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🌎👑 MEET THIS WEEK'S CLIMATE QUEEN! Joanna Bowers is a screenwriter and filmmaker based in Hong Kong. Her first feature documentary film “The Helper” profiled the maternal sacrifices of Hong Kong’s migrant domestic workers. It had a three month sold-out theatrical run in cinemas and went onto international distribution. And her most recent film, “reFashioned” profiled Hong Kongers who are innovating solutions to the textile waste problems caused by fast fashion. It premiered at top international film festivals and went on to be released globally. She also recently produced Green Queen's first podcast series “Green Queen In Conversation…" 💭 What drives you to do what you do? I’m passionate about creating positive impact in the world through the film and television content I create. #GreenQueen #innovation #sustainability #climatechange #climateaction #emissions -------- Love climate & sustainability stories? 💚 Subscribe to our newsletter, Green Queen on Mondays, and read the rest of our interview with Joanna in tomorrow's edition: https://lnkd.in/eMJ7WwXC

🧑🌾🍄 SUSTAINABLE FARMING IN ACTION! Derek Sarno, co-founder of Wicked Kitchen, has successfully converted a former chicken farm in Norfolk, England into a sustainable mushroom farm. This initiative was made possible through a collaboration with The Little Mushroom Co. and Smithy Mushrooms. A farm transformation for the future! 🌱 Visit our website to discover more food innovation: https://lnkd.in/eqEx5DT #GreenQueen #sustainability #foodsystems #futurefood #altprotein #innovation #foodtech

🥟🍜 CALLING ALL ASPIRING FOOD INNOVATORS IN ASIA! ProVeg International has launched its Food Innovation Challenge, inviting students in Asia to create groundbreaking plant-based products for the Asia-Pacific market. Winners will share in a $10,000 prize and have the opportunity to collaborate with industry giants like Beyond Meat, Mars, Unilever and Monde Nissin Corporation. Shaping the future of food with fresh perspectives! 🌱 Visit our website to discover more food innovation: https://lnkd.in/eqEx5DT #GreenQueen #sustainability #foodsystems #futurefood #altprotein #innovation #foodtech

🌿🍣 THE FUTURE OF SEAFOOD IS HERE! AlgaeCore - SimpliiGood is launching its spirulina-based smoked salmon in Europe early next year. With 40% protein and fewer than 10 ingredients, it promises to be a nutritious, sustainable choice. 🌱 Visit our website to discover more food innovation: https://lnkd.in/eqEx5DT #GreenQueen #sustainability #foodsystems #futurefood #altprotein #innovation #foodtech

💼🌱 TINDLE CEO TIMO RECKER TALKS CONSUMER ATTITUDES, SALES AND FUNDING DECLINES It’s been nine months since Timo Recker took over the reins of TiNDLE Foods from his fellow co-founder Andre Menezes. The leadership change came at the end of a big year for the Singapore-headquartered startup, and that momentum hasn’t halted in 2024. A year ago, the company rebranded itself from Next Gen Foods to align with its flagship plant-based meat brand TiNDLE, months after acquiring London-based alt-dairy startup Mwah! This was followed by the launch of a domestically produced breakfast sausage in the US, and the brand’s stateside retail debut months later. All the while, TiNDLE Foods was making major strides in Europe, especially the UK and Germany, Recker’s home country. Under his leadership, the company has debuted in Switzerland, unveiled a crop of new stuffed chicken range – which were rolled out in August – introduced a new bratwurst line, and is diversifying its portfolio with a forthcoming barista oat milk. It has also been forming partnerships with physical and e-commerce retailers in the US, recently launching its products into 160 Giant/Martin’s stores on the East Coast. And oh, it was at the Met Gala. Recker, the former founder and CEO of LikeMeat (now part of the LIVEKINDLY Collective), is now back in Germany, overseeing TiNDLE Foods’ additional growth plans for Europe. This isn’t the first time he’s at the helm – having co-founded the startup with Menezes, he served as CEO from July 2020 to May 2021. Now, as the plant-based sector suffers from faltering sales, lower investment, and misguided media coverage, Recker speaks to Green Queen in a wide-ranging interview. He explains how the role of a CEO has changed since he was last in it, what the industry is missing currently, why a host of startups have been forced to shut down, and what governments can do better. Read the full interview here: https://lnkd.in/eUGnNnwQ #GreenQueen #altprotein #futurefoods #foodsystems #sustainability

🥩🚫 SWISS CANTON ST GALLEN BANS MEAT & MILK SALES OVER HIGH PFAS St Gallen, the canton in northeastern Switzerland, has implemented a ban on sales of meat and dairy with higher levels of PFAS than the maximum permitted limit, after finding excessive amounts in these products from five farms. PFAS (or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) are a group of 15,000 ‘forever chemicals’ – named so as they don’t naturally break down and are proven to accumulate in our bodies – that are used to make water-, stain- and heat-resistant products. These chemicals are linked to serious health issues, like kidney disease, liver damage, thyroid problems, cancer, neurological damage, autoimmune disorders, birth defects, and developmental issues. In Switzerland, the federal government in February set limits on maximum PFAS levels in certain food products, which came into effect last month. Following that, the canton of St Gallen has found dangerously high amounts of PFAS in animal products from the northeast part of the canton. As a precautionary measure, it has introduced a ban on products from these areas. In the municipality of Eggersriet, high levels of PFAS contamination on farmland and water were discovered three years ago. After stepping up its investigation, the St Galle government found that the contamination expanded to other areas too, namely Mörschwil, Untereggen, Goldach, Altenrhein, and St Margrethen. A study published earlier this year found high levels of PFAS in human bodies, with diets rich in processed meat (and non-processed pork) and butter likely to increase the amount of these chemicals. “We need more public health monitoring, especially of healthy foods, to make sure we don’t have unintended chemical exposures in what we know are foods that are healthy in a lot of other ways,” Jesse Goodrich, a co-author of the study, told The Guardian. Plenty of companies are catering to these needs, from local favourites like Planted (which has raised over $100M), New Roots and The Green Mountain to international players like TiNDLE Foods and Redefine Meat. Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/eAkqT_Rt #GreenQueen #futurefoods #foodsystems #sustainability #climatechange

🌱🍔 IMPOSSIBLE FOODS TAKES MOTIF FOODWORKS’ HEME BUSINESS IN IP LAWSUIT SETTLEMENT Plant-based meat maker Impossible Foods and food tech company Motif FoodWorks, a spinoff of Boston-based Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc., have settled their bitter dispute over heme protein, two-and-a-half years after the litigation began. According to a filing in the US District Court for the District of Delaware – first reported by Bloomberg Law – Impossible Foods has agreed to take over Motif FoodWorks’ heme business. The ingredient gives plant-based analogues a meaty taste and appearance, and is used by Impossible Foods to help make its burgers ‘bleed’. Impossible Foods filed a lawsuit in March 2022, accusing Motif Foodworks of patent infringement. But Motif Foodworks denied any wrongdoing, suggesting that the action was an attempt to stifle competition and limit consumer choice. After Motif Foodworks filed an appeal in 2023, the US Patent Trial and Appeal Board invalidated one of Impossible Foods’ heme patents in June, covering a plant-based “ground beef-like food product” that “results in the production of at least two volatile compounds which have a beef-associated aroma” when cooked. However, it declined Motif Foodworks’ request to review six other patents as part of the lawsuit. In a joint statement sent to Bloomberg Law on Wednesday, the companies said: “This resolution affirms Impossible Foods’ category leadership and the strength of its product portfolio related to heme.” They added: “Motif FoodWorks and Ginkgo Bioworks look forward to supporting continued growth and innovation within the plant-based sector, recognising the massive potential for progress in the industry for consumers and the environment.” Learn more in the full article: https://lnkd.in/ewdYHBYx #GreenQueen #altprotein #plantbasedmeat #futurefood #foodtech #foodsystems

🌎👗 BILL GATES LEADS $33M SERIES B FOR LAB-GROWN COTTON MAKER GALY Boston-based GALY has secured $33M in an oversubscribed Series B investment round led by Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Ventures, accelerating the startup’s mission to essentially eliminate cotton’s water consumption by growing it in labs. The fundraise also included two of the world’s largest fast-fashion brands, H&M Group and Inditex (the parent company of Zara, Bershka, Stradivarius and more), alongside Indorama Ventures, Endeavor Scale-up Ventures, and Unreasonable. John Doerr’s family office Eighty Eight Group, Material Impact, Artesian (Alternative Investments), Brinc and Reaction Global were all returning investors. The sum takes the total raised by Galy to over $65M. The startup aims to use the capital to advance its cellular agriculture platform and its flagship lab-grown cotton, a sustainable material progressing towards pre-industrial quality and scale. Founded in 2019 by CEO Luciano Bueno and CSO Paula Elbl, Galy is aiming to disrupt a $42B industry, but one mired in environmental troubles and with a striking human rights record. “By investing in cutting-edge technologies for producing next-generation fibres, we are not only moving towards our goal of exclusively using materials with a lower environmental impact, but also actively shaping the transformation of the industry through strategic capital investments,” Bueno said. Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/eQ2JFjie #GreenQueen #innovation #fashion #sustainability #emissions #climateaction #climatechange

🇺🇸 The Big Story: A Major Week For US Approvals - that and more inside Green Queen Media's #FutureFoodWeekly ✅ Solar Foods Earns Self-Affirmed GRAS Status in the US for Solein CO2 Protein ✅ 21st.BIO Earns Self-Affirmed GRAS Status in US for Precision-Fermented Whey Protein 🍫 Nutella Plant-Based: Everything You Need to Know As Ferrero Launches Vegan Version of Beloved Spread in Europe 🇯🇵 Japan’s IntegriCulture Announces Five Collaborative Projects to Advance Cultivated Meat 🍟 Food Processing Facts: Big Food Defends UPFs with New Website 🐟 New School Foods Nets $6M in Funding, Opens New Factory for Vegan Whole-Cut Salmon 🇩🇪 Nosh.bio Partners with German Meat Giant to Debut Single-Ingredient Meat Analogue 🚫 Nebraska Governor Signs Executive Order Against Cultivated Meat, Eyes Ban for 2025 🚫 Illinois Representative Joins Growing List of Politicians Trying to Ban Cultivated Meat 🍄 How An Ancient Mould Can Turn Food Waste Into Michelin-Starred Dishes 🥜 Peanut Shells Can Be Upcycled to Make High-Fibre Plant-Based & Cultivated Meat, Shows Study 🍔 Shake Shack Debuts Veggie Shack Burger Made From 11 Vegetables in Hong Kong & Macau 🏷️ USDA Targets Greenwashing with ‘Misleading’ Environmental Claims on Meat Labels 🥔 Molecular Farming Startup PoLoPo to Supply Potato Protein Following Demand From Existing Clients 🌱 Plant-Based Meat Better for Human & Planetary Health Than Animal Proteins, Finds New Study 🇦🇺 Think Tank Lays Out Policy Recommendations for Australia’s Precision Fermentation Sector Read the full version here: https://lnkd.in/eFUNzx3u Or listen to our EIC Sonalie Figueiras and Clear Current Capital's Steve Molino talk about it live here: https://lnkd.in/e8Sz53U7 #GreenQueen #altprotein #futurefoods #cultivatedmeat #innovation #sustainability #climatechange -------- Want to see more posts like this? Hit the 🔔 button on our profile so you don't miss any updates. Or subscribe to our newsletter to get the latest in alt protein and sustainability: https://lnkd.in/eMJ7WwXC

🌱🎓 BEZOS EARTH FUND OPENS THIRD ALT-PROTEIN CENTER AT NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE Biomass fermentation, microalgae innovations, and hybrid meats are all on the menu at Bezos Earth Fund’s latest Centre for Sustainable Protein. The third of its kind, this site was always going to be in Asia, as reported by Green Queen in June. And today, the fund inaugurated the research hub at the National University of Singapore(NUS). “The decision to do this in Singapore was a simple one,” Andy Jarvis, director of Bezos Earth Fund’s $1B Future of Food initiative, tells Green Queen. “Singapore is an absolute powerhouse when it comes to alternative proteins – it was way ahead of so many other countries in the world.” “The government has made the strategic decision to focus on this and [has] invested. You have an incredibly dynamic innovation ecosystem on alternative proteins, and you had the government take the lead in regulating cultivated meat two years before the rest of the year of the world,” he adds. It follows the establishment of its sister centres at North Carolina State University in May and Imperial College London in June. Like the other two hubs, the Singapore Centre for Sustainable Protein has been set up with a $30M investment, as part of a total commitment of $100M for alternative proteins. The remaining $10M will go towards an ancillary grant. The Singapore Centre for Sustainable Protein will primarily focus on microalgae and biomass fermentation, alongside research into cultivated meat and plant-based tech, with a view to creating what the fund calls “ultimate proteins”: hybrid meats that combine cultivated cells with plant- and fermentation-derived ingredients to match conventional proteins on taste, price and nutrition. Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/eSfRfg-7 #GreenQueen #altprotein #futurefoods #sustainability #climatechange