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Nathalie Kientz Ibanez is Hong Kong based mother of two young kids who hails from Paris. A Low Waste Living Activist, Nathalie is committed to raising awareness about the impact our modern lifestyle choices have on our planet and to help people transform daily rituals into conscious choices. On her Instagram page @Respectful_living and website, she shares simple tips, thoughts and safe alternatives to products we use every day as individuals and as a family.

Climate Change

How Do You Parent in a Climate Crisis? Bridget Shirvell Has Some Ideas

Sonalie Figueiras Feb 18, 2025

Bridget Shirvell, author of Parenting in A Climate Crisis – which grew out of her eponymous newsletter – talks raising eco-conscious children, making the food-climate connection, and the importance of going outside. SF: How did you end…
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Future Foods

RFK Jr Confirmation: Food Tech Winners & Losers

Anay Mridul Feb 14, 2025

Donald Trump's pick for Health & Human Services Secretary has been confirmed. From cultivated meat to methane vaccines, how will food tech fare over the next four years? It took a while, but Donald Trump got his man. Robert F…
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Funding News

Food & Climate Tech Funding: Trends, Challenges & Opportunities

Anay Mridul Feb 11, 2025

Food and climate tech investors remained cautious with their cash in 2024, as funding for alternative protein dipped, investments failed to align with emissions impact, and women founders were sidelined yet again. The venture sector is…
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Alt Dairy

Our 2025 Future Food Trends are Here: Climate Commodities, Infant Nutrition, Disruptive Pet Food, Personalised Gut Health & More

Sonalie Figueiras Jan 8, 2025

A tech investor asked me what the bright areas in food tech are, and here's what I said. This will be my fifth set of food tech predictions. I started in 2021 with alternative proteins, then went broader. Here’s 2024’s list, and 2023…
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Climate Change

COP29 Digest, Vol 1: Everything You Need to Know in Food and Climate News Today

Anay Mridul Nov 12, 2024

Welcome to #COP29 – watch the opening ceremony here. In our Green Queen COP29 Digest, our editorial team curates the must-reads, the must-bookmarks and the must-knows from around the interwebs to help you ‘skim the overwhelm’. It’s…
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Future Foods

Q+A w/ ADM’s Ana Yaluff: ‘Sustainability Is The Foundation Of Our Purpose As A Company’

Sonalie Figueiras Nov 11, 2024

The company's Director of Sustainability talks to Green Queen about working towards a more sustainable food and ag value chain in Asia Pacific. Earlier this year, ADM, a global leader in innovative solutions…
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Funding News

Blue Horizon: Why The Food Tech Investor Gave Up Fund Management To Build a Giga Protein Factory in The Desert

Anay Mridul Oct 14, 2024

Leading future food industry investor Blue Horizon is pivoting from fund management to manufacturing, starting with a Giga Protein Factory in the Arabian desert. Here's why. Just over a year ago, alternative protein fund leader Blue…
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Alt Protein

French Cultivated Foie Gras Maker Gourmey Files for Regulatory Approval in EU

Anay Mridul Jul 26, 2024

French cultivated foie gras startup Gourmey has become the first cultivated meat company to apply for regulatory approval in the EU, with dossiers also filed in four other markets. Gourmey has applied for regulatory approval of its…
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Zero Waste

CHOMP & TMS Founders Carla Martinesi & Krystal Lai on Tackling Food Waste in Hong Kong

Sonalie Figueiras May 22, 2024

Two food waste warriors let us in on their efforts to turn surplus food into a sustainable dining experience in a city that throws out over a million tonnes of food each year. Hong Kong may be known as Asia's World City, a melting pot…
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Alt Protein

Singaporean Cultivated Seafood Startups Umami Bioworks and Shiok Meats Announce Merger

Anay Mridul Mar 12, 2024

In a major shift in the cultivated seafood space, Singaporean startups Umami Bioworks and Shiok Meats have announced plans to merge. Once finalised, Umami Bioworks CEO Mihir Pershad will lead the combined entity, and Shiok Meats CEO…
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Future Foods

The Power Plate: Why Women Should Lead Food Industry Disruption – My Ask for IWD 2024

Sonalie Figueiras Mar 8, 2024

In her OpEd for International Women's Day, Green Queen's founding editor Sonalie Figueiras has an ask: If we're going to disrupt food systems, let's make sure women are in charge. Women control most household food purchasing decisions…
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Health

Supergut’s Marc Washington is Meeting The Moment: ‘We’re Very Much Here for the Ozempic Era’

Anay Mridul Feb 14, 2024

Marc Washington, CEO of superfood brand Supergut, speaks to Green Queen about riding the Ozempic wave, the importance of prebiotic fibre, boosting GLP-1, and formulating plant-based products. For Marc Washington, it was a…
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Alt Dairy

Nestlé Debuts Orgain Better Whey, Its First Animal-Free Protein Powder

Sonalie Figueiras Feb 11, 2024

Swiss multinational Nestlé SA has debuted its first precision fermentation dairy protein powder, an animal-free and lactose-free whey isolate product dubbed Better Whey under the Orgain brand, which it acquired a majority stake in back in…
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Alt Protein

Opinion: Future Food Tech Funding Needs A Complete Overhaul

Sonalie Figueiras Jan 29, 2024

Funding future food innovations is crucial. As traditional VCs look elsewhere, it's for the sector to welcome new and diverse sources of investment, from blended capital to redeemable equity. By Sonalie Figueiras, founding editor at…
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Interviews

Andre Menezes on Leaving TiNDLE, His Proudest Achievement & What Plant-Based Brands Can Do Better

Sonalie Figueiras Jan 10, 2024

An interview with former TiNDLE Foods CEO Andre Menezes, who stepped down from the company in late December, about his biggest learnings from his rocketship journey. Just before the winter holidays, plant-based chicken startup TiNDLE…
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Alt Protein

2024 Food Trends Unveiled: Our Expert Predictions for a Sustainable Food Revolution

Sonalie Figueiras Jan 4, 2024

From the Ozempic effect to climate-conscious parents, here's what Green Queen founding editor Sonalie Figueiras predicts will be the major future food trends of 2024. Yesterday, I wrote about how I did with my 2023 predictions because…
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Alt Protein

Year in Review: Looking Back at Green Queen’s 2023 Food Trend Predictions

Sonalie Figueiras Jan 3, 2024

Stay tuned for my 2024 food trend predictions, out first thing tomorrow. I've been doing these for many years now and I love thinking about how I think the industry will evolve, what is needed and what trends will play a big role. As…
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Alt Protein

Green Queen in Conversation: Cultivated Meat Pioneers – Uma Valeti of Upside Foods

Sonalie Figueiras Dec 16, 2023

The below conversation is the transcript of the sixth and final episode of the podcast miniseries Green Queen in Conversation: Cultivated Meat Pioneers featuring Uma Valeti, CEO and co-founder of Upside Foods interviewed by show host…
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Climate Change

COP28: Every Major Food Sytems Announcement & Funding Pledge from the UN Climate Conference

Sonalie Figueiras Dec 15, 2023

The number of policy recommendations and funding announcements at COP28 was overwhelming. Here's a list of all the major food outcomes to help you digest it all. "Everything that makes campaigning against fossil fuels difficult is 10…
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Vegan

Turkey vs Nut Roast: We Calculate The Climate Impact of Your Christmas Dinner

Anay Mridul Dec 15, 2023

Nut Roast or Turkey with Trimmings? Which is better for the planet? To find out, Green Queen asked climate data intel startup Calyx to calculate the carbon footprint and Eco-Score of a traditional Christmas meal versus a vegan feast and…
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Alt Protein

12 Food System Insiders Share Their Takeaways From COP28

Sonalie Figueiras Dec 14, 2023

After a whirlwind of a couple of weeks, COP28 is finally over – with promises fulfilled and promises broken, often simultaneously. It was billed as the UN's first food-focused climate summit, but did it live up to the hype? Here's…
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