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Category: Alt Meat/Protein

Why technology could make animals obsolete

September 20, 2019

Wherever we look, humans have consistently built technologies that surpass their animal predecessors. Cars replaced horses, petroleum replaced whales, tractors replaced oxen, telecommunications replaced carrier pigeons. Food may be next.

BRIEF: WorldFish and IFPRI size up the Future of Fish

September 20, 2019

The WorldFish and IFPRI join forces to carry out research into a future of seafood, without the sea, and how it could improve the world.

Impossible Foods makes retail debut as Tim Hortons pulls Beyond Meat

September 20, 2019

The plant-based meat maker is launching at 27 Gelson’s locations in Southern California while Tim Hortons is backpedaling its Beyond Meat offerings.

GROW accelerator debuts its 9 startups

September 17, 2019

Narrowed down from over 160 applicants, the GROW accelerator showcased its nine talents to a turnout with big names like Temasek, ESG and Mondelez.

Can alternative protein startups justify their climbing valuations?

September 11, 2019

It’s hard to miss the investor enthusiasm for alternative protein startups but valuations are creeping up as I heard at the Good Food Conference last week.

BRIEF: Kraft Heinz’s VC invests in New Culture $3.5m seed round for cell-grown cheese

September 10, 2019

New Culture is making dairy cheese without animals instead using fermentation, the addition plant-based fats, sugars and traditional cheesemaking process.

Cricket roaster Ento to take on Beyond Meat after seed round

September 8, 2019

Watch out, Beyond Meat. Edible cricket farmer and roaster, ENTO, is coming for you with a bug-based burger patty. And it's probably healthier.

Former dairy yogurt guy raises $11m Series A to convert dairy facility to plant-based factory

September 5, 2019

For former yogurt maker and company co-owner Tom Moffitt, if you can’t beat the plant-based dairy alternatives, it’s best to join them.

Cargill pumps funding into meat & fish alternatives

August 30, 2019

Cargill "gives peas more chances" with $75m investment into Puris. It also entered a JV with White Dog Labs to supply an alternative to unsustainable fishmeal to the aquaculture industry.

Table Talk: The scramble for plant-based eggs is JUST about to reach Europe

August 30, 2019

You learn a fair bit about someone by just asking how they take their eggs. And it’s a pretty hot question to fire up AFN’s new “Table Talk” series when across the table this time is a veteran food industry egg-spert like David Wagstaff.

Founder of abillionveg, the ‘Yelp for Vegans,’ says APAC is where the money’s at

August 28, 2019

The Yelp for vegans is here. And it has $2.6m in its pocket. abillionveg is on a mission to capture $1bn in animal welfare causes and one billion users.

The Amazon is being decimated. How could tech have prevented it?

August 28, 2019

The Amazon Rainforest is being whittled away by one of the most massive blazes in history. Could tech have prevented it?

UPDATE: Why is insect-based protein sprouting wings in Asia?

August 20, 2019

From the bustling streets of Bangkok and into labs in the APAC region, here’s how start-ups here are harnessing the power of the insect kingdom.

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

August 15, 2019

Ginkgo Bioworks spin-off company has also added key hires including a head of regulatory compliance as the protein alternatives spaces begins to tackle new challenges.

How Argentina’s GridX is building foodtech and agtech companies with backing from billionaires

August 15, 2019

AFN speaks with Matias Peire, founder of Grid Exponential (GridX), a company builder focused on high-impact science and tech ideas in Argentina.

Who’s bringing China its bacon now that it’s running low?

August 12, 2019

A worldwide pork deficit is impending and one virus is to blame. But who’s going to fill in the gaps? Meat giant Tyson’s latest earnings reveal it’s not them, with the US-China trade war largely to blame. Could they lose out to alternatives like Impossible Foods?

AgFunder Network Partners

Category: Alt Meat/Protein

Why technology could make animals obsolete

BRIEF: WorldFish and IFPRI size up the Future of Fish

Impossible Foods makes retail debut as Tim Hortons pulls Beyond Meat

GROW accelerator debuts its 9 startups

Can alternative protein startups justify their climbing valuations?

BRIEF: Kraft Heinz’s VC invests in New Culture $3.5m seed round for cell-grown cheese

Cricket roaster Ento to take on Beyond Meat after seed round

Former dairy yogurt guy raises $11m Series A to convert dairy facility to plant-based factory

Cargill pumps funding into meat & fish alternatives

Table Talk: The scramble for plant-based eggs is JUST about to reach Europe

Founder of abillionveg, the ‘Yelp for Vegans,’ says APAC is where the money’s at

The Amazon is being decimated. How could tech have prevented it?

UPDATE: Why is insect-based protein sprouting wings in Asia?

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

How Argentina’s GridX is building foodtech and agtech companies with backing from billionaires

Who’s bringing China its bacon now that it’s running low?

This volcanic microbe startup is taking on Beyond Meat and Impossible in plant-based race

New Harvest 2019: Envisioning a food system built around cells, not animals

Impossible Foods teams up with OSI to ramp up production in busy week for plant-based meat

Does the WRI’s new Sustainable Food Future report need an update already?

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