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EY Report Suggests Strong Growth For Plant-Based But Industry Faces Key Challenges
A new report commissioned by plant-based body Protein Industries Canada (PIC) has found that the global vegan market shows great potential over the next decade. But while Canada's own alt-meat consumption has increased, major industry!-->…
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Stone Fruit Kernel Milk: Austrian Startup Lands €12M Series A, Eyes US Launch in 2025
Austrian food tech startup Kern Tec, which upcycles stone fruit pits into plant-based dairy alternatives, has raised €12M in a Series A funding round. The brand's co-founder Luca Fichtinger tells Green Queen that it aims to scale up!-->…
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Climate-Conscious German Consumers Say They Want More Plant-Based Products in Supermarkets – New Poll
Over a fifth of German consumers (21%) believe the range of plant-based alternatives to animal products available in grocery stores is too small, according to a new survey. In fact, a higher number of options would lead to 29% buying more!-->…
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Carbon Offsets: A Nice Climate Fairytale That Hasn’t Panned Out
Many businesses use carbon offsetting as a way to bring down their emissions totals and mitigate their environmental impact, but a slew of recent investigations into the practice have found that offsets are deeply flawed and not doing what!-->…
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France U-Turns on Factory Farming, Calls for Cheaper Meat
Two weeks after proposing an unprecedented labelling ban on meat-related terms for plant-based alternatives, France is now promoting a pro-factory farming agenda by calling for the production of cheaper meat and 'taking back the market!-->…
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Plant-Powered Politics Q&A: Can Europe Shift to a Plant-Based Food System?
Five European organisations have come together to suggest 11 measures that can unlock the region's transition towards a plant-based food system, in a new report titled Plant-Powered Politics. In conversation with Green Queen, the coalition!-->…
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Greenwashing Risk: 64% of Agrifood Companies Have No Regenerative Agriculture Targets – New Report
While a majority of the food and retail sector's giants believe regenerative agriculture can be a solution to the climate crisis, 64% of them have not put targets in place to achieve these ambitions, according to a new study. Meanwhile,!-->…
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Cell-Based Blueberries, Anyone? What is Lab-Grown Fruit, and Is It a Food Security Solution?
With climate change threatening crop growth and food security in many places, scientists are hoping to create lab-grown fruit with usually discarded parts of fruits, like apple cores and orange peels. While the process is some years away!-->…
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Taste the ‘Carbon’ Difference: The Problem with Sainsbury’s Lower-Carbon Beef
UK retailer Sainsbury's has launched a lower-carbon beef from its premium Taste the Difference line, a few weeks after US company Tyson Foods began retailing a USDA-approved “climate-friendly product as part of its Brazen Beef!-->…
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This Shanghai Startup Says It’s Getting Closer To ‘Cost-Effective Mass Production of Cultivated Fish’
Shanghai-based agtech firm CellX has announced the successful trial of its first 200-litre fish cell pilot production, marking an important step towards its industrial application of cultivated seafood products. It comes a month after the!-->…
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The EPA Rejected Calls for Tougher Water Pollution Regulations at US Factory Farms – Now, It’s Being Sued
Last month, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) denied a 2017 petition calling for stricter water pollution regulations for factory farms. The agency formed a research committee to recommend solutions in a process that could last!-->…
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Goodbye, Leather: Apple Ditches Luxury Material for Eco-Friendly Woven Fabric Alternative
In its annual September event, Apple announced it's ending the use of leather from all its products – including Apple Watch bands and iPhone cases – to meet its 2030 carbon neutrality target. While it remains tight-lipped on what its!-->…
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From Meat to Plants: Global Diet Shift Can Cut Emissions By a Third and Halt Deforestation
Replacing 50% of our meat and dairy intake with plant-based alternatives by 2050 could result in significant climate benefits, reducing agricultural and land-use emissions by 31% and halting the destruction of forest and natural land,!-->…
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COP28 Will Be First Food-Centric UN Climate Summit with Alt-Protein, Sustainable Diets on the Agenda
COP28 made headlines last month when it announced it will serve mostly plant-based food – it signposts the increased focus on food systems at this year's UN climate summit (November 30 to December 12), in contrast to years past. In!-->…
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Exclusive: Mycelium Startup Unveils ‘EU-First’ Whole-Muscle Cut Chicken Breast
Months after introducing its mushroom bacon to the Spanish market, Barcelona-based Libre Foods has announced it will be launching the EU's first mycelium-based whole-muscle chicken breast. The brand hopes to commercialise the vegan chicken!-->…
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Meat Dishes Dominate Recipe Sections of Mainstream Media, from NYT to BBC & The Guardian – New Report
A new report by the Better Food Foundation and Sentient Media analyzed eight news outlets – four each in the UK and the US – and found that five have recipe sections dominated by meat-based dishes. In an effort to find the link between!-->…
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Single-Use Paper Cups for Coffee Can Be as Toxic as Plastic Cups, Finds New Study
Single-use paper cups for coffee may not be as eco-friendly as you think, as they still contain a thin coating of plastic that can leach chemicals into water and harm aquatic animals, according to a new study. Researchers found that coffee!-->…
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Eco Fashion Platform Releases Documentary Celebrating Singapore’s Sustainable Fashion Space
Singaporean design discovery platform Zerrin's new documentary, 'The State of Sustainable Fashion in Singapore', spotlights local creatives and thought leaders advocating for a more responsible fashion industry. We spoke to Zerrin founder!-->…
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Leonardo DiCaprio-Backed Mosa Meat Becomes World’s First B Corp Cultivated Meat Company, Eyes Regulatory Approval
Dutch cultivated meat pioneer Mosa Meat has announced that it has become the first cultivated meat company in the world to attain B Corp certification, in what the company calls a significant milestone for its sustainability commitments.!-->…
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Climate Change: 2°C Rise in Global Temperatures Could Lead to A Billion Human Deaths
If global temperatures reach 2°C above pre-industrial levels by 2100, it could lead to the one billion deaths, a new study has found. Researchers add that the richest humans would mostly be responsible for the climate-change-related deaths!-->…
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Everything You Need to Know About Vegan Wine: The Filtration Process, Labelling & Consumer Demand
What is vegan wine, and why isn't all wine vegan? How is it made, and how many wines are vegan? Do people actually want it? We answer all these questions and more.
It may seem silly, but if you're vegan, you may need to ask some!-->!-->!-->…
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