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Rebranded Ginkgo-spinout & ingredients innovator Motif FoodWorks raises $27.5m, hones in on animal-free

AFN Sustainable Protein

Motif spun out of Ginkgo earlier this year, raising a $90 million Series A from big-name investors including Bill Gates and Richard Branson-backed Breakthrough Energy Ventures, global commodity trading house Louis Dreyfus Companies, New Zealand daily cooperative Fonterra, and global asset manager Viking Global Investors.

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

Business Green

Climate impact of beef worldwide is far higher than that of microbial-meat alternatives, according to a new study from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. said Popp.