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“Sustainability is a motherlode of innovation.” – Harvard Business Review Delivering value with a new product and capturing value in return as with a profit without regard to environmental and sustainable impact is not innovation, it’s exploitation. Innovation is usually driven by necessity, with our backs up against the wall. It also often emerges from the bottom up, because those on the “frontlines” working directly with customers or clients have the best and most immediate insights into their needs and pain points. Producing highly innovative ways to feed our dogs in the future is happening right now with two very innovative German companies, the biotech startup MicroHarvest and plant-based dog food producer VEGDOG, having partnered to introduce a dog treat crafted from a sustainable ingredient: microbial proteins from biomass fermentation - brilliant!! 🙌 Read more here - https://lnkd.in/eumy3Vut

Meatable, a Dutch cultivated meat technology company dedicated to creating sustainable, real meat without harming animals, announced Tuesday a strategic investment from Betagro Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Thailand-based integrated food company Betagro Group. https://lnkd.in/gFe3mpGJ

🌱 Revolutionizing Sustainable Dining 🍄 Founded by passionate foodie, environmentalist, and animal lover Pierre Dupuis, Adamo Foods is creating healthier, realistic whole-cut meat alternatives providing consumers with more choices. With a patented process, they’re redefining alternative proteins—natural, minimally processed, environmentally sustainable, and oh so delicious. 👌 Sustainable Protein: Fungal fermentation mimics animal muscle structure with a tiny carbon footprint. 👌 Net Zero Vision: Addressing methane-heavy animal agriculture, which contributes over 50% of UK methane emissions. 👌 Rapid Growth: Benefitting from public-private funding like SHAKE and Innovate UK grants. 👉 Future Plans: Piloting partnerships with restaurants in 2025, scaling for nationwide distribution. Adamo Foods was started just three years ago with a mission to create whole cuts of alternative protein in a more sustainable way - learn more here 👇 https://lnkd.in/ekYZAkbr Or sign up for exclusive access to the first launch https://lnkd.in/eWWPndvJ #AlternativeProtein #NetZero #Sustainability #FoodInnovation #funding #entrepreneurship

🤝 Believer Meats partnered with GEA Group to co-develop technologies to improve the economics and sustainability of cultivated meat The partnership will drive innovations in essential areas like bioreactor technology and perfusion systems, designed to optimize the efficiency of cultivated meat production. The companies will also work on reducing environmental footprints by improving water and power consumption as well as incorporating circular economy initiatives like waste stream utilization. Believer and GEA are aligning their strengths to expand market reach and accelerate the global growth of the cultivated meat industry. They aim to streamline production processes, lower costs, and establish joint ventures to make cultivated meat products more affordable and accessible globally. Gustavo Burger, Stefan Klebert ✉️ Hungry for more updates on biotech-enabled agrifood businesses and breakthroughs? Devour the free subscription: betterbioeconomy.com

🚀 The latest FoodTech 500 Alumni News Round-Up is here! Each month, we'll spotlight the trailblazing FoodTech 500 alumni reshaping the AgriFoodTech landscape, from sustainable farming innovations to cutting-edge food science. Here are the latest 👇🏻 💰 Shiru raised $16 million in a series B round led by S2G Ventures to support its ProteinDiscovery.ai platform expansion 🐟 Forsea reached a record-breaking cell density of more than 300 million cells/ml with minimal and precise use of cultured media ingredients 🌿 Brevel launches its FOAK demonstration facility for commercial production of microalgae proteins 🏭 Jellatech opens a new 9,000-square-foot facility in Morrisville, North Carolina 🇦🇺 Greeneye Technology partners with Croplands Equipment Pty Ltd to test its advanced spraying system on Australian soil 🇯🇵 Norwegian Mycelium (NoMy) enters Japan’s alternative protein market by launching a subsidiary in Sapporo, Hokkaido 🥛 Bon Vivant releases Europe’s first peer-reviewed life cycle assessment for precision-fermented milk proteins 📦 Too Good To Go launches a new service called “Too Good To Go Parcels” to combat food waste at the manufacturing level 🌾 Bowery Farming is shutting down, citing internal documents and multiple company employees 🦗 Tebrio €30 million to expand its production capabilities and boost its annual production target to over 100,000 tons Read the full article for more updates: https://lnkd.in/eY5mZ3R3 Phytolon, Revo Foods, Enifer, Foodsi, Umami Bioworks, MeliBio, Almanac, Voyage Foods, planetary, Biotalys, SWAP Food, Pairwise #ForwardFooding #FoodTech500 #altprotein #sustainability #foodtech #innovation #foodsystems

🚀 In May 2024, Singapore achieved a significant milestone in the cellular agriculture industry as the first cultivated meat product became available in grocery stores! This groundbreaking development marks a pivotal moment for lab-grown meat technology, highlighting its potential to create more sustainable and ethical food systems. As we explore alternatives to traditional meat, lab-grown products and sustainable seafood are leading the way in addressing environmental concerns and promoting animal welfare. 🌍 The availability of cultivated chicken cells in stores signals a shift towards innovative food solutions that can help meet the growing global demand for protein while reducing our ecological footprint. How do you feel about trying a product made from lab-grown chicken cells? Are you ready to embrace this new frontier in food technology? 🤔 Learn more about this exciting development here: https://lnkd.in/gps-fGaq. 💬 Let’s discuss the future of more sustainable protein sources! #FutureOfFood #FoodTech #AgTech #Sustainability

Novameat, a Barcelona-based #sustainablefood technology firm that creates alternative meat products, revealed Thursday that it has raised €17.4 million in an oversubscribed Round A investment round. The funds will be used to increase manufacturing of the company's current plant-based alternative meat products, as well as to launch its new Shredded Nova-b*ef product, which will be available in mid-September. Agriculture has emerged as a major focal area for sustainability and climate action, as it accounts for a considerable amount of global #greenhousegas (GHG) emissions and is one of the most difficult areas to address climate change. According to the UN Food and #AgricultureOrganisation, whereas meat, milk, and eggs account for 34% of global protein consumption, global livestock emissions account for 14.5% of total anthropogenic GHG emissions. The livestock sector has a number of additional environmental concerns, including deforestation, land and water use, and other sustainability issues such as ethical animal treatment. Novameat's unique approach to developing alternative meat products makes use of #3Dprintingtechnology and a pea protein-based component blend. The products, which are based on the company's unique MicroForce technology, produce a texture that the company describes as similar to fibrous #animalmeat. The product comes in whole cut formats like as strips, steaks, pulled meat, and chunks. "We are delighted to close this Series A round and are grateful for the confidence shown by our new partners and the continued support of our existing investors," said Giuseppe Scionti, Novameat's CEO and Founder. "This financing represents a critical milestone in our journey, and we are more determined than ever to enable people to prioritise their well-being and the environment. It's excellent that this coincides with the release of our new Shredded Nova-b*ef, which has gotten overwhelmingly positive market feedback." Sofinnova Partners and Forbion led the #investment through their BioEconomy Fund, which was followed by reinvestments from Unovis Asset Management, Praesidium, and Rubio Impact Ventures. "Novameat has the potential to revolutionise the food industry by providing sustainable and tasty alternatives to animal-based proteins," stated Joško Bobanović, Partner at Sofinnova Partners. "With their great tasting products, #uniquetechnology platform, strong customer approval, in-house production capacity, and competitive cost structure they are well-positioned to seize the enormous market opportunity and drive further innovation in the sector." https://lnkd.in/fzpnPPW #foodindustry #sustainablefood #plantbasedmeat #sustainableprotein #foodinnovation #alternativemeatproduct #funding #startup #agricultureorganization #livestocksector #meatproduction #agriculture #GHGemission #marketopportunity NOVAMEAT

I’m excited to share my latest blog on the value of Intellectual Property (IP) to cultivated meat start-ups #MewburnLifeSciences #MewburnFutureFood #FutureFood #CultivatedMeat #Sustainability #FoodTech #IP #Patents

🌱 In today's edition of #CultivatingKnowledge: Nature Magazine shines a spotlight on the future of cultivated meat! 🌱 At Hoxton Farms, we're not just cultivating pork fat—we're cultivating a future where delicious, sustainable food is accessible to all. Our mission to create a irresistible hybrid meat alternatives wouldn't be possible without the cutting-edge science and supporting ecosystem driving the cultivated meat industry forward. 🥓 A recent article in Nature Biotechnology does a brilliant job of highlighting the importance of addressing emissions from industrial animal agriculture. They also unpack the science that’s transforming how we produce meat. Most importantly, they note the importance of government support in line with broad public goals of sustainability and accessibility. 🤝 In a world first, cultivated meat has hit grocery shelves in Singapore, marking a milestone for the cultivated meat industry. With global meat consumption putting enormous strain on our environment, the potential for cultivated meat to reduce emissions, improve food security, and end the suffering associated with industrial farming is immense. However, for this vision to become a reality, governments must play a key role in supporting the development of this technology in line with public goals of sustainability and accessibility. 🌍 If you're ready to taste the future, this is the kind of innovation that’s setting the table for a new era of food production. 🍽️ Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/gps-fGaq #FoodTech #Sustainability #DeepTech #CultivatedMeat #Biotech #FutureOfFood

Maggot farming in Australia - It’s visionary and so is Goterra’s Founder and CEO, Olympia Yarger. At a Gathering of Tas Women in Ag members yesterday I listened to Olympia speak with passion and leadership about her food waste mission and global vision to decentralise food waste management with insect-powered, smart city infrastructure. Her solutions work and ARE working in basements where you can’t see them but boy are they making a difference. But her climb isn’t easy. Less than 2% of females obtain venture capital. Why is that? Funding for smart, innovative, transformative and proven ideas shouldn’t be hindered by your gender. So for all you Venture Capitalist investors out there - check out maggot farming. It’s cool and it’s transforming how we work with food waste …. A growing product stream.