Investors around the world continue to show a big appetite for planet-friendly alternatives to meat, as Impossible Foods’ latest funding round alone raises nearly $500 million.

The pet-food market is set to be transformed over the coming years as companies re-imagine food for our companion animals in more sustainable and healthy ways.

The global competition hopes to encourage innovative and collaborative research programs to advance the cultivated meat sector.

The food giant aims to increase its global plant-based sales to US$6.1 billion by 2025.

Redefine Meat brings to market what was previously considered technologically impossible: commercial-scale whole cuts of plant-based meat.

“The acquisition marks the company’s entry into the cultivated protein market,” JBS said in a statement.

Perfect Day produces real cow’s milk without using actual cows through a process called microbial fermentation.

The retailer is among those accused of ‘humane washing’ its meat products, as study finds high-welfare labels don’t require farmed animals to have access to the outdoors and allow farmed animals to undergo genetic modification and suffer physical mutilations.

The plant-based tuna that looks and tastes as good as the real thing is named as one of the key innovations set to change the way we live.

UPSIDE Foods’ new, $50 million facility is capable of producing up to 50,000 pounds of meat per year.

For the first time, the coffee giant has added sustainable, vegan crab cakes to its menu at 170 Hong Kong Starbucks locations.

Online grocery store GTFO It's Vegan is tapping into the fish-free seafood market with the launch of its vegan sashimi which looks and tastes just like the real thing.

The follow up to the award-winning What The Health tackles the urgent issue of food injustice in America, where big businesses continue to profit from nutritional and environmental racism, diet related diseases, and animal cruelty.

The former police officer is also the second Black person to be elected New York mayor.

The fast-food chain has partnered with The Vegetarian Butcher to launch “Vurger King” in Spain’s capital city.

Regulatory approval of the plant-based egg company’s key ingredient means that JUST Egg will soon enter the $10.7 billion European egg market.

The social media star has millions of fans thanks to her feel good videos and talks on positivity. Now, she’s set to enter the restaurant business with the launch of her first vegan restaurant and bar.

"It's our once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to get a second chance at agriculture," says Datar.

“To be serving animal meat still when claiming to care about the planet is so irresponsible”.

Tufts University has been awarded a $10 million grant to establish the first-ever government-funded, cultivated protein research center.