Consumer Poll reveals European opposition to EU-Mercosur trade deal
Consumer group SumOfUs urges the European Union to call off its free trade agreement with Mercosur as fires continue to burn in the Amazon rainforest.
Archives for October 11, 2019
Future Meat Technologies raises $14m to commercialize cell cultured meat: 'We see a path to reality here, it’s not just something on a Power Point presentation,' says S2G Ventures
Future Meat Technologies is one of the few players in the nascent space to have shown how cell-cultured (a.k.a. ‘cultivated’) meat could move from the lab to an industrial scale, claims one of the lead investors in a $14m Series A round that will support...
Chr Hansen CFO Søren Westh Lonning talks innovation, investment, and Q4 disappointment
The Danish ingredients supplier has rounded out an overall ‘solid’ 2018/19 with a challenging quarter, CFO Søren Westh Lonning tells FoodNavigator.
Cost-effective data would be a ‘game changer’ for the food system: Prospera
Prospera has developed what it calls some of the ‘world’s most advanced artificial intelligence technologies’ to help optimise crop production. The company believes cost effective data solutions will be key to widespread adoption of ag-tech and, CEO...
OECD on the financial gains of health: ‘Every dollar spent on preventing obesity generates up to a six-fold economic return’
Obesity prevention is an ‘excellent investment’, claims the OECD, which lists potential financial gains of national obesity programmes – including reformulation – in its latest report.
Agroecological farming, not cultured meat, is key to a sustainable future, says campaigner
Think we’re at ‘peak livestock’? Hold your horses, says Robert Verkerk from the ANH Consultancy.
Food-tech investment data: Simple Feast, Fieldin, Cortilia, IGS and more…
In partnership with data provider Tracxn, FoodNavigator brings you its latest round-up of investment in the European food- and ag-tech space.
Anuga 2019: what did you miss?
Anuga 2019 has been and gone, and as always, it’s the hub for food and drink innovation in Europe.