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Brief: Meati settles false advertising lawsuit over ‘mushroom root’ claims
Alt meat start-up Meati Foods has actually worked out a putative class action lawsuit declaring it incorrectly promoted its cutlets and steaks as ‘made from mushroom origin&#…
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CPG manufacturing platform Keychain sees uptick in activity as firms prepare for tariffs
New York-based Keychain, which has an online platform enabling CPG companies and retailers to find manufacturing partners, claims it has actually seen an uptick in task on its webs…
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Navigating tariffs and trade in 2025: ‘There will be carnage’
Donald Trump “sees the US trade deficit as a sign that we’re losers in international trade,” economist Dr. Joseph Gagnon told delegates at an event exploring the potential impact o…
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Brief: Aspire raises “meaningful amount” to keep insect ag operation going
Insect ag pioneer Aspire Food Group—which laid off two-thirds of its employees and scaled back production at its cricket farming facility in London, Ontario last month—has secured …
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Less regulation, more funding for regen ag? AgFunderNews readers tell us what they want from the Trump administration
Exactly how might the inbound Trump management influence financial development and security, the governing atmosphere, profession plan, and the labor market, for food and farming f…
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‘A huge milestone…’ Alpine Bio harvests first large-scale crop of soybeans containing casein proteins
[Disclosure: AgFunderNews’ parent company AgFunder is an investor in Alpine Bio.] Alpine Bio— a molecular farming start-up design plants to create pet healthy proteins in wha…
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🎥Biomass fermentation in focus at MISTA growth hack: ‘The food of the future is going to be manufactured in a tank’
Biomass fermentation– which is utilized to create every little thing from mycoprotein to DHA-packed animal feed supplements— is normally less costly than precision ferm…
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XPRIZE ‘Feed the next billion’ finalists learn there is no $10m grand prize: ‘It feels dishonest’
The prominent XPRIZE ‘Feed the Next Billion’ competition to locate “structured, healthy, budget-friendly, and functional” options to poultry busts and fish fillets R…
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‘A huge milestone…’ Alpine Bio harvests first large-scale crop of soybeans containing casein proteins
[Disclosure: AgFunderNews’ parent company AgFunder is an investor in Alpine Bio.] Alpine Bio—a molecular farming startup engineering plants to produce animal proteins in what it cl…
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🎥Biomass fermentation in focus at MISTA growth hack: ‘The food of the future is going to be manufactured in a tank’
Biomass fermentation—which is used to produce everything from mycoprotein to DHA-packed animal feed supplements—is generally cheaper than precision fermentation because firms are h…