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| 03.04.2025 | In the Wake of MAHA, Is 2025 the Year to Finance Food Fast?
In the Wake of MAHA, Is 2025 the Year to Finance Food Fast? Investment Opportunities and the Future of the Food System | Elysabeth Alfano is the CEO of VegTech™ Invest, an Advisor to a food innovation ETF. She is a consultant to multi-national companies focused on sustainability and an Advisor to C-Suite interested in understanding the growth and whitespaces ... |
| 25.03.2025 | After Lahaina fire, Hawaii residents address their risk by becoming ‘Firewise’ | The state has 250,000 acres of unmanaged fallow agricultural land, nearly all of its buildings sit within the wildland-urban interface, and two-thirds of communities have only one road in and out.
But experts say that even with so many fact... |
| 10.03.2025 | UK Govt Opens First-of-A-Kind ‘Sandbox’ to Fast-Track Cultivated Meat Approval | 7 Mins Read The UK’s Food Standards Agency has launched a regulatory ‘sandbox’ to accelerate the regulatory approval pathway for cultivated meat, with eight startups participating in the two-year programme.
Weeks after cultivated meat hit p... |
| 03.03.2025 | The Future of Aerospace and Food Innovation: A Dual Path to Sustainability | In the modern landscape, two industries stand at a crossroads: aerospace and food innovation. Both sectors face immense challenges but also hold the keys to a sustainable future. As we navigate through the complexities of these fields, we u... |
| 01.03.2025 | Empowering Africa: The Financial Revolution for Clean Energy and Entrepreneurship | Africa stands at a crossroads. The continent is rich in resources, yet millions remain in the dark. Clean energy access is not just a dream; it’s a necessity. Recent initiatives by the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP) an... |
| 27.02.2025 | Top Three Reasons Investing in Food Innovation Will Take Center Stage Before 2030
Top Three Reasons Investing in Food Innovation Will Take Center Stage Before 2030 | Elysabeth Alfano is the CEO of VegTech™ Invest, an Advisor to a food innovation ETF. She is a consultant to multi-national companies focused on sustainability and an Advisor to C-Suite interested in understanding the growth and whitespaces ... |
| 26.02.2025 | GEAPP & AFD Group Join Forces to Support Local Financial Institutions in Africa in Support of Mission 300 | New initiative positions Africa's public and private development banks as strategic enablers of clean energy access
The collaboration will bolster African financial institutions' ability to support clean energy projects by enhancing their t... |
| 07.02.2025 | The UK’s Protein Revolution: A Step Towards Sustainable Future | The UK is on the brink of a protein revolution. With a hefty investment of £75 million, the government is pushing for sustainable protein sources. This funding is a crucial step in the fight against climate change and food insecurity. Yet, ... |
| 06.02.2025 | UK Govt Has Poured £75M Into Sustainable Proteins – But Job is Only Half Done | 5 Mins Read The UK is no longer at risk of falling behind other countries in the protein transition, thanks to a collective outlay of £75M in future food innovation. But more can be done in the upcoming food strategy.
As the Labour governme... |
| 27.01.2025 | JBS and partners donate 3 million tags to improve livestock traceability in Pará | Company Unveils Program to Support Farmers in Livestock Tagging
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan. 27, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- JBS, in partnership with key stakeholders, has announced the donation of 3 million livestock tags to enhance cattle traceabili... |
| 07.01.2025 | GEAPP Announces Three Key Initiatives and Partnerships to Help Advance India's Energy Transition Agenda | New Delhi, Delhi, India
GEAPP announced a Multi-Donor Trust Fund in partnership with ISA, DUET and ENTICE 2.0
Together, they address key challenges and scale innovative solutions critical to achieving India's target of 500 GW renewable ener... |
| 02.01.2025 | The New Era of M&A: Quality Over Quantity in 2024 | The world of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) is undergoing a seismic shift. The landscape is changing, and the focus is now on fewer, but more valuable deals. As we step into 2024, the data reveals a clear trend: companies are prioritizi... |
| 31.12.2024 | Editor’s Picks: Green Queen’s 10 Favourite Future Food Stories of the Year | 3 Mins Read It has been a big year for the future food sector. These are our editor’s picks of the 10 best stories on Green Queen in 2024 (in chronological order), featuring a public tasting for cultivated meat, an interview with a US senat... |
| 04.12.2024 | NAPIC Becomes Latest Alternative Protein Innovation Centre to Open in the UK | The National Alternative Protein Innovation Centre (NAPIC) has been formally launched at the UK’s University of Leeds. It comes after the centre received £15 million in investment from two government funding bodies — the Biotechnology and B... |
| 01.11.2024 | European Research Funding for Alt-Protein Reached A Record High in 2023 | 5 Mins Read Research efforts for alternative proteins like plant-based and cultivated meat received €290M in funding last year, just as the number of studies on the topic proliferated.
The only way for alternative proteins to reach the main... |
| 17.10.2024 | The UK’s Protein Revolution: A Path to Sustainable Food Security | The UK stands at a crossroads. The alternative protein sector is on the brink of transformation. With recent breakthroughs, the country is poised to lead a global shift in food production. Yet, challenges loom large. The stakes are high, an... |
| 16.10.2024 | Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP) and NITI Aayog Forge Strategic Partnership to Advance Sustainable Development | New Delhi, Delhi, India
The collaboration aims to drive India’s mission of clean energy independence by 2047
Focuses on strategic reforms and innovative solutions to foster sustainable development
Global Energy Alliance for People and Plane... |
| 16.10.2024 | The UK Could Lead the Protein Transition – Stakeholders Outline How | 5 Mins Read With a host of positive developments recently, the UK’s alternative protein sector is at a tipping point – but the country needs further action to solidify its leadership.
It has been a big year for the UK’s alternative protein ... |
| 09.10.2024 | Exclusive: Think Tank Shows How Governments Can Create National Protein Transition Strategies | 9 Mins Read Devising a national action strategy for alternative proteins is crucial for countries’ climate targets and global food security – a new report shows how.
In the next 25 years, the world will need 56% more food to feed its expand... |
| 09.10.2024 | Umami Bioworks Heads to the Home of Fish & Chips, Seeking UK Regulatory Filing for Cultivated Seafood | 5 Mins Read Singaporean cultivated seafood producer Umami Bioworks has expanded operations to the UK, and is in talks with the country’s regulator as it maps a path to market.
Umami Bioworks’s international expansion rages on, with the cult... |
| 24.09.2024 | Plant-Based Food Offers Far Better Returns on Climate Investment Than EVs or Green Energy: Study | 6 Mins Read Investing in a plant-based food system offers much greater emissions cuts per dollar than renewable energy or electric vehicles, shows a new report.
If governments and investors put the same amount of money into plant-based food... |
| 20.09.2024 | Mission 300: the plan to bring electricity to 300 million people across Africa | A plan to bring electricity to 300 million Africans by 2030, backed by an initial pledge of US$30-billion (R525-billion) from the World Bank and the African Development Bank, has begun to be implemented with an assessment of the first poten... |
| 16.09.2024 | Jeff Bezos-backed fund eyes investment in South African municipal power grids | A global organisation backed by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’s climate and biodiversity fund said it’s setting up a programme to attract investment into South African municipal power grids, which need R319-billion to prepare for the introducti... |
| 06.09.2024 | The Future of Food and Medicine: Pioneering Change in Asia | In a world grappling with climate change and an ever-growing population, two significant initiatives in Asia are poised to reshape the landscape of food and healthcare. The Bezos Centre for Sustainable Protein at the National University of ... |
| 05.09.2024 | Bezos Centre for Sustainable Protein Opens at the National University of Singapore | Backed by US$30M from the Bezos Earth Fund, the Centre aims to revolutionise sustainable protein research and commercialisation in Asia
SINGAPORE, Sept. 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Bezos Centre for Sustainable Protein at the National Univer... |
| 05.09.2024 | Bezos Earth Fund Establishes Sustainable Protein Research Hub at National University of Singapore | The Bezos Earth Fund has announced the establishment of the Bezos Centre for Sustainable Protein at the National University of Singapore (NUS), marking its first initiative of this kind in Asia. The centre, which is backed by a US$30 millio... |
| 05.09.2024 | Bezos Earth Fund Establishes Sustainable Protein Center in Singapore | - |
| 30.08.2024 | Nebraska Governor Signs Executive Order Against Cultivated Meat, Eyes Ban for 2025 | 7 Mins Read Nebraska governor Jim Pillen has signed an executive order with a view to ban cultivated meat in 2025 – and he did not mince his words about consumers’ freedom of choice, or Bill Gates.
Despite Ron DeSantis’ Florida being sued f... |
| 19.08.2024 | UP govt to install solar power plants on Bundelkhand Expressway
Kochi Water Metro: Mattancherry Service Launching in October
Mumbai Metro 3 Phase 1 Launch by September
Delhi Metro Phase 4 to Feature P... | POWER & RENEWABLE ENERGY UP govt to install solar power plants on Bundelkhand Expressway
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The Uttar Pradesh government has announced plans to install solar power plants along both sides of the 296-km Bundel... |
| 02.08.2024 | Plant-Based Meat Sales Down By 19% in US Retail, But Industry Optimistic About Future | 6 Mins Read Retail sales of plant-based meat products in the US have continued to slow, dropping by 19% from last year – but industry experts have remained positive over this period.
Americans spent 18.6% less on chilled plant-based meat in... |
| 29.06.2024 | The Race to Make Plant-Based Meat More Affordable | 6 Mins Read An often insurmountable price barrier is keeping many people from buying plant-based alternatives to beef, pork, and chicken.
By Ayurella Horn-Muller
Isobelle McClements was 13 when she came home from school and told her parents... |
| 25.06.2024 | Bezos Center for Sustainable Protein Opens at Imperial College London, Will Receive $30M in Funding | The Bezos Earth Fund has announced the launch of a new Bezos Center for Sustainable Protein at Imperial College London.
The Center will span seven academic departments, focusing on the development and commercialization of sustainable, affor... |
| 13.06.2024 | The Rockefeller Foundation, GEAPP, SEforALL lead high-level delegation to visit Nigeria’s successful energy transition projects | Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL), a global organization dedicated to universal access to sustainable energy, announced today its CEO and Special Representative to the UN Secretary-General, Damilola Ogunbiyi, will host a high-level dele... |
| 05.06.2024 | Future Food Quick Bites: Non-Dairy Starbucks, Vegan Flights & A Bezos Protein Centre | 5 Mins Read In our weekly column, we round up the latest news and developments in the alternative protein and sustainable food industry. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Starbucks’ upcoming Oatly collaboration, a vegan certificatio... |
| 31.05.2024 | Bezos Earth Fund Establishes Sustainable Protein Research Center at NC State University | The Bezos Earth Fund has awarded North Carolina State University $30 million over the next five years to establish the first Bezos Center for Sustainable Protein. This project will create a biomanufacturing hub for sustainable dietary prote... |
| 31.05.2024 | Jeff Bezos-backed fund gives N.C. State $30M to research lab-grown proteins | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
The Bezos Earth Fund, a foundation backed with $10 billion from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, is pouring $30 million into N.C. State University to study alternative proteins, the university announced Fri... |
| 01.05.2024 | Shiru Unveils AI-Led Protein Marketplace and Discovery Marketplace | 4 Mins Read Artificial intelligence startup Shiru has today launched the “world’s first” protein discovery platform, allowing companies to find and buy sustainable proteins for product development.
As the world of protein expands, with inno... |
| 19.04.2024 | Weekly Recap: 14 Press Releases You Might Have Missed | A roundup of the most newsworthy press releases from PR Newswire this week, including TIME's most influential people, Expedia's summer travel outlook and a new espresso martini from Chili's.
NEW YORK, April 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- With tho... |
| 13.03.2024 | Bezos Earth Fund Commits $60M to Establish Centers for Sustainable Protein | The Bezos Earth Fund, launched in 2020 by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has pledged $60 million to establish several Bezos Centers for Sustainable Protein.
The Centers will address technological challenges facing the alternative protein indust... |
| 13.03.2024 | Jeff Bezos' philanthropic fund is pouring $60 million into alternative meats to try to make them taste better | Food Jeff Bezos' philanthropic fund is pouring $60 million into alternative meats to try to make them taste better
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| 04.03.2024 | SpaceX launches 76 satellites in back-to-back launches from both coasts | Less than 24 hours after launching a crew of four on a flight to the International Space Station, SpaceX launched 53 commercial satellites from California on Monday, including an innovative methane emissions monitor built by a nonprofit, th... |
| 08.12.2023 | The biggest food sustainability pledges at COP28, from Bezos to JBS | Food was at the center of the table at COP28 as world leaders and major producers announced landmark agreements tackling agriculture's role in climate change.
Some of the world's largest food producers are taking new steps to disclose — and... |
| 06.12.2023 | Jeff Bezos should pay up for using the Amazon's name, says this Brazilian governor | Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, and the Amazon rainforest. Eric Baradat/AFP/Getty Images
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The governor of Brazil's Amazonas state wants Jeff Bezos to pay royalties for using the Amazon name.
He posted a video on Instagram addressing Be... |
| 18.08.2023 | 50% of Asia’s Protein Must be Animal-Free by 2060 To Reach Net Zero | 6 Mins Read Countries in Southeast Asia and Asia-Pacific must increase their alt-protein production by 2030 to help mitigate the climate crisis, as animal protein and its associated emissions must peak by the end of the decade, says a new r... |
| 19.10.2022 | Jeff Bezos responds to criticism over investing in space travel instead of solving problems on Earth: 'We go to space not to abandon our home, but to protect it' | Jeff Bezos Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images
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In a speech at the Vatican, Jeff Bezos addressed people who ask why he invests "so much into space."
The former Amazon CEO said investing in going to space will benefit the Earth... |
| 19.10.2022 | Jeff Bezos responds to criticism over investing in space travel instead of solving problems on Earth: 'We go to space not to abandon our home, but to protect it' | In a speech at the Vatican, Jeff Bezos addressed people who ask why he invests "so much into space."
The former Amazon CEO said investing in going to space will benefit the Earth and "protect it."
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| 19.10.2022 | Jeff Bezos: Blue Origin’s goal to ‘move all polluting industries off Earth’ | More On: jeff bezos
‘Batten down the hatches’: Bezos warns of looming US recession Jeff Bezos told Kim Kardashian that Pete Davidson would be safe on rocket ship ‘Don’t try to insert sex’: Amazon exec says ‘Rings of Power’ won’t be like ‘Go... |
| 23.09.2022 | Africa: How Money and Technology Are Militarising the Fight Against the Illegal Wildlife Trade | Thousands of animals and plants are bought and sold each year globally as food, medicine, clothing and furniture - even in the form of musical instruments. Wildlife, it seems, is big business.
The illegal wildlife trade, which has an estima... |
| 06.05.2022 | Jeff Bezos Just Gave Away Nearly $120 Million | Jeff Bezos attends the 10th Annual LACMA Art+Film Gala presented by Gucci at Los Angeles County ... [+] Museum of Art on November 06, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. Photo by Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic |
| 24.03.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: African startups Apollo, Wasoko & ThriveAgric close big-ticket rounds | This has been a watershed week for African agrifoodtech, with a string of startups from the continent closing eight and nine-figure US dollar rounds over the past few days. Kenya’s Wasoko and Apollo Agriculture raised $125 million and $40 m... |
| 17.03.2022 | Bezos Earth Fund pledges $17m to Colombia’s Future Seeds plant gene bank | The Bezos Earth Fund will invest $17 million in global food security-focused research partnership CGIAR‘s Future Seeds plant gene bank. The gene bank was inaugurated this week in Colombia to preserve plant biodiversity and support agricultu... |
| 06.12.2021 | Jeff Bezos donates over $400 million to help save the planet he blasted off from just months ago | Jeff Bezos laughs as he speaks about his flight on Blue Origin’s New Shepard into space during a press conference on July 20, 2021 in Van Horn, Texas. Joe Raedle/Getty Images
Jeff Bezos’ Earth Fund donated $US443 ($AU629) million to 44 clim... |
| 17.11.2021 | Jeff Bezos Wants to Focus on Space Travel and Climate Change with Blue Origin, Bezos Earth Fund | Isaiah Richard, Tech Times 17 November 2021, 06:11 am
Jeff Bezos said that the world should be focusing on both space travel and its industry, as well as the current crisis of the planet, Climate Change. The former Amazon CEO can do both ve... |
| 03.11.2021 | Jeff Bezos announces $2 billion pledge to restore nature, transform food system | --> -->
The Bezos Earth Fund has pledged $2 billion to help restore nature and transform food systems as part of its $10 billion commitment to fight climate change, improve nature, and advance environmental justice and economic opport... |
| - | EGEB: Amazon’s Jeff Bezos announces $10B Bezos Earth Fund | In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
Jeff Bezos pledges $10 billion in grants to explore new ways of tackling the climate crisis.
The US East Coast’s largest oil refinery is officially, legally dead.
Scientists at UMass Amherst ar... |
| - | Dolly Parton receives $100 million award from Jeff Bezos: 'I will do my best to do good things with this money' | Country music superstar Dolly Parton is no stranger to charitable giving.
In 2020, she donated $1 million to Vanderbilt University's coronavirus research, which helped create Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine. In 2021, she raised $700,000 to help ... |
| - | Jeff Bezos climate fund gives millions to energy efficiency start-up BlocPower | The Bezos Earth Fund granted $5.5 million to BlocPower, a 2021 CNBC Disruptor 50 company that focuses on commercial and residential building energy efficiency.
BlocPower is working with large and small communities across the U.S. to decarbo... |
| - | Jeff Bezos moved to Fla. and invested $60M into lab-grown meat — then Ron DeSantis banned it | New Florida residents Jeff Bezos and his fiancée Lauren Sanchez announced a $60 million initial investment into sustainable protein, including “cultivated meats” — just before Gov. Ron DeSantis barred the sale of lab-grown meat in the Sunsh... |