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Sustainable Protein 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),- By Vegconomist in Biotechnology - 8 | 3
Honest Government Ad | Japan vs Paul Watson 🐋🇯🇵
The Government of Japan made an accnouncement about the arrest of Capt. Paul Watson, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative 🇯🇵- By The Juice in Animal Rights - 5 | 2
The SUV craze 🚗🚙🛻
Americans love big cars, but new analysis suggests that the heaviest vehicles kill more people than they save.- By The Economist in Technology - 7 | 5
UK Government Invests £15M to Establish Alternative Protein Innovation Centre With Global Reach
Two UK government funding bodies — the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and Innovate UK — have announced a £15 million investment- By Vegconomist in Precision Fermentation - 3 | 1
The Badgers🦡🦡, The Farmers 🧑🌾🧑🌾 and Me
Following Sir Brian May over a decade-long journey to understand the crisis caused by bovine tuberculosis and his opposition to the controversial badger cull,.- By BBC in Documentary - 16 | 3
Why we need to put a price on water 🚿🚰🌊
Climate Change is increasing water scarcity whilst Animal Agriculture is thirsty and destructive industry- By The Economist in Climate Change - 6 | 1
The livestock lobby 🐖🐔🐮🐑 🕴️ is waging war on ‘lab-grown meat’
These new proteins could be our best hope of averting catastrophe. But governments are trying to have them banned- By George Monbiot in Cultivated Meat - 10 | 3
Better than the Reel Thing: How Oshi is Redefining Seafood 🦞🦐🍤🐟
Seafood consumption is going up around the world, including in the US, with salmon being the fish species Americans love to eat the most.- By The Business For Good Podcast in Podcast 🎧 - 3 | 2
Cultivated Chicken 🍗🐔 for $6 Per Pound?
A breakthrough study explores how continuous manufacturing can solve the scalability challenges of cultivated chicken and bring prices down to $6 per lb.- By Green Queen in Cultivated Meat - 11 | 2
Stop killing pigs 🐖🐷🐽
Send our urgent letter to Sir Keir Starmer, the UK Prime Minister, to demand an immediate end to taxpayers’ money funding the slaughter of animals in abattoirs- By Animal Justice Project in Petition - 54 | 6
Free Paul Watson! 🐳🛥️
He faces extradition to Japan, where he could be sentenced to 15 years in prison for opposing whaling more than a decade ago.- By Avaaz in Petition - 12 | 2
Japan is slaughtering whales 🇯🇵🐳
In May 2024, Japan announced it would expand its commercial whaling operations to include the fin whale.- By IFAW in Petition - 34 | 5
The Dumbest Climate 🌍 Conversation of All Time 🚀🟠
"Trump and Musk. No more need be said, but I will." Very funny - highly recommend- By Bill McKibben in Climate Change - 6 | 2
TELL META: Don't Kill Your Crucial Transparency 🔎 Tool, CrowdTangle!
Meta has announced it will be abandoning CrowdTangle, its industry leading transparency tool, this August - in the middle of the biggest election year on record- By Mozilla in Petition - 6 | 2
Let’s make our roads 🛣️ safer for all 🫎🦌🦡
Wild animals should be allowed to cross roads safely for their migration. However, there is a growing number of road accidents in the EU.- By We Move Europe in Petition - 13 | 2
Animal Ag 🐮🐷🐑🐔 a much bigger CO2 🌬️ emitter?
14.5% is the number we have been operating on. But this was provided by a body with vested interests and doesn't take into account the carbon cost opportunity.- By Climate Healers in Climate Change - 64 | 47
Coffee ☕ Without Beans 🫘, Chocolate 🍫 Without Cocoa
Demand for commodities like coffee and chocolate continues to grow but land suitable for growing such crops is rapidly shrinking.- By Cultivated-X in Biotechnology - 6 | 3
How time in nature 🌳🏞️ builds happier, healthier and more social children
Time outdoors — even a walk around the neighborhood — helps children’s cognition, stress levels and general growth.- By Washington Post in Nature - 2 | 0
European Investment in Fermentation 🍺🔬🦠 is looking up!
Within the first six months of 2024, European precision and biomass fermentation startups attracted more investment than they did in all of 2023.- By Green Queen in Precision Fermentation - 10 | 3
New Study On Morals Reveals Purity Trumps Harm 🔪🔫
Younger and better-educated individuals, along with men and meat-lovers, showed more favorable attitudes towards cultivated meat- By Cultivated-X in Cultivated Meat - 27 | 3
UK 🇬🇧 first European 🇪🇺 country to approve lab-grown meat 🥩
Regulators approve Meatly pet product, cultivated chicken made from growing cells- By The Guardian in Cultivated Meat - 13 | 2
South Korea 🇰🇷 Leading the way! EU 🇪🇺 trails behind
The Bio Future Food Industry Association has launched in South Korea to support and develop the country’s cultivated meat sector.- By Cultivated-X in Biotechnology - 12 | 2
How Traditional Farmers 🧑🌾 can Benefit from Cultivated Meat🥩🔬
This new technology will significantly impact livestock farming. Common ground between the cultured meat industry and traditional farmers is essential.- By RAC in Cultivated Meat - 24 | 6
The Curse of Fur 🦊🦫🐺
Tradition can impede progress, just because we have done something in the past doesn’t mean we should keep doing it.- By The Good Signal in Nature - 12 | 2
Japan 🇯🇵 declares war on the world's great whales🐳
Japan harpoons its first endangered fin whale in over 50 years, confirming suspicions that a return to high seas slaughter of the world’s largest mammals was al- By Paul Watson Foundation in Nature - 3 | 1
Austria Promotes Plant Proteins & Asks People to Cut Back on Meat 🥓 & Dairy 🧈 in New Dietary Guidelines
Austria leading the way with new dietary guidelines: eating less animal protein and more plants, with pulses getting their own category for the first time.- By Green Queen in Policy - 6 | 2
74% of Americans Don’t Think Eating Meat 🥩 & Dairy 🥛 is Linked to Climate Change – New Poll
The onus really is on educating people about the impact of animal agriculture.- By Green Queen in Climate Change - 4 | 1
PawCo Foods Achieves $1M Annual Recurring Revenue for Plant-Based 🌱 Pet Food 🐕
The company, which specializes in plant-based dog food, reported a 1000% year-over-year growth rate, reflecting a rising demand for sustainable pet nutrition an- By Vegconomist in Business - 6 | 3
Ban toxic pesticides! ☣️
Toxic pesticides that cause cancer are in our air, food, and water — but the EU is doing nothing about it.- By We Move Europe in Petition - 5 | 0
Turning the Tide on Fossil Fuels 🛢️: Is Eco Wave 🌊Power the Future of Clean Energy ⚡?
Eco Wave Power's cutting-edge technology captures and converts the natural motion of waves into usable electricity, offering a viable and environmentally friend- By Business For Good in Podcast 🎧 - 10 | 3
Disrupting dairy 🐮🥛: Precision Fermentation's first major food market
A fantastic post by RethinkX about the incredible potential of Precision Fermentation and the current state of the technology.- By RethinkX in Precision Fermentation - 10 | 1
How many animals 🐄🐖🐔🐑 are slaughtered every day for meat?
The scale of humanity’s meat 🍖🥓🥩 consumption is enormous. 360 million tonnes of meat every year. And the environmental impact is huge.- By Our World in Data in Environment - 302 | 12
French 🇫🇷 Cultivated Foie Gras 🦆 Maker Gourmey Files for Regulatory Approval in EU
This is the first cultivated meat application filed in the EU and could potentially pave the way for broader commercialisation of Cell-Ag products 🧫- By Green Queen in Cultivated Meat - 23 | 5
Why Danone 🥛 Bet on Precision Fermentation 🔬 & ‘White Biotech’ for the Future of Food
French dairy giant Danone is part of a consortium that aims to scale up precision fermentation via a new open platform in an interview the company explains why- By Green Queen in Precision Fermentation - 11 | 6
Survey Explores Swiss 🇨🇭 Acceptance of Cultivated Meat 🥩 and Precision Fermentation 🔬
YouGov recently conducted a representative survey on the acceptance of cultivated meat and precision fermentation derived products in Switzerland.- By Vegconomist in Biotechnology - 31 | 14
Raising Welfare for Lab Rodents 🐀
The science of animal welfare is exploding, offering new ways to improve conditions for millions of research animals a year 🐀🐒🐕- By Asimov Press in Biotechnology - 22 | 10
Defend our health, fight Big Meat 🥩🍖
Big Meat & Dairy companies keep pushing us to overconsume processed meat and cheese, putting at risk not only our health but also damaging our environment- By We Move Europe in Petition - 54 | 18