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October 3, 2024
Cultivated meat advances in S. Korea while the US sees more legal battles for plant-based meat labeling.
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Enhanced rock weathering startup Eion strikes carbon removal deal with Microsoft, raises $3m series A extension
September 25, 2024
Eion calculates the carbon dioxide removed from the atmosphere through its mineral weathering process by measuring trace elements in the soil such as magnesium and nickel.
The Week in AgriFoodTech: eGrocer Flink nabs $150m, biotech co Arzeda lands $38m, Kubota acquires Bloomfield Robotics
September 19, 2024
Plus: Juicy Marbles plans US retail launch and a $500,000 win for biochar.
Guest article: Empowering the Global South: why open data is key for sustainable farming, EUDR compliance
September 5, 2024
Despite their green credentials, smallholder farmers in the global south face significant challenges under new EU regulations such as EUDR.
The Week in AgriFoodTech: Sunswap raises $22m to clean up the cold chain, US DOD bets on mycoprotein
August 29, 2024
Plus: Delivery Hero plans an IPO in the Middle East, Mycorena gets acquired.
General Mills, PepsiCo join Trusted Advisor Partnership in ‘de-risking’ regenerative agriculture in Canada
August 27, 2024
The agrifood corporates will support TAP in training Canadian agronomists on soil health and other regenerative agriculture practices.
Mission Barns unveils ‘novel, scalable, adherent’ bioreactor for cultivated meat, fat
August 15, 2024
Existing single-cell suspension stir tank bioreactors “can’t be used to effectively produce non-GM, cultivated muscle and fat,” claims Mission Barns.
Armed with $12m in seed funding, Plonts launches plant-based cheese in New York, San Francisco
August 8, 2024
A new player has emerged on the alt dairy scene with an aged plant-based cheddar launching at select restaurants in New York City and the San Francisco Bay Area under the Plonts brand.
Yeast-powered RNAi is the future of precision pest management, says Renaissance Bioscience
July 26, 2024
If traditional pesticides are blunt instruments for killing pests, RNAi (RNA interference) is the polar opposite, says Dr. John Husnik, CEO at Vancouver-based Renaissance Bioscience. “It’s exceptionally precise.”
Designer lipids startup Nourish Ingredients collaborates with dairy giant Fonterra on fats from fermentation
July 23, 2024
Nourish will work with Fonterra on Creamilux, a lipid produced by a genetically engineered microbe that “recreates the rich, creamy mouthfeel, taste and emulsification properties of dairy fat.”
World’s largest mozzarella maker Leprino Foods to commercialize animal-free casein from Dutch startup Fooditive Group
July 16, 2024
Under the deal, Leprino will have exclusive global rights to produce casein proteins made via Fooditive’s precision fermentation platform.
Guest article: AI can transform precision agriculture, but what are the legal risks?
July 15, 2024
Precision agriculture and AI have the potential to transform farming. But legal risks around data privacy and bias need to be carefully navigated, argue Dr. Siegmar Pohl and Jordan Glassman at law firm Kilpatrick.
Bluemethane unveils novel tech to capture methane from water
June 25, 2024
When it comes to methane emissions, most people think of oil, coal, gas and burping cows, says Louise Parlons Bentata at UK-based startup Bluemethane. What they often forget, she says, is water.
Brief: Court misapplied the law in Evian ‘carbon neutral’ ruling, says Danone Waters
June 20, 2024
Regulatory affairs experts are closely watching the lawsuit amid growing scrutiny of carbon neutral claims. In this case, the claim was certified by a high-profile third party: The Carbon Trust.
BREAKING: Cultivated meat co SCiFi Foods closes up shop, appoints firm to run sales process
June 10, 2024
“Given challenges in the fundraising market, we’ve appointed an advisory firm to run a sale process,” said cofounder and CEO Joshua March.
Meet the founder: Voyage Foods’ Adam Maxwell on futureproofing the chocolate supply chain
May 31, 2024
Cocoa prices are now 4-5x higher than they were when Voyage Foods started out in 2021, which makes the case for alternatives increasingly compelling, says Adam Maxwell.
Kipster is second firm in US to commit to in ovo sexing tech to end culling of male chicks
May 30, 2024
The technology—which will enable Kipster to determine the sex of chicks well before they hatch—will be implemented in the fall at the company’s farm in Indiana.
🎥Fats from fermentation: Chewing the designer fat with Nourish Ingredients
May 16, 2024
The race is on to develop ‘designer’ fats for the next generation of food products. But will fats & oils produced by microbes in fermentation tanks ever be a scalable proposition?
Plant-based cheesemaker Climax Foods disqualified from Good Food Awards on eve of awards ceremony
April 26, 2024
The foodtech co—which had been told it was a winner weeks ago to give the team time to plan a trip to Portland for the awards ceremony—was told it had fallen foul of rules it claims had not previously been communicated.
Meet the founders: Nosh.bio’s Tim Fronzek and Felipe Lino… ‘We’re the only ones making a meat analog from a single ingredient’
April 26, 2024
“It’s difficult to find another company in the food space that has developed so fast in only two years,” says Nosh.bio cofounder Tim Fronzek.
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