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  • Tuesday, 17 May, 2022
    Archer Daniels Midland Co
    ADM partners with lab-grown meat start-up Eat Just

    US crop trader will work with maker of first cultured chicken to receive regulatory approval

  • Friday, 6 May, 2022
    Impossible Foods Inc
    Plant-based meat groups in court battle over taste of their products

    Impossible Foods claims rival Motif has infringed its patent on a product that uses an iron-containing molecule

  • Tuesday, 5 April, 2022
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    Global genetically-modified crops market expected to grow to $45bn in five years

  • Monday, 4 April, 2022
    Peter Greig
    War in Ukraine makes farming innovation imperative

    We face a major food crisis unless we can reduce our reliance on fossil fuels in agricultural supply chains

  • Tuesday, 8 March, 2022
    Special ReportSustainable Food and Agriculture
    Colombian gene bank provides hedge against climate change

    By preserving plant diversity, researchers aim to make agriculture more resilient

  • Tuesday, 8 March, 2022
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    In photos: biotech start-ups challenge dairy industry

    Entrepreneurs say lab-grown milk is greener — but consumers and farmers may take some persuading

  • Thursday, 27 January, 2022
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    Has the appetite for plant-based meat already peaked?

    Despite sales growth falling in the US and UK, an extra $3bn was invested into the sector in 2021

  • Thursday, 13 January, 2022
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    Jim Chanos says plant-based producer has ceased to be a growth company

  • Saturday, 1 January, 2022
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    Vegan dog food grows in popularity among eco-conscious pet owners

    Consumers look to apply environmental and healthy diet principles to their animals

  • Tuesday, 7 December, 2021
    FT MagazineElaine Moore
    Silicon Valley’s still trying to ‘solve’ dinner 

    I drank some pea milk in a vegan Los Angeles café and can confirm it is an acquired taste

  • Wednesday, 1 December, 2021
    Morrisons ditches soya for insects in chicken feed to hatch carbon neutral eggs

    Automated farms in shipping containers will produce the insects fed on supermarket waste

  • Wednesday, 1 December, 2021
    FT News Briefing podcast10 min listen
    Stock market fragility

    Federal Reserve chair Jay Powell spooks investors with hawkish tone on Tuesday

  • Thursday, 18 November, 2021
    US crops trader ADM invests in digital agriculture platform

    Farmers Business Network says it is still ‘challenging incumbent players’ in grain markets

  • Tuesday, 16 November, 2021
    Food & Beverage
    Redefine Meat brings 3D printed vegan cuts to restaurants

    Start-up says it has cracked the secret of juiciness in meat including plant-based beef and lamb flanks

  • Tuesday, 16 November, 2021
    Special ReportSustainable Food and Agriculture
    Soil microbiome offers key to sustainable harvests

    Long-term experiments shed light on farming practices that make land more productive

  • Tuesday, 12 October, 2021
    Ousted Danone chief Emmanuel Faber joins agritech VC Astanor

    Portfolio of sustainability champion’s new firm includes insect protein and vertical farming

  • Sunday, 10 October, 2021
    The Big Read
    How methane-producing cows leapt to the frontline of climate change

    From garlic-infused pellets to face masks — the lengths employed by farmers to cut greenhouse gas emissions

  • Wednesday, 6 October, 2021
    Nestlé S.A.
    Nestlé unveils plant-based shrimp and eggs as vegan shift accelerates

    Group seeks to capitalise on changing diets and consumer worries about carbon emissions

  • Friday, 1 October, 2021
    Camilla Cavendish
    The government needs to get a grip on gene editing before the UK loses out

    Other countries may reap the benefits, jobs and profits of pioneering techniques from British scientists

  • Tuesday, 28 September, 2021
    Agricultural commodities
    Soaring pea costs set to hit plant-based meat producers

    French supplier warns droughts and wet harvests have led to ‘unprecedented situation’

  • Sunday, 22 August, 2021
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    Farmers fear for their land as hazelnuts spread across Italy’s hills

    Nutella maker’s push to shorten its supply chain stokes environmental backlash in rural communities

  • Friday, 18 June, 2021
    Camilla Cavendish
    We must overcome the fear of genetic engineering in our food

    From countering climate change to saving bananas, new gene-editing technology could prove crucial

  • Sunday, 6 June, 2021
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    Insects creep up on the human diet

    Start-ups hatch around the world as buzz grows over bugs’ role in the future of food

  • Friday, 7 May, 2021
    How to be a vegan (and not miss a thing)
    The battle for the future of milk

    Start-ups and multinationals are competing in a $17bn plant-based drinks market that mixes science and shifting consumer tastes

  • Thursday, 6 May, 2021
    Lab-grown chicken start-up slashes production costs

    Israel’s Future Meat pulls forward timetable for reaching price parity with real poultry

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