Tag: meat

food & drink technology Africa

July 13, 2021

food & drink technology (fdt) Africa is the premier trade fair for the processing, filling, packaging and logistics for the food and beverage industry in

Plant-based proteins “didn’t benefit” from China’s Covid-19 meat shortages, study says

April 30, 2020

A new study suggests that plant-based proteins didn’t make much of an impression on Chinese consumers as meat supplies ran dry.

What if we viewed ranches as national parks instead of simply places to produce meat?

February 20, 2020

As scrutiny over livestock production intensifies, some ranchers are highlighting the ecosystem services that they can provide and their capacity to combat climate change.

What’s the role of technology in animal welfare? We ask McDonald’s Banks Baker

February 4, 2020

We spoke to Banks Baker ahead of his speaking slot at the Animal AgTech Innovation Summit in San Francisco in March.

Regen Ag Renegade: A butcher-turned-business consultant says replication, not scale, is key to better meat

January 21, 2020

A former butcher with a background in software is helping big food companies change the way they’re thinking about achieving regenerative food at scale.

Perdue launches direct-to-consumer e-commerce platform

January 14, 2020

The major poultry products producer hopes to eventually integrate the platform with grocery retailer’s ecommerce offerings to enable digital basket sharing.

Technology is finally coming to the poultry industry

January 1, 2020

Robotics and predictive analytics are becoming frontrunners in the poultry innovation race but moving companies from tech observers to tech investors will be the main challenge for the industry.

Future Food: Catching up with GFI’s Bruce Friedrich to talk alt protein winners, losers, innovation whitespace

December 12, 2019

In this episode of the podcast, I catch-up with GFI’s Bruce Friedrich and revisit some questions I asked him back in 2016.

President Barack Obama or Eddie Vedder? My week at Dreamforce

November 27, 2019

Luckily I didn’t have to choose. Here’s a few things I heard while living it up at the St Regis and bumping into celebs at every turn.

Regen Ag Renegades: Blue Nest Beef is offering consumers “bird-friendly” beef

November 26, 2019

Could partnering with a nature conservancy like the National Audubon Society help define a domestic supply of regeneratively-raised beef amid a flood of meat imports parading as domestic products?

Cultured Meat Symposium 2019

November 14, 2019

Join us in San Francisco on Thursday, November 14th and Friday, November 15, 2019 as we highlight the top industry insights of the cell-based meat

Future Food: Who’s responsible for obesity? And when Futurist Jack Bobo is pro-tradition

November 7, 2019

“I’m very optimistic and excited about what the world will look like in 2050 but I think it is helpful though to think about where we’ve come from in order to think about where we’re going.”

Climate Week: 230 investors worth $16.2T call for aggressive corporate action to combat deforestation

September 21, 2019

The statement calls asks corporations to tackle the financial risks associated with ongoing deforestation along their operations and global supply chains.

Impossible Foods makes retail debut as Tim Hortons pulls Beyond Meat

September 18, 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.

Beyond Meat IPO 30x Oversubscribed as Financial Losses, Tyson Exit Fail to Faze Investors

May 2, 2019

Beyond Meat lists on the Nasdaq today after raising $240m in IPO funding at a valuation of $1.46bn, pricing the deal at the top of an increased price range, highlighting strong investor demand for the stock.

How Wyoming is Using Blockchain to Ensure Ranchers Get Price Premiums for Sustainably-Raised Beef

March 6, 2019

BeefChain uses RFID and IoT tech to create an auditable provenance for grass-fed, pasture-raised meat to help ranchers

New Food Index Reveals ‘High Risk’ Meat & Fish Stocks Worth $152bn inc McDonalds, KFC Suppliers

May 30, 2018

A new food index has labeled 36 meat and fish suppliers as “high risk” for public market investors because they fail to manage critical business risks such as greenhouse gas emissions and antibiotics risk.

Don’t Tell The Kids, But We Should Be Eating Reindeer Meat

December 25, 2017

Are you ready to start a new tradition and eat reindeer meat on Christmas Day? Whether the answer is yes or no, at least with new wearable tech, we’ll be able to prove once and for all if they really can fly.

IdentiGEN’s DNA Analysis Tech Wins €17m Contract to Ensure Provenance of Switzerland’s Meat

September 25, 2017

IdentiGEN uses proprietary DNA analysis to determine the origin of meat or fish down to the individual animal.

Beyond Meat Raises Series F Round from Tyson Foods and Humane Society of the US

October 11, 2016

Tyson’s investment comes just a couple of weeks after an investor coalition worth over $1.2 trillion put pressure on some leading food companies to incorporate more plant-based meat alternatives into their supply chains and consumer products.