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Walmart to Cut 60,000 Pounds of Plastic Annually with One Simple Change to Its Cucumbers

By switching to plastic-free Apeel English cucumbers—which feature a plant-based, life-extending “peel”—the major retailer is eliminating the equivalent of 85 million plastic straws.

by Anna Starostinetskaya

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Lightlife Targets Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods in a Full-Page New York Times Ad. Here’s Their Response.

After publishing an open letter, Lightlife Foods faces criticism from Beyond Meat, Impossible Foods, and consumers.

by Jocelyn Martinez

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Impossible Burger Patties Launch in 2,000 Kroger Stores Nationwide

The pre-formed patties are the second retail product launch of plant-based meat maker Impossible Foods.

by Nicole Axworthy

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Silicon Valley Startup Raises $91 Million to Replace Collagen and Gelatin in Cosmetics, Gummy Bears

Biodesign startup Geltor is working to create animal-free ingredient solutions across the cosmetic, food, and nutrition industries to help manufacturers create sustainable, cruelty-free consumer products.

by Anna Starostinetskaya

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New Vegan Brand Relies on Technology, Not Cows, to Make Dairy-Identical Ice Cream

Brave Robot uses a new animal-free whey protein instead of cashews or coconut to create a dairy-identical vegan ice cream in flavors such as Blueberry Pie, Raspberry White Truffle, and Hazelnut Chocolate Fudge.

by Nicole Axworthy

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Groundbreaking Program Will Grow Slaughter-Free Meat in Space and Other Planets

“When people will live on the Moon or Mars, Aleph Farms will be there as well,” says Didier Toubia, CEO of Aleph Farms—a company working to make cell-based meat in extraterrestrial environments.

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Top Disney Exec Bob Iger Joins Board of High-Tech Vegan Dairy Startup

The top-level Disney exec will bring his expertise to California-based Perfect Day—which uses “flora” proteins to create dairy-identical animal-free products.

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Impossible Foods Is Now Developing Dairy-Identical Milk from Plants

The startup is also doubling its research and development team to help meet its goal of replacing all animal-derived foods with plant-based alternatives by 2035.

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Brazilian Startup Launches Next-Level Vegan Chicken

Brazil-based Fazenda Futuro—“Future Farm” in English—wants to make animal slaughterhouses “increasingly obsolete” with all of its vegan meat products.

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New Startup Turns Fungi Into Vegan Cheese

Change Foods is using microorganisms such as yeast and filamentous fungi and a special fermentation technique to create casein compounds without the cow.

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Adidas, Stella McCartney, and Lululemon Partner with Vegan Mushroom Leather Startup to Transform Fashion Industry

Biotech startup Bolt Threads teams up with fashion industry leaders to give them exclusive access to its mushroom-based vegan leather, Mylo, which will be used to replace animal-derived leather in new products in 2021.

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The Vegan Father’s Day Gift Guide For the Dad in Quarantine

From vegan cheese starter kits to smoothie-making blenders, make this year’s at-home Father’s Day one to remember.

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Vegan Cowboys Will Pay $2.9 Million to Turn Grass into Vegan Milk

The Dutch startup is on a mission to find the right strain of fungus to create dairy protein without the cow—and they’re willing to pay big bucks for it.

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More Than $125,000 Is up for Grabs for Plant-Based Startups in Global Competition

United Kingdom-based organization Vevolution is opening its Pitch & Plant competition to global startups for the first time.

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This New Vegan Jerky Uses Science to Convince Your Brain That You’re Eating Meat

ELECTRIC Jerky underwent months of scientific testing and uses a proprietary vegan beef flavor to elicit the same brain response as animal-based meat products.

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US Government Grants $3.5 Million to California University to Research Lab-Grown Meat

by Jocelyn Martinez

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Netherlands Lab-Grown Meat Pioneer Secures $55 Million to Bring Slaughter-Free Beef to Market

by Nicole Axworthy

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Alternative Protein Companies Raise $1.5 Billion in First Half of 2020

The fermentation industry—which uses microbes to create animal-free products—is emerging as the third pillar in the alternative protein space occupied by plant-based and cell-based foods.

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Eat Just Opens Vegan Culinary Studio in China

The Future Food Studio—the first all plant-based cooking school in China—will host classes where chefs teach students how to use JUST Egg to replace animal-derived eggs in a variety of dishes.

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One of Chile’s Top Vegan Startups Secures $85 Million Investment, Plans US Launch

After partnering with chains Burger King and Papa John’s in Chile, food technology startup NotCo plans to bring its vegan NotBurger, NotMilk, NotIceCream, and more to the United States.