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

Business Green

Unilever recently set out its plan to significantly expand its plant-based range, with a view to securing €1bn in annual sales from alternative meat and dairy products within the next seven years. Three years ago, people who ate plant-based meat were the exception.

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Impossible Foods debuts plant-based pork at CES

AGreenLiving

By comparison, creating a plant-based pork substitute is a more sustainable process. By contrast, everyone will be able to enjoy Impossible Pork, without compromise to deliciousness, ethics or Earth.” It reduces not only the deforestation associated with animal agriculture but also minimizes carbon emissions and water usage.

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Casein… from potatoes? Molecular farming startup Finally Foods emerges from stealth

AFN Sustainable Protein

Finally Foods —an Israeli molecular farming startup producing dairy proteins in potatoes—has emerged from stealth with pre-seed funding from The Kitchen FoodTech Hub by Strauss Group and the Israeli Innovation Authority. Founded by Dr. Basia J.

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Report: Lab-grown meat investment tops $350m worldwide in 2020

Business Green

Good Food Institute report details record-breaking year for the fledgling sector, amid growing interest in greener, more ethical alternatives to livestock-reared meat. The surge in interest includes at least 20 new cultivated meat ventures, it said.

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Why technology could make animals obsolete

AFN Sustainable Protein

Applying the latest technologies from biotech, tissue engineering, artificial intelligence, and food science, entrepreneurs are trying to create new animal-free products that are cheaper, healthier, tastier, and more sustainable. Even if they’re moderately successful, they’ll have an opportunity to capture a meaningful portion of the $1.5