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Bill Gates in the Financial Times: My green manifesto
Bill Gates touches on his investment in Impossible Foods in his green manifesto...
Ivory Coast lost 47,000 hectares of forest to cocoa
Reuters reports that Ivory Coast lost 47,000 hectares (116,000 acres) of forest in its...
Seven commodities cause more than half of agribusiness deforestation
The World Resources Institute says cattle, oil palm, soy, cocoa, rubber, coffee and...
Danone sees plant-based growth, picks up Earth Island
Danone has announced it’s buying Earth Island, US maker of the vegan mayonnaise...
Investors seed indoor farms to protect food supplies
Reuters reports that investments in global indoor farms totalled a record-high $500 million...
Several days into the Texas deep freeze, food is scarce
NPR reports that the extremely cold weather in Texas hasn't just shut down...
Fake meat goes beyond burgers to printing steaks
Bloomberg reports on juicy sirloin steaks hot off a 3D printer. Israel’s Redefine...
Former child slaves take US class action against chocolate giants
The world’s largest chocolate makers have been named in a US lawsuit by...
Black McDonald’s franchisee sues for racial discrimination
Sky News reports that a former professional baseball player who owns a string...
EU race for lab-grown meat hots up with €5.2 million in funding
Spain has accelerated Europe's race for lab-grown meat with a government grant amounting...
Free, prior and informed consent required as clean energy threatens Indigenous Peoples
A new coalition of Indigenous Peoples is calling for free, prior and informed consent to be negotiated without exception as...
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