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- Cultivated meat backed by UK government’s new National Vision for Engineering Biology
Cultivated meat backed by UK government’s new National Vision for Engineering Biology
Plus, IP stats reveal meat and dairy replacement technologies continue to evolve, Dutch food-tech Farmless raises €4.8 million, and more
The good news is that, with COP28 concluding in a matter of days, a new roadmap from the UN FAO has pinpointed that wealthy countries will need to cut back meat and dairy consumption to hit health and environmental targets. On the flipside, environmental groups have been voicing angst that action to tackle agricultural emissions remain off the menu in the formal negotiations. So, is this yet more dancing around the elephant in the room? We will see...
Not everybody is in Dubai, though. So, we were pretty pleased with some fantastic stories that make their way into our inboxes over the past seven days. This week we have, for a change, a government in Europe (though not in Europe!) forging ahead with its plans to foster a proactive environment for the cultivated meat industry.
And on that note, a Singapore startup has scooped a multi-million-dollar seed raise, while two technology suppliers from Israel and Estonia have joined forces in an intriguing collaboration, and another two, both in the UK, have paired up to scale cell-cultivated meat production.
Big meat and dairy lobbyists have reportedly turned out in record numbers in Dubai for the climate talks, so it's no surprise to read another story that, according to the largest-ever analysis of online meat and dairy-related misinformation, a flood of conspiracy theories, junk science and aggressive pro-meat posts online are undermining a shift to more sustainable food and farming.
Read on to find out more…
As far as quiet weeks go, this is about as quiet as it gets. As usual, though, there's plenty more to read on our new and improved website!
