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Agriculture

Tesco Asks Farmers to Supply More Green Veg to Keep Up With “Plant-Based Revolution”

January 22, 2021

UK consumers are causing a spike in demand for green veg such as leeks, cabbage, and spinach, due to a rise in home- cooking, more people reducing meat and becoming interested in plant-based diet, and […]

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Agriculture

United Soybean Board Partnership Launches Pilot Phase of Sustainably Grown US Soy Mark

January 20, 2021

From January 19 through March 19, the United Soybean Board (USB) is teaming up with partners from Soylent and DuPont Nutrition & Biosciences that will be participating in a pilot program to market their products and ingredients […]

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Agriculture

Former Dairy Farmers Go Vegan and Launch Oat Milk in Collaboration with Refarm’d

January 19, 2021

Former dairy farmers Jay and Katja Wilde, from Derbyshire in the UK, made headlines in 2017 after sending their cows to an animal sanctuary and transitioning to growing crops. Their story was told in BAFTA […]

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Agriculture

Brad Vanstone on Transitioning Plant-Based Cheese From Nuts to Beans

November 26, 2020

Willicroft has seen enormous success this year with its vegan cheeses in retail in the UK, and throughout the Netherlands and Belgium. Here founder Brad Vanstone discusses his brand’s journey, the crowdfunder which is now […]

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Agriculture

Today’s European Parliament Ruling Keeps Intensive Factory Farming on Life Support

October 23, 2020

Today, Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) voted to drop the notorious proposal for a ‘veggie burger ban’ but, unfortunately, voted in favour of a proposed of EU farm reforms – essentially a vote to […]

Agriculture

New Interactive Map Featuring Vegan Organic Farms in Europe

October 8, 2020

Vegan organic farming, a niche of the food system that has so far received relatively little attention, is increasingly gaining momentum. A recent study by the German Federal Environment Agency lists it among the niche […]

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Agriculture

Protein Industries Canada Invests in the Development of High-Protein Pea Varieties to “Revolutionize the Plant-Based Ecosystem”

September 2, 2020

Protein Industries Canada is an industry-led supercluster founded to position Canada as a global leader for high-quality plant protein. The mission of the not-for-profit organization is to invest collaboratively in plant-based projects to ensure the […]

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Agriculture

Hälsa: “We Cracked the Code on How to Keep all the Health Benefits of Whole Grain Oats Intact”

September 1, 2020

“We are at the very early stages of the explosion of plant-based foods,” says Helena Lumme, President and co-founder of Hälsa Foods. “At this first stage ‘anything goes’, meaning that even highly processed products filled […]

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Agriculture

Foundation of the First German Algae Cooperative – The Largest Algae Producer in Europe

August 14, 2020

At the end of July, the first German algae cooperative (DAG) was founded. With 14 production companies located in Northern Germany, it has the largest spirulina production and marketing in Europe.

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Agriculture

DSM and Avril Announce Collaboration to Produce Plant Protein from 2022

July 20, 2020

French agri-food group Avril and Dutch nutrition company DSM have announced they will be collaborating to produce plant protein for the food industry. The collaboration, producing rapeseed-based protein, will begin in 2022.

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Agriculture

Finland Invests €2.1M to Create Globally Competitive Plant Protein Based Foods

June 30, 2020

Business Finland is funding a project to the tune of EUR 2.1M with VTT Research and the University of Helsinki to support the Finnish food industry to develop plant protein products for the international market.

Agriculture

Equinom Takes Lessons From Great Irish Famine of 1845, Asserts That Biodiversity is Key to Food Security

June 17, 2020

Seed breeding specialist Equinom Ltd. is leveraging advanced breeding techniques to promote agricultural biodiversity. The company is inducing better crop resilience and increased yield and asserts that stimulating natural genetic seed variability must be recognized […]

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Agriculture

Oatly Speaks Out About Transfarmation — “To be a Catalyst, You Have to Dare to Try New Ways of Working”

June 10, 2020

Here, Sustainability Manager Carina Tollmar from Swedish Oat drink pioneer Oatly speaks to vegconomist about  their transfarmation campaign helping farmers transition to the cultivation of plant crops, as farmers around the world increasingly have to […]

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Agriculture

Australia’s JAT Oppenheimer Launches Vegan Wagyu Beef, Australian Meat Farmers Call it “Offensive” and “Nonsensical”

June 5, 2020

Meat lobbyists globally have been fighting vegan companies using names traditionally associated with animal products, ie meat, dairy and seafood. Now, Sydney-based food company JAT Oppenheimer, has produced a tofu-based Wagyu ‘beef’ that beef farmers […]

Agriculture

Yemoja Announces the Opening of its Sustainable Microalgae Production Plant in Israel

June 3, 2020

Marine ingredient startup Yemoja, Ltd has announced the opening of its new plant dedicated to the production of sustainable microalgae. The facility dedicated to microalgae cultivation, located within the historic mountains of the scenic Upper […]

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