Business Green

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Not only does it account for more than a quarter of all greenhouse gas emissions, but intensive agriculture also depletes finite resources, including water, land and forests. We believe the potential of vertical farming remains underappreciated as a solution to many problems posed by agriculture.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

OCTOBER 5, 2017

Protein-rich foods are in particular demand, and with the meat industry responsible for more than 15% of greenhouse gas emissions, innovators are finding alternative ways to give consumers what they want. Other startups in this sub-category include superfoods-focused Ambronite , whey-based Ample , and British import Huel.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

OCTOBER 5, 2017

Protein-rich foods are in particular demand, and with the meat industry responsible for more than 15% of greenhouse gas emissions, innovators are finding alternative ways to give consumers what they want. Other startups in this sub-category include superfoods-focused Ambronite , whey-based Ample , and British import Huel.

Startups 52

Startups Innovation Demand Meat alternatives 52

Business Green

OCTOBER 25, 2022

New report reveals how retailers are committed to increasing their volume of sales of meat and dairy alternatives. The report predicted that plant-based proteins and meats could reach parity with conventional meats in terms of taste, texture, and cost between 2023 and 2031.

Retail 36

Retail Meat alternatives Agriculture Innovation 36

Grist

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Technologies that capture, reuse, or lock away carbon dioxide have long seemed more like science fiction than viable ventures: Buildings that trap waste gases in their concrete bricks. ” “A couple of years ago, the state of the conversation was, is the technology real, or is it just magic? General Assembly in New York City.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 27, 2020

Today, by leveraging advancements in technology and new medical discoveries, we are able to treat and prevent diseases and enhance our quality of life, health and wellness. We need to get to know our soil if we want a science-based, data-driven agricultural ecosystem. Soil at the center . According to the Howard G.

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Soil Agriculture Health Meat alternatives 270

Energy Innovation

MARCH 8, 2023

For example, when a forest—which naturally absorbs and stores carbon dioxide as trees grow—is logged and converted to grazing or agricultural land, GHGs are released as trees decompose. Additional emissions result from tilling soils and applying fertilizers for agricultural production.

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Waste Waste Packaging Transportation 59

AGreenLiving

JANUARY 9, 2020

The Impossible Pork debuted at the recent Las Vegas CES 2020 event, renowned as the largest digital technology show worldwide. According to the Impossible Foods website, “Animal agriculture uses a tremendous amount of the world’s natural resources,” particularly land, water and energy.

Business Energy Monitoring 36

Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Agriculture Ethics 36

Business Green

MAY 21, 2020

Precisely how the agriculture sector delivers net zero emissions within 20 years, however, remains a major bone of contention in some critical areas, most obviously livestock and land use. Meat alternatives and plant-based proteins. Climate change is the challenge of our time, and I see us as a solution. Changing consumer diets.

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Soil Agriculture Climate change Government 101

DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

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. Despite this tremendous growth, forecasts indicate that the world is still far from reaching “peak meat”.

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Pollution Agriculture Carbon-negative Climate change 98

AFN Sustainable Protein

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

Wherever we look, humans have consistently built technologies that surpass their animal predecessors. Applying the latest technologies from biotech, tissue engineering, artificial intelligence, and food science, entrepreneurs are trying to create new animal-free products that are cheaper, healthier, tastier, and more sustainable.

Technology 52

Technology Agriculture Health Startups 52

AGreenLiving

JUNE 8, 2021

Overall, businesses creating all sorts of meat alternatives raised $3.1 Alternative meat, dairy and egg products make up more than half of that, at $2.1 “We want to offer people the best plant-based meat alternatives in terms of taste, texture, flavor and nutrition,” Pohl said.

Seafood 36

Seafood Startups Meat alternatives Innovation 36

Business Green

JANUARY 20, 2023

The report argues that just three policies - mandates for electric vehicle sales; mandates requiring green ammonia to be used to manufacture agricultural fertilisers; and public procurement of plant-based proteins - could have a remarkable catalysing impact on the global net zero transition.

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Policy Agriculture Carbon-negative Hydrogen 73

AGreenLiving

JULY 10, 2020

These 20 books provide insight into food access and justice in Black communities, food relief and school nutrition programs, the effects of technology on global food supply chains, the relationship between climate change and food production, and much more. Vegans and non-vegans alike will appreciate “Vegetable Kingdom.”

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Climate change Politics Biodiversity Agriculture 28

AGreenLiving

AUGUST 27, 2020

Today, by leveraging advancements in technology and new medical discoveries, we are able to treat and prevent diseases and enhance our quality of life, health and wellness. We need to get to know our soil if we want a science-based, data-driven agricultural ecosystem. According to the Howard G.

Soil 28

Soil Agriculture Health Investment 28

AFN Sustainable Protein

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Israel’s alternative meat startup Future Meat Technologies has closed a $14 million Series A round led by S2G Ventures and Swiss VC Emerald Technology Ventures. This is the second-largest round for a cultivated meat startup after Memphis Meat’s $17 million Series A. (If **UPDATED: Oct.

Technology 52

Technology Startups Meat alternatives Seafood 52

Business Green

MAY 12, 2021

The report also highlights seafood as the next frontier for alternative proteins, amid growing concern over severely over-fished oceans and dwindling marine biodiversity. As such, the report paints a bullish picture for the future of the burgeoning lab-grown meat industry.

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Investment Seafood Meat alternatives Ethics 91

AFN Sustainable Protein

APRIL 2, 2024

Vinocur (formerly VP R&D at computational biology company Evogene ), and Dafna Gabbay (who previously founded a startup making copper-based antimicrobials), Finally Foods leverages AI-powered technology from Evogene it claims will speed up and optimize the process of developing plants expressing high levels of casein proteins.

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Startups Meat alternatives Biotech Ethics 105

AFN Sustainable Protein

JULY 24, 2019

Lagally is a mechanical engineer with nearly 20 years of engineering experience and holds five patents in manufacturing technology. . Recent headlines have triumphantly proclaimed that it is all but “inevitable” that plant-based meat will become cost-competitive with the products of industrial animal agriculture in short order.

Meat alternatives 52

Meat alternatives Startups Patents 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. The technology that makes cultured meat possible is adopted from the medical field, with early versions going all the way back to 1922.

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. The technology that makes cultured meat possible is adopted from the medical field, with early versions going all the way back to 1922.

Meat alternatives 52

Meat alternatives Agriculture Retail Startups 52