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The latest news from the natural and organic products industry.

The Best Home Composters to Cut Down on Food Waste &...

10 Mins Read Food waste is a massive problem across the globe, and while governments need to step up their efforts, there are some...

Bill Gates-Backed Nature’s Fynd Says It’s Launching The World’s First Fungi...

5 Mins Read Chicago-based food tech startup Nature’s Fynd will introduce what it claims are the “world’s first” fungi-based yogurts in January. Launching at...

Nūmi: Cultivated Breast Milk Startup Raises €3M in Pre-Seed Funding, Plans...

4 Mins Read Nūmi, a French startup making breast milk from cell-cultured mammary glands, has raised €3M in pre-seed funding to expand its R&D...

Patent Pending: Paleo Eyes Booming Animal-Free Pet Food Market with Precision-Fermented...

5 Mins Read Belgian precision fermentation startup Paleo is venturing into the pet food market, having filed what it claims is the world’s first...

Nordic Organic Food Fair & Eco Living Scandinavia relocates to Stockholm...

Nordic Organic Food Fair and Eco Living Scandinavia will move to KistaMässan in Stockholm for the 2024 edition, following industry feedback. The fair, which is...

Plant-Based Infants: Danone to Enter Vegan Baby Formula Market with Else...

5 Mins Read French food giant Danone has signed a letter of intent with Canadian brand Else Nutrition to make a move into the...

Travel-Washing: Aviation Industry Hails Virgin’s ‘Sustainable’ Jet Fuel Flight, But Is...

7 Mins Read British carrier Virgin Atlantic flew the first transatlantic flight using 100% ‘sustainable’ aviation fuel on Tuesday, in a move celebrated by...

Misinformation, Corporate Greed & Rising Costs: How Heather Mills’ Alt-Meat Brand...

8 Mins Read British vegan entrepreneur Heather Mills has announced that her legacy plant-based meat brand VBites is entering administration this week, after failing...

COP28 Daily Digest: Everything You Need To Know in Food and...

4 Mins Read Welcome to Day 12 of #COP28, the final day! In Green Queen’s COP28 Daily Digest, our editorial team curates the must-reads,...

Major Brand Refresh for Natural & Organic Products Europe in 2024

The branding and positioning of the highly successful Natural Organic Products Europe will see an important evolution of its sector focus. Taking place annually...

Retail chiefs welcome support for small business in Autumn Statement but...

Retail groups in the UK have welcomed the Chancellor’s support for independent retailers but concern has been expressed that businesses have been sold out...

Neat Burger: Lewis Hamilton-Backed Vegan Fast-Food Chain to Close Half its...

5 Mins Read Despite recent international launches from NYC to Milan, Neat Burger has announced the closure of half of its UK restaurants after...

Top 20 Meat & Dairy Producers: GHG Emissions Up 3%, Majority...

6 Mins Read Greenhouse gas emissions from the world’s 20 largest meat and dairy producers increased by 3.28% in the last year, according to...

‘A Growing Movement’: Q&A with the Co-Founder of the World’s First...

6 Mins Read Ahead of what’s billed as the first-ever Veganic Summit (November 10-12), which will focus on organic plant-based farming that eschews the...

Five Years of #IGrowYourFood: Nourishing the World Sustainably Together

This year marked five years of #IGrowYourFood, the annual global action day celebrating farmers growing our food in a sustainable way. On 14 September...

The Net-Zero Challenge: Carbon Offsets Need to Stop

5 Mins Read Stop pretending planting trees can justify fossil fuel emissions. By Mark Schapiro, Capital & Main Fossil fuel companies are no longer denying the realities of...

Notpla: Earthshot Prize Winner’s Seaweed Packaging Named ‘First and Only’ Plastic-Free...

4 Mins Read Earthshot Prize-winning British startup Notpla’s seaweed-based packaging has become the ‘first and only’ material recognised as plastic-free by a European Union...

Sanmy to attend Nordic Organic Food Fair 2023

Sanmy, the oldest soft drink company in Spain, will attend at the upcoming edition of the Nordic Organic Food Fair, taking place at MalmöMässan,...

Natexpo 2023 show report: A sector mobilised, an edition looking to...

On 24 October, the curtain came down on the 2023 edition of Natexpo, the essential event entirely dedicated to the market players of the...

Climate-Resilient Coffee: Meet Amatera, The French Startup That Raised €1.5M to...

4 Mins Read French biotech startup Amatera, which develops non-GMO, climate-friendly perennial plants using crop genetics technology, has closed a €1.5M pre-seed funding round...