DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

The UN describes the health and environmental implications of consuming animal products as “complex” and works to ensure that low-income groups have access to animal-based foods but argues that other, wealthier populations need to eat less of them. Meat producers’ fears about the rise of alternatives is understandable.

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Business Green

JULY 29, 2020

Venture investments in plant-based proteins have already reached $1.1bn in 2020, double that of the whole of last year. The global alternative protein market is expected to grow to $17.9bn by 2025. In total, the research finds, seven of these 15 retailers now sell, or plan to sell, plant-based meat alternatives.

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Business Green

JANUARY 27, 2020

BusinessGreen takes a look at what businesses in a range of industries - from fishing to financial services - can do to develop an effective SDG14 strategy and better support the health of the world's marine ecosystems. Shift perspective on the seas. As fish stocks have plummeted, so has the profitability of the commercial fishing industry.

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EDF + Business

JANUARY 7, 2020

In fact, dollar sales of plant-based products are growing double digits across the country, and you can now find meat alternatives in Burger King, White Castle and Carl’s Jr, among other chains. For the vast majority of consumers, increasing plant-based protein consumption is not about the rejection of traditional animal protein.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

OCTOBER 5, 2017

Answering other consumer demands for nutritional value and health foods, other startups in the innovative food category are manufacturing novel ingredients such as algae, novel supplements with custom nutritional profiles for women and children, and replacements for unhealthy and less popular ingredients such as sugar. Insect-based foods.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

OCTOBER 5, 2017

Answering other consumer demands for nutritional value and health foods, other startups in the innovative food category are manufacturing novel ingredients such as algae, novel supplements with custom nutritional profiles for women and children, and replacements for unhealthy and less popular ingredients such as sugar. Insect-based foods.

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Greentown Labs

MAY 18, 2021

Impactful Health R&D (Nova Scotia, Canada) is developing sustainable active packaging to prolong the shelf life of fresh fish. This approach can increase return on investment for the entire value chain, while reducing organic waste and plastics pollution.

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EDF + Business

JANUARY 7, 2020

In fact, dollar sales of plant-based products are growing double digits across the country, and you can now find meat alternatives in Burger King, White Castle and Carl’s Jr, among other chains. The post Plant-based foods are booming, but we need sustainable meat, too. Collaborations are helping companies meet their goals.

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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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AFN Sustainable Protein

JULY 24, 2019

Similar assumptions are often made when considering economies of scale: more investment means more production means cost-reduction. . While sales of plant-based meat increased 23% from 2018, the actual volume of plant-based meat on the market still makes up a minuscule one-fifth of one percent of the entire meat industry.

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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.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

Editor’s Note: Rob Leclerc is a Founding Partner at venture capital firm AgFunder where he co-leads the investment team with Founding Partner Michael Dean. Second is the emergence of a more conscious consumer concerned about health, climate change, the environment, and animal welfare.

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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.

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Business Green

APRIL 23, 2020

Late last year, Quorn, the world's biggest meat alternative brand, started putting 'farm to shop' carbon footprint data on packs of its top selling 30 products. They are used to having accurate data at their fingertips in order to facilitate decision-making, such as health data on their phone or watch.

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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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Business Green

MAY 21, 2020

She further argues there is "a big scientific difference of opinion" on the issue, citing as an example work by Professor Michael Lee from Rothamsted Research, who has argued livestock is unfairly castigated by the anti-meat lobby for its greenhouse gas impact , and in fact plays a key role in maintaining soil health. "If

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Business Green

MARCH 20, 2020

Norwegian CCS R&D hub, Technology Center Mongstad (TCM) has signed a contract with OGCI Climate Investments - the $1bn investment fund from the industry-backed Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI) - to test carbon capture technology at TCM's facilities from March 2020.

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