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Can Bumble Bee and Nestlé hook the world on fishless fish?

GreenBiz

Buoyed by the success of red-meat mimics from the likes of Impossible Foods and Beyond Meat, a growing number of companies is angling to capture their share of the early market for animal-free seafood. The nonprofit has named the threatened collapse of fisheries and unmet demand for seafood alternatives as important factors.

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Aquaculture becomes a net-positive

GreenBiz

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). You have to be engaged in aquaculture, you have to be successful in aquaculture, to be successful in seafood. By producing an increasing amount of seafood sustainably as farmers, the industry can help relieve pressure on wild stocks that might currently be overfished commercially.

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Cell-grown salmon start-up Wildtype nets $100m in A-list investment round

Business Green

Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert Downey Jr, Jeff Bezos, and agriculture and food giant Cargill among those backing 'sushi-grade' cultivated salmon developer. This investment provides us with the capital necessary to dramatically expand our production capabilities to match the rapid growth in awareness and demand for cultivated seafood," he said.

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Can Bumble Bee and Nestlé hook the world on fishless fish?

AGreenLiving

Buoyed by the success of red-meat mimics from the likes of Impossible Foods and Beyond Meat, a growing number of companies is angling to capture their share of the early market for animal-free seafood. The nonprofit has named the threatened collapse of fisheries and unmet demand for seafood alternatives as important factors.

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Aquaculture becomes a net-positive

AGreenLiving

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). You have to be engaged in aquaculture, you have to be successful in aquaculture, to be successful in seafood. “By producing an increasing amount of seafood sustainably as farmers, the industry can help relieve pressure on wild stocks that might currently be overfished commercially.

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Is Fish-Free February set to become the new Veganuary?

Business Green

Rising interest in plant-based diets has been spurred by a surge in consumer interest in healthy eating and growing public concern over agriculture's climate impact. But some campaigners believe the public debate on greener diets has been too focused on meat and dairy, allowing the seafood industry to swim on in the shadows.

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The search for the source of plastic pollution

Grist

From large pieces, such as bottles, cups, and even a Smurf action figure, to tiny microplastics — fragments, films, fibers, or foams less than 5 mm long — plastic is one of the most common pollutants this group will find, mirroring what cleanup crews regularly see across the country. We found microplastics everywhere,” Granek says.