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Carbon-negative snack company AKUA offers kelp jerky and pasta

AGreenLiving

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?’ Kelp is also able to naturally remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, mitigating rising temperatures and climate change.

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Beans over burgers: Why the National Food Strategy should focus on natural ingredients over fake meats

Business Green

This week a campaign group of food industry founders, including Pipers Farm, Arthur Potts-Dawson and Doug McMaster are calling on the government to think carefully about its strategy for meat alternatives. Plant-based meats, meanwhile, have been shown in some studies to generate the same carbon emissions as chicken.

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Investigation: How the Meat Industry is Climate-Washing its Polluting Business Model

DeSmogBlog

In February last year, the head of a leading global meat industry body gave a “pep talk” to his colleagues at an Australian agriculture conference. Huang’s speech points to an industry nervous about its role in a carbon-constrained future.

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Could just three policy levers trigger a global cascade of climate action?

Business Green

As many commentators have noted, there is no silver bullet for tackling carbon emissions. So it stands to reason that, focusing decarbonisation efforts on just a handful of these carbon intensive sectors could make an outsized impact to the global transition to net zero.

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