According to the United Nations, the world population is going from 7.6 billion people on the planet to roughly 9.8 billion people by 2050. However, with the almost 30% increase in people, we’re not getting […]
Aleph Farms, the Israel-based leader in growing steak directly from non-GMO animal cells, launches its ‘Aleph Zero’ program focused on cultivating meat for space exploration, enabling “human life to become multiplanetary and unconditional nutrition to […]
Lobbying is taking place at this moment for the ruling that would potentially ban the use of words such as ‘burger’ and ‘sausage’ for plant-based products, which would affect thousands of independent brands, forcing them […]
Smith Taweelerdniti, CEO of Thailand’s plant meat pioneer Let’s Plant Meat, here shares with us an insightful piece he has written for the Free From Food Asia conference 2021, for which there will be a […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has completely shaken up the meat industry. It has changed the way meat is produced, purchased and transported. And according to analysts, things are unlikely to go back to the way they […]
Pamela Anderson is a “powerful change-agent” with a huge following on social media. Her new collaboration with Canada’s Very Good Food Company, operating as The Very Good Butchers, is set to promote plant-based diets, offering […]
Derek Sarno, Co-founder of Wicked Healthy and Good Catch Foods, responds to the recent backlash against vegan foods. Derek “calls BS” and says that it’s time for people to take responsibility for their own choices […]
A new online program designed to support black women to go vegan for 21 days, in Black History Month, already surpassed its target of signups before it went live yesterday Monday, October 5th. The program […]
The founders of the Vegan Women Summit surveyed 160 female founders of plant-based and cell-based food startups around the world, and the results highlight huge disparities, with one woman commenting, “All my mentors were men […]
Impossible Foods, Slutty Vegan, Jermaine Dupri, and The Pinky Cole Foundation joined together to form the first-of-its-kind collaboration, VoteNik Zoom to the Polls. The Zoom series was created to boost voter turnout in the weeks leading […]
One of the most unique countries on Earth, Japan is a land of contrasts and similarities, with strong traditions influenced by external powers over the centuries. Among the most populous, and fascinating, countries in the […]
Impossible Foods is “looking to dial up mainstream, mass-market awareness next year,” reckons The Drum, which postures (tenuously?) that a Super Bowl spot could be on the table for 2021. Here we take a look […]
The Plant Based Foods Association (PBFA) and one of its members Upton’s Naturals, an independent maker of plant-based foods based in Chicago, has joined forces with The Institute for Justice to file a federal lawsuit […]
“Of late, several people have reached out to me after watching the Plantbased Business Hour stream live on Linkedin, all with the same question – How can I shift my career to become a part […]
New Zealand startup The Craft Meat Company is focusing on hemp as an alternative for 2021, with plans to introduce a hemp-based meat substitute from local production. Meanwhile, the global hemp market is growing, yet […]
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