Rockefeller Foundation leads effort to cut food waste in half by 2030
In New York, The Rockefeller Foundation, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and a partnership of 10 private sector and...
Let them eat macarons: Animal-free egg whites to debut in demanding baking application
In San Francisco, precision fermentation firm The EVERY Co. has unveiled animal-free egg whites and will soon prove their alternative’s “whipping and gelling” properties...
Replacing dietary saturated fat with vegetable oil reduces cardiovascular disease as well as statins
In Dallas, an American Heart Association advisory reports that replacing saturated fat with healthier fat may lower cholesterol as well as drugs. Several studies...
Tyson Innovation Lab launches ¡Yappah! to address food waste
In Illinois, the Tyson Innovation Lab launched ¡Yappah!, its first brand inspired by a tradition in the South American Andes called “yapa,” which refers...
Ivy Farm and Synbio Powerlabs partner to scale cultivated meat
In Finland, Ivy Farm and Synbio Powerlabs have signed an agreement to scale and produce cultivated meat in Finland at the world's largest cultivated...
Meeting the meat challenge: Startup prepares for capacity crunch
In New York, newly launched Ark Biotech is preparing for cultivated meat’s next big cost hurdle: infrastructure. More specifically, the company is developing equipment...
Experts say sustainability requires profound food system change
In France, an international expert group dubbed the Milano Group have called for change in food systems saying, "There can be no sustainable development...
Meat processing giant JBS invests $100 million in cultivated meat startup
In Spain, leading meat processor JBS is taking a majority stake in cultured meat startup BioTech Foods.
The deal, which marks JBS’s entry into to...
Fonterra Ventures teams with foodspring to tap into the active nutrition market
In New Zealand, Fonterra Ventures has entered into its first strategic partnership, teaming up with German active nutrition start-up foodspring, Germany’s fastest-growing food start-up. The...
France ag minister poo-poos cultivated meat, asks Twitter-verse to think of the children
In France, Agricultural Minister Julien Denormandie has seemingly indicated he will not approve cell-based meat for sale. On social media, Denormandie wrote, “Meat comes...