Business Green

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

"Our current food system is a double edged sword - shaped by decades of the 'cheaper food' paradigm, aimed at producing more food, quickly and cheaply without taking into account the hidden costs to biodiversity and its life-supporting services - and to our own health," argues Susan Gardner, director of UNEP's ecosystems division.

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Business Green

JULY 29, 2020

Back in Europe, Unilever has built a $94m innovation centre in the Netherlands. Housing 500 employees, it focuses on plant-based innovations for brands like Hellman's and Knorr. In total, the research finds, seven of these 15 retailers now sell, or plan to sell, plant-based meat alternatives.

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Greentown Labs

MAY 18, 2021

May 18, 2021 — Greentown Labs , the largest climatetech startup incubator in North America, and Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation (MCHC) have selected six startups for the KAITEKI Challenge that are innovating in the areas of alternative proteins, plastics, and packaging. Somerville, Mass.,

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Business Green

DECEMBER 20, 2020

The plant-based meat and dairy market is expected to balloon over the years to come, as consumers increasingly seek to reduce the environmental impact of their diet while tapping the health benefits related to reducing meat consumption. Obviously, it will take time before [algae] will be the next burger," Verkuil says.

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

The rise of fake meat With all of this in mind, it’s no wonder that food scientists have been investing copious research and development time, money and energy into finding meat alternatives. Some have already been around for decades, while new alternatives are consistently hitting the market.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 22, 2020

In recent years, seaweed has been quite a catch for health-conscious consumers, in turn, making kelp, a brown macroalgae, one of the more in-demand types of seaweed offerings. That made me think, ‘Wow, what if we could create a line of meat alternative products from one of the most sustainable sources of food on the planet?’

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AFN Sustainable Protein

OCTOBER 10, 2019

(If you include seafood in your definition of meat — jury out over here at AgFunder! T he CEO of major meat alternative producer Monde Nissin, Henry Soesanto , also invested alongside Chinese agri-foodtech VC Bits x Bites, Tyson Ventures, and Manta Ray Ventures, a UK-based venture capital firm. ” Fatty focus.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

We anticipate that many consumers will shift to animal-free food products if those products begin to meet or exceed their animal-based alternatives on key areas like cost, taste, functionality, convenience, and health. Particularly among millennials, Gen Z, and parents. Questions or comments, email us at funds@agfunder.com.

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AGreenLiving

AUGUST 27, 2020

Applying science and healthcare principles to soil wellness can help our planet Poornima Param… Thu, 08/27/2020 – 01:00 Basic human health principles tell us that we should diagnose before we treat and that we should test before we diagnose. Undoubtedly, soil is foundational to human life, yet we know very little about the soil itself.

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