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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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How the world's largest seafood companies can help tackle climate change

Business Green

Seafood firms can reduce their impact on climate and the oceans - and in doing so can ensure they have a long-term thriving business that delivers healthy and sustainable seafood to millions, writes Nigel Topping, UN High Level Champion for Climate Action at COP26. Seafood is big business and demand is going up.

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An answer to aquaculture's unsustainable fish feed habit?

GreenBiz

A third of wild stocks are overexploited , and sourcing seafood from farms should allow ocean biodiversity to recover. Midwest, for instance, soy production relies on chemical inputs that damage biodiversity and generate greenhouse gases. If powered by renewable energy, these facilities also have low carbon footprints.

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3 under-the-radar forces in food

GreenBiz

Membership at Crowd Cow , a marketplace for craft meat and seafood, doubled in April alone. The backstory: This is good news from a sustainability perspective, because both companies provide additional sales channels for producers that practice organic and regenerative agriculture. This is a (sadly familiar) failure of social justice.

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Critics Question the Climate Crisis Benefits of Deep Seabed Mining

DeSmogBlog

But a growing number of marine biologists, ocean conservationists, government regulators and environmentally-conscious companies are sounding the alarm about a variety of environmental, food security, financial, and biodiversity concerns associated with seabed mining. Still, Nauru hopes to forge ahead with seabed mining.

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An answer to aquaculture's unsustainable fish feed habit?

Business Green

A third of wild stocks are overexploited , and sourcing seafood from farms should allow ocean biodiversity to recover. In the US Midwest, for instance, soy production relies on chemical inputs that damage biodiversity and generate greenhouse gases. If powered by renewable energy, these facilities also have low carbon footprints.

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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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