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Plantible raises $35m in debt, equity, to increase RuBisCO protein production fivefold

“We have rolled out a new [lemna] strain that has allowed us to increase our yield by more than 40%, which has been pretty exciting,” says CEO Tony Martens.

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Tony Martens, cofounder and CEO, Plantible. Image credits: Plantible

Beyond Meat leans into Europe, Canada, as US sales continue to slide

Beyond Meat’s playbook deploys athletes such as basketball player Josh Hart “who understand the superpowers of plants and what they can do to build, fuel, and restore the body,” says CEO Ethan Brown.

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Plantible raises $35m in debt, equity, to increase RuBisCO protein production fivefold

Beyond Meat leans into Europe, Canada, as US sales continue to slide

Black Sheep Foods bets on ‘TVP 2.0’ as hybrid meat gains traction

Economics trump environment when it comes to commercializing regenerative ag: report

Cultivated meat deep dive: After the crash, who’s still standing?

Waste to value: Hyfé expands refinery model to extract fibers and bioactives from food side streams

Aleph Farms plans 2027 cultivated beef launch in Singapore after securing green light from regulators

Indoor ag heavyweight 80 Acres Farms to cease operations

InsectBiotech Raises $8.3m to scale BSFL production in Andalusia, Spain

Micropep kickstarts global regulatory registration of its peptide-based biofungicide

Upstream Biotechnology raises seed funding for ‘on-demand’ crop defense tech

AgriFood Signals: Wild Bio acquires F1 Seed, ADM Capital raises $48m

Weed control, disease, and drainage are top pain points for farmers in 2026, says Grand Farm

Can dark fermentation reshape the natural astaxanthin market?

Livestock methane reduction: Brazilian beef pilot generates first inset credits via Athian

Exclusive: Quercus Biosolutions closes $5m seed round to target resistant weeds with designer proteins

Big Food headed the way of Big Tobacco as lawsuits against public health policies increase

Cargill Ventures eyes renewed dealmaking as agrifoodtech resets

Exclusive: Calysta hires new CEO, seeks new capital as JV partner ends financial support

Guest article: Every transformative agriculture technology becomes an infrastructure story

Orbem begins US rollout of MRI-based in-ovo sexing tech

From practices to proof: What credible farm-level sustainability measurement requires

From Taxol to cocoa: Can plant cell culture make the leap from drugs to food?

USA Drone Motors emerges from stealth to target gap in domestic drone supply chain

AgriFood Signals: Trump tariffs on Canada, McCormick + Unilever merger, Coca-Cola’s Fairlife hacked

UPSIDE’s $50m bid may not be final word on Believer Meats plant as auction deadline shifts

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