Elaine Watson

While US retail sales of refrigerated plant-based meat alternatives have continued their precipitous decline, sales of frozen alt meat have started to stabilize, according to new data from Circana.*

Feeding cattle whole Asparagopsis seaweed rather than isolated bromoform is more effective for livestock methane reduction, says a new study.

There’s no shortage of novel biofungicides and bioinsecticides in development as the ag biologicals space gathers steam. But when it comes to fighting bacterial pathogens, says Israeli startup BioArmix, the options are surprisingly limited.

Chunk Foods is launching its plant-based whole cuts in the US retail market and eyeing an e-commerce launch before the end of the year.

QarboTech's carbon dots enhance photosynthesis by optimizing light absorption and electron transfer in plants' chloroplasts.

Several companies are working on breeding crops that are better at converting sunlight into energy.

Rare Earth Global—a startup on a mission to simplify access to industrial hemp products for feed and construction—has raised $1.3m.

"We're at the precipice of a mass startup extinction," warn the founders of now-defunct SCiFi Foods. But you can plan for a "graceful exit."

Both candidates could have far-reaching impacts on food cos, from Trump's plans to let RFK 'go wild' to Harris' corporate tax rate increase.

Brands and retailers submitted $200 million of manufacturing projects on Keychain in the last month alone, says cofounder Oisin Hanrahan.