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Carbon-negative snack company AKUA offers kelp jerky and pasta

AGreenLiving

In recent years, seaweed has been quite a catch for health-conscious consumers, in turn, making kelp, a brown macroalgae, one of the more in-demand types of seaweed offerings. 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?’

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

Business Green

However, for a report claiming to be against ultra-processed foods and in favour of biodiversity, soil health and food security, they've failed us in their solution for national meat reduction. Plant-based meats, meanwhile, have been shown in some studies to generate the same carbon emissions as chicken.

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Price and provenance: Does the UK have an appetite for eco-labels on food?

Business Green

Whether driven by animal welfare, health, or environmental concerns - or a combination of all three - more and more people are either becoming vegan and vegetarian or reducing their meat consumption and eating greater proportions of plant-based food. There can be little doubt diets are steadily changing in the UK.

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A plant-based recovery? The Vegetarian Butcher's Hugo Verkuil on shifting diets during a pandemic

Business Green

The plant-based meat and dairy market is expected to balloon over the years to come, as consumers increasingly seek to reduce the environmental impact of their diet while tapping the health benefits related to reducing meat consumption.

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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. Not all meat companies avoid talking about their Scope 3 emissions, however.

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SDG14: How to develop a cleaner ocean strategy

Business Green

From nurturing ocean carbon sinks to encouraging marine clean tech, there are steps all businesses can take to accelerate progress towards SDG14. While most people are aware of the role forests play in soaking up carbon dioxide, fewer know that oceans do the same. Shift perspective on the seas.