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The Growing Appetite for Meat Alternatives in China

AFN Sustainable Protein

China’s declaration is not only significant in the global fight against climate change, it also speaks to the government’s commitment to curtail a looming health crisis. China now leads the world in obese children, and the World Health Organization has reported that one in three diabetes diagnoses is in China.

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The Growing Appetite for Meat Alternatives in China

AFN Sustainable Protein

China’s declaration is not only significant in the global fight against climate change, it also speaks to the government’s commitment to curtail a looming health crisis. China now leads the world in obese children, and the World Health Organization has reported that one in three diabetes diagnoses is in China.

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Tesco targets major plant-based meat sales growth in UK first

Business Green

Tesco is plotting a major increase in plant-based meat products in its stores over the coming years in order to capitalise on the growing trend towards vegan, vegetarian and flexitarian diets, as it today became the first UK retailer to set a sales target for meat alternatives.

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Heck Foods to experiment with vertically-farmed crops for vegan range

Business Green

The food manufacturer announced yesterday it plans to cultivate organic "micro herbs" such as basil alongside a host of yet-to-be-revealed "experimental crops" at the bespoke vertical farm, which is to designed and built by Vertical Future. This is a step evolution in food production.".

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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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Investigation: How the Meat Industry is Climate-Washing its Polluting Business Model

DeSmogBlog

Today’s meat industry is dominated by a few multinational giants, including JBS , Tyson Foods , Vion , and Danish Crown , with access to markets across the world. In step with rising global demand, meat production has more than quadrupled in the past sixty years.

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Why technology could make animals obsolete

AFN Sustainable Protein

The market demands them, but it shows little allegiance to their mode of production. We anticipate that many consumers will shift to animal-free food products if those products begin to meet or exceed their animal-based alternatives on key areas like cost, taste, functionality, convenience, and health. And switch fast.