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The Danish government has unveiled its first national action plan aimed at shifting the country toward a more plant-based food system. The plan, which was released by the Ministry of Food, Agriculture, and Fisheries of Denmark, is part of a political agricultural agreement from 2021 [...]

Congratulations to our portfolio company, Kern Tec, who raised €12 million ($12.8 million) in a Series A funding round to scale technology that turns food waste into food ingredients. The funds will help Kern Tec in scaling the production and commercialization of its sustainable ingredients [...]

Lidl Germany announced that it will price almost all of its own-brand vegan products under the Vemondo range at equal levels to their animal-based counterparts and will position these vegan products alongside their animal-based counterparts in all of its 3,250+ stores. The move is part [...]

GOOD Meat, the cultivated meat division of our portfolio company Eat Just, Inc., announced that a group of leading Islamic scholars advised that real meat made from cells, without raising and slaughtering animals can be considered halal if production meets certain criteria. This approval is [...]

Mosa Meat are now B Corp Certified, demonstrating their dedication to the mission to reshape our global food system and commitment to a higher standard of responsibility. To achieve B Corp™ Certification businesses must be assessed on performance, accountability, and transparency in their social and [...]

A cultivated chicken cell line has met kosher standards for the first time, after the world’s largest kosher certification body (OU Kosher) recognized cultivated meat as both kosher and meat. The recognition followed extensive halachic discussions (relating to Jewish religious laws) and scientific reviews, where [...]

Eat Just, Inc, the U.S-based company whose product JUST Egg leads in the plant-based egg space, has secured fresh funding from non-profit and long-term supporters, VegInvest/ Ahimsa Foundation. The president Ahimsa Foundation, which is focused on supporting companies that help remove animals from the food [...]

The Alternative Proteins Innovation and Knowledge Centre will focus on both emerging technologies and cutting-edge research in the sector. It comes as a recent Good Food Institute Europe report highlighted the need for the UK to invest in sustainable protein innovation and keep pace with [...]

Leading US plant-based food companies are said to be forming a marketing coalition to fight back against negative media coverage and targeted ads from big agricultural corporations. The group, including start-ups and larger corporations, is planned to launch in 2024 and will be similar to [...]

AgBiome’s Theia fungicide was selected as the “Pest Management Solution of the Year” in the 2023 AgTech Breakthrough Awards. Theia fungicide, a robust and broad-spectrum biological crop protection tool for a variety of foliar and soilborne diseases, is AgBiome’s second crop protection product to come [...]

Nutritious, plant-based chicken company Rebellyous Foods has expanded its reach, as more and more schools are choosing its products over their animal-based counterparts. This increased traction is part of a growing school movement in the U.S, with more students stating a clear preference for the [...]

July 2023 saw the hottest three-week period ever recorded and the three hottest days on record, leading scientists from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the European Commission’s Copernicus Climate Change Service to describe conditions as “rather remarkable and unprecedented.” Similarly in our oceans, temperatures [...]

Israel-based cultivated meat company, Aleph Farms announced it has begun the regulatory approval process to commercialize their premium ‘Angus-style’ thin cultivated steak in Switzerland, making it the first-ever submission for cultivated meat in Europe. The application was submitted to the Swiss Federal Food Safety and [...]

The plant-based seafood space was an $800 million market in 2022, and is projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 5.5% from 2023 until 2032. Now, Konscious Foods launched a plant-based sushi line nationwide in Whole Foods, featuring frozen sushi, nigiri and poke [...]

New research from Oxford University shows the difference high-and low-meat diets have on greenhouse gas emissions. A big meat eater’s diet produces an average of 10.24 kg of planet-warming greenhouse gasses each day. A low meat-eater produces almost half at 5.37 kg per day. Vegan [...]

Danish fashion brand Ganni’s research and development arm (Fabrics of the Future) teamed up with premium, next-generation material company, Polybion to create a bio-leather blazer made entirely from Celium, a new material made from bacterial cellulose. Polybion’s Celium is produced in their factory in Irapuato, [...]

European governments announced a grand total of nearly half a billion euros of funding to develop sustainable proteins, according to new figures released by the Good Food Institute (GFI) in their annual State of Global Policy report. Governments across Europe are expanding their reasons for investing in sustainable [...]

After announcing their revolutionary new tech last year, Austria-based biotech startup, Arkeon has set up a new pilot production facility to convert CO2 into functional ingredients. The new facility expands Arkeon’s existing infrastructure with a 150L bioreactor system, that will improve their processes and set [...]

Swedish alternative meat brand, Oumph! launched a plant-based smash burger made from peas and fava beans, capturing all the classic elements of a smash burger, such as juiciness, flavor and crispiness. Co-founder, Anders Linden, said, “there are approximately 800 plant-based burgers on the European market, and [...]