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2022 Decarbon8 AgTech funding round open now

E8 Cleantech Angels

E8, an impact investor community specializing in climate tech and cleantech, invites applications from early-stage companies to its 2022 Decarbon8-US funding round focused on technological solutions that advance regenerative agriculture and reduce its environmental impacts. Ag and ecosystem biotechnology (e.g. Evaluation Criteria.

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How regulations can tear down the barriers faced by the cultivated meat industry

Business Green

Callum Murray, head of agriculture and food at Innovate UK, also acknowledged the challenge the agriculture industry is facing as it seeks to deliver on net zero goals, which represents a major opportunity for cultivated meats. warming unless urgent action is taken to tackle methane-intensive foods, such as red meat.

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How farmers and seaweed can help tackle ocean pollution

Business Green

Just ask Luis Lombana, CEO of Ficosterra , a Spanish marine biotechnology company that makes fertilisers from an unexpected source: seaweed. million metric tons, according to a report from the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation. Farmers as a group don't typically embrace change. A silent killer on a massive scale.

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Gene editing could help save the planet — if scientists can avoid the typos

Grist

On Monday, the scientists studying these gene-edited cattle published a paper in the journal Nature Biotechnology explaining what happened. Department of Agriculture program to assess the risks of biotech, her team first verified that the hornless trait was being passed down through generations of cattle. Funded by a U.S.

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Study: Replacing fifth of beef in diets with fungi-based 'meat' could halve deforestation

Business Green

By switching to plant-based beef alternatives it is possible to reduce the number of cattle worldwide, which in turn cuts methane emissions from the cows themselves, as well as nitrous oxide emissions from fertilising feed or manure management, he explained. said Popp.

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? Green linings & lessons from breakthroughs #159

Climate Tech VC

⚡ Hycamite , a Kokkola, Finland-based methane pyrolysis developer, raised $28M from Sojitz Group, Stephen Industries, Finnish Climate Fund, HAI Kapital, Holdix, and Turret. Share new deals and announcements with us at hello@ctvc.co

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Eco Friendly Retail Packaging Complete Guide (Sustainable Packaging Innovations)

Green Business Bureau

In oxygen-poor environments, the material will break down into the potent greenhouse gas, methane. Mushroom packaging : Mushroom packaging is created using a process that turns agricultural waste into packaging using a matrix of mushroom roots. PHA discussed below is a better alternative.