Kickstart Food launches with one billion dollars from Rabobank
In The Netherlands, Rabobank announced Kickstart Food, its global activation program to accelerate the transition to a sustainable food supply. In partnership with UN Environment,...
Sun Basket organic meal kits scale nationally with funding led by Unilever Ventures
In California, Unilever Ventures, Baseline Ventures and Founders Circle Capital invested $9.2 million in Sun Basket, a home-delivery organic meal kit service, increasing Sun...
Eating a fresh avocado every day helps your eyes and your brain
In California, consuming one fresh avocado per day may lead to improved cognitive function in healthy older adults due to increased lutein levels in...
Milk chocolate gets antioxidant help from peanut waste
In North Carolina, a new source of antioxidants to fortify milk chocolate with the health benefits of dark chocolate has been found in peanuts. ...
FoodLogiQ lands $19.5 million to expand supply chain transparency
In North Carolina, FoodLogiQ, the leading software as a service provider of traceability, food safety and supply chain transparency solutions, raised $19.5 million in...
Petri dish to pitmaster: Texas startup wants to put cell-based brisket on your grill
In Texas, a cell-based meat startup aims to have a brisket prototype ready in just two years. Katie Kam, cofounder and CEO of the...
Royal DSM partners with Amyris to develop a low cost nutrition molecule
In California, Amyris, Inc. entered into its first product development and production agreement to develop a food and nutrition molecule for Koninklijke DSM N.V.
"We...
Funding shortfall forces NovoNutrients to launch asset sale
In California, gas fermentation firm NovoNutrients has ceased operations and is looking for a buyer for its assets, citing difficulty securing sufficient funding.
The...
Alternative protein startup raises $9 million
In California, startup NovoNutrients has raised $9 million to advance its technology that converts carbon dioxide into animal-free proteins.
Roughly half the funds came from...
Meatable scales cultivated pork
In the Netherlands, cultivated meat leader Meatable has opened a new pilot facility to scale cultivated pork. The 3,300m2 facility at Leiden’s Bio Science...