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The start-ups and companies developing technologies and products to find innovative solutions for the agri-food sector

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Varieties of raw white, red and purple potatoes in paper bags on white wooden background

23-03-23 / 2 min read

Israeli start-up PoLoPo secures $1.75M to grow egg protein using potatoes

Cultured chicken

21-03-23 / 3 min read

GOOD Meat, Eat Just’s cultured meat division, receives ‘No Question’ letter from FDA

plant-based salmon and asparagus

21-03-23 / 4 min read

EIT Food announces 20 agrifood start-ups winners of the Marketed Innovation Prize

In this inflation concept illustration, dozens of groceries tied to colorless balloons float away from the shopping cart where they had been placed. Two children, a boy and a girl, watch as their mother chases and leaps in an attempt to get the groceries back, but they have gotten too high and out of reach. Isometric vector is presented in a 16x9 format over a dark gray background.

27-01-23 / Food Futures

Investment trends – where’s the smart money heading in the food industry?

Let’s follow the money, look ahead and ask where food industry investors will be putting their cash in 2023.

Group of young people having fun at barbecue party in a backyard. Man with apron grilling and giving meats to his friends. African man holding salad. They are enjoy spending time together.

09-01-23 / Food Futures A new dawn for plant-based alternatives?

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16-03-23 / 3 min read

Dragons’ Den’s Steven Bartlett invests £2M in Tim Spector’s personalised nutrition company ZOE

Male worker using digital tablet in brewery. Full length of professional in formals is working amidst metallic vats

16-03-23 / 3 min read

Precision fermentation start-ups found Food Fermentation Europe alliance

20-03-23 / 3 min read

Middle East’s first fully plant-based meat factory opens in Dubai

Podcast

Eco onion harvest in kitchen garden. Onion bunch in farmer hands, organic vegetable crop, picking

12-12-22 / Inside Food science

Why everyone’s talking about nutrient use efficiency

How well crops take up and use nutrients from the soil is of vital importance, in terms of crop yield, soil health, and the environment.

George Monbiot standing in a forest in autumn close-up

27-05-22 / The Big Interviews

George Monbiot: ‘Protein production must move from farm to factory’

01-12-22 / Food Futures

The highly versatile mycoprotein heading to a plate near you

Thanksgiving with family

29-11-22 / Food Futures

Leading an insect protein revolution

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Earthworm on Mound of Dirt on Hands

23-09-22 / Inside Food science

Biodiversity in soil – why it matters to us all

Events

SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) concept icon illustration

06-12-22 / 2 min read

Food Matters Live announces the launch of the Sustainable Food Forum and Sustainable Food Week

Human biology concept

03-02-23 / 2 min read

Food Matters Live unveils Nutrition Month, featuring the Inspiring Nutrition event, the Nutrition guide and website takeover

News and features

cattle intensive farming

28-07-22 / 9 min read

Intensive farming can reach net zero but the solution lies in reducing animal protein consumption

illustration of people climbing up the ladder

20-10-21 / 6 min read

10 most successful food start-ups

Lab grown meat concept as laboratory equipment developing artifical beef

09-09-22 / 31 min read

Cultured meat: the future of food is slaughter-free

Tel Aviv at dusk

20-04-22 / 8 min read

The ‘start-up nation’: the ecosystem of Israel’s foodtech sector

Tastes of Better

16-03-23 / 8 min read

A ‘phenomenal’ start to Tastes of Better

man in suit smiling

15-03-23 / 5 min read

Spring Budget 2023: ‘Brexit pubs guarantee’ plus new incentives for SMEs’ R&D investment

Young woman using digital tablet with customer for sale of product in small food business

09-03-23 / 3 min read

FDF launches platform to help SMEs adopt innovative technologies

Val d'Orcia, Tuscany, Italy. A lonely farmhouse with cypress and olive trees

03-03-23 / 2 min read

Eatable Adventures to lead FoodSeed Accelerator and boost development of innovative agrifood start-ups in Italy

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