One week in a post #41: The Flu, The Fad, Food Identity, IPOs.
One week in a post #41: The Flu, The Fad, Food Identity, IPOs.
Food and climate highlights, with no overwhelm.
[Three pieces of news]
💥 The Fad
Last week's Bloomberg article created a ton of noise: "Fake Meat Was Supposed to Save the World. It Became Just Another Fad", and the replies are countless. Take a look at the Impossible’s reaction on the NYT, Brian Kateman's article on Fast Company, and the very interesting Linkedin post by Andre Menezes.
🐥 Chicken Flu
Eggs, that quintessential cheap food, have gotten very, very expensive in the United States. Over just the past year, more than 57 million birds have died from the flu. Just Eggs didn’t miss the chance to remind people that "plants don't get the flu".
🪞 Food Identity
“There are several major barriers to connecting the topics of food and climate, the most important of which is that food is comfort and joy; food is also identity. And most people don’t want to think about the apocalypse while they’re eating.” — great interview to Eve Turow-Paul on Green Queen.
[Three raises]
🍫 Chocolate / Love Cocoa, raised £4.25 million from investor and bestselling author Richard Koch.
🍤 PB Seafood / The ISH Company announces it has raised more than $5 million in seed funding to accelerate growth and development of its plant-based seafood products.
🌭 Hot Dogs / Canada’s Sensible Hot Dogs has gone public on the NEO Exchange and raised nearly $12 million in non-brokered private financing for its plant-based hot dogs.
[Three products]
🥛 Mighty: oat milk powders
🧀 Väcka: dairy-free cheese made from melon seeds
🧈 Earth’s Own: dairy-free butter from butter beans