AFN Sustainable Protein

JUNE 1, 2017

Sam Kass has had a varied career, starting out life as a chef, working for the Obamas before Barack’s presidency, later advising President Obama on nutrition policy when they moved into the White House, and launching the Let’s Move! campaign with Michelle Obama. Now, he’s turned his attention to venture capital, leaving Washington D.C for New York City where he is a partner at Acre Venture Partners , a food & agriculture technology investment firm.

Agriculture 52

Agriculture Innovation Technology Climate change 52

Climate-KIC

MAY 31, 2017

Are freight companies about to get control of their carbon footprint? Could cheap hydrogen support German and Italian buses? And what does Barack Obama think about sustainable land use? This, and more, in the week’s ten biggest climate innovation stories. 1. Packaging food with food to reduce waste A growing number of entrepreneurs and researchers […].

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Innovation Packaging Waste Waste 40

Vote Solar

MAY 31, 2017

WASHINGTON, D.C.?—?Developed and supported by a broad coalition of energy advocates across the United States, the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and Vote Solar released a set of principles today intended to help guide and unify future state-level solar rate advocacy work. Principles for the Evolution of Net Energy Metering and Rate Design provides a consensus view for regulators and stakeholders actively involved in the compensation for distributed solar generation.

Solar Energy Monitor 40

Solar Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 40

AFN Sustainable Protein

JUNE 1, 2017

Sam Kass has had a varied career, starting out life as a chef, working for the Obamas before Barack’s presidency, later advising President Obama on nutrition policy when they moved into the White House, and launching the Let’s Move! campaign with Michelle Obama. Now, he’s turned his attention to venture capital, leaving Washington D.C for New York City where he is a partner at Acre Venture Partners , a food & agriculture technology investment firm.

Agriculture 52

Agriculture Innovation Technology Climate change 52

Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions

In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets.

Energy

Climate-KIC

MAY 30, 2017

A project dealing with concentrated brine disposal and a dye-sensitised solar cell project are the winners at an EU Green Awards ceremony in Brussels this week (30 May), part of EU Green Week. Fifteen project nominees were selected across three categories of climate action, environment, and nature and biodiversity, and were made up of the […].

Biodiversity 40

Biodiversity 40

AFN Sustainable Protein

JUNE 1, 2017

Brad Farmerie is executive chef at Saxon + Parole , a Michelin-starred lower manhattan eatery and bar. His first restaurant Public , which earned him two James Beard Awards and a Michelin Star, will close its doors this weekend. Farmerie is one of the handful of chefs serving up the famed Impossible Burger , a plant-based burger that reportedly cooks, tastes, and bleeds like beef.

Fashion 52

Fashion Innovation Demand Sustainability 52

AFN Sustainable Protein

MAY 31, 2017

When the lab-grown meat industry is fully mature, production facilities will look very similar to breweries, according to Michael Selden, cofounder of Finless Foods , an early-stage cultured fish startup. Lab-grown meat, or cultured meat — not to be confused with the plant-based meat alternatives consistently making headlines for cooking, tasting and bleeding like meat — is the result of cellular agriculture.

Meat alternatives 52

Meat alternatives Agriculture Retail Startups 52

AFN Sustainable Protein

MAY 31, 2017

When the lab-grown meat industry is fully mature, production facilities will look very similar to breweries, according to Michael Selden, cofounder of Finless Foods , an early-stage cultured fish startup. Lab-grown meat, or cultured meat — not to be confused with the plant-based meat alternatives consistently making headlines for cooking, tasting and bleeding like meat — is the result of cellular agriculture.

Meat alternatives 52

Meat alternatives Agriculture Retail Startups 52