Cultivated Tuna

Amy Buxton Mar 9, 2022

Californian alternative seafood startup Finless Foods has closed a $34 million funding round ahead of specialist facilities construction. The round was led by Hanwha Solutions, with Dainichi Group, At One Ventures and Sustainable Ocean…
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Goodmylk Acquires PRO2FIT To ‘Make Plant-Based Nutrition Accessible To Everybody’

Amy Buxton Mar 8, 2022

Indian plant-based dairy startup Goodmylk has acquired domestic nutrition brand PRO2FIT. The two have cited a shared vision of food security and plant-based goodness for all as the foundation for the merger. Making sustainable food choices…
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Impossible Foods Partners With Kroger To Develop New Private Label Meat Substitutes

Amy Buxton Mar 8, 2022

Kroger has announced a new strategic partnership with Impossible Foods that will see the two companies work together to create a line of proprietary meat substitutes for sale within the retail giant’s numerous locations. Kroger, the…
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Deliveroo Hong Kong Unveils HK$2M Sustainable Packaging Solution To Help Restaurants Go Zero-Waste

Amy Buxton Mar 8, 2022

Deliveroo HK is taking steps to reduce food packaging waste generated by its restaurant partners. The delivery giant is investing HK$2 million to incentivise a scheme that will encourage restaurants to use plastic-free packaging for their…
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The 6 Best Sustainable Maternity Brands Offering Comfort and Style

Amy Buxton Mar 7, 2022

Comfort is key when carrying a baby, so it can be hard to retain your consumer ethics when all you want is that perfect pair of slouchy harem trousers. Suddenly, a sponsored advert pops up on social media, showing exactly what you want,…
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Bad Vegan, Good Watching: Netflix’s New True Crime Documentary Shines A Light On Sarma Melngailis’ Fall From Grace

Amy Buxton Mar 7, 2022

Netflix has unveiled a new four-part series looking at a controversial figure from the restaurant industry. The latest in its collection of true crime stories, "Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives" tracks the case of Sarma Melngailis,…
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Chef José Andrés Sets Up World Central Kitchen Pop-Ups To Feed Refugees Fleeing From Ukraine

Amy Buxton Mar 7, 2022

Good Meat board member and plant-forward chef José Andrés has mobilised his non-profit World Central Kitchen (WCK) platform. Setting up on the Ukraine-Poland border, the organisation is primed to make and distribute countless meals to…
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Lypid Bags $4 Million In Seed Funding For Vegan Meat Fat Scale-Up Investigation

Amy Buxton Mar 7, 2022

Californian food tech startup Lypid has scored $4 million in a seed funding raise to scale their vegan fat. Green Generation Fund led the round, with Big Idea Ventures and SOSV’s Indie Bio participating, amongst others. New investment will…
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IPCC Report Leaves No Doubt As To Importance Of Alt Protein In The Fight Against Climate Change

Amy Buxton Mar 7, 2022

In a newly published statement, the Good Food Institute (GFI) Europe has outlined the role plant-based and cultivated meats have to play in future food security based on inclusion in the just-released IPCC report. The GFI declaration is…
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Circular Economy

Circular Economy Platform ‘Re’ Secures $4 Million To Open To All Cosmetics Brands And Retailers

Amy Buxton Mar 6, 2022

Re is a circular economy platform founded around the principle of reusing items and recieved £3 million to bring their system to more retailers. Re was launched by Beauty Kitchen to stop the influx of single-use plastic in the beauty…
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Trolling This Vegan Food Company Just Became Its Favourite Free Marketing Resource

Amy Buxton Mar 5, 2022

VFC, a UK-based vegan fried chick*n brand has taken marketing to a new level. Instead of creating new campaigns with activism at their core, as they usually do, the company has curated the wording of some of its harshest critics. Using…
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Evo Foods Debuts “World’s First” Heat Stable Vegan Boiled Egg

Amy Buxton Mar 4, 2022

Mumbai startup Evo Foods has added a new product to its plant-based egg portfolio, a heat-stable plant-based boiled egg that follows on from their mungbean liquid whole egg substitute which was unveiled last year. Similarly, the new…
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