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GFI and EIT Food launch Innovation Challenge to bring down cost of cultivating meat

How sustainable proteins took centre stage at a meat industry trade fair

GFI Europe attended IFFA, the world's largest meat industry trade fair, to encourage the sector to get involved with plant-based and cultivated meat.

GFI calls for UK to become world leader in cultivated meat at parliamentary event

GFI Europe and Ivy Farm Technologies call for greater investment in cultivated meat research and a more collaborative regulatory process at an event in the UK Parliament.

Plant-based meat sales up 19% to record €2.3 billion in western Europe, report shows

GFI's latest state of the industry reports show plant-based meat sales climbed to record highs across Europe in 2021.

Meet the researcher: algae, sea bass and 3D printing with Diana Marques

Don’t be afraid to reach out – that’s the advice from a researcher working on a project to develop new techniques to produce cultivated fish fillets.

Our favourite moments from a breakthrough year

2021 was a breakthrough year for plant-based foods, cultivated meat and fermentation.

Scientists use algae to cultivate boneless sea bass fillet

A team of scientists plans to use algae to develop new techniques for cultivating boneless fish fillets from sea bass cells.

Food was absent from the COP26 agenda. It must be central to COP27

There is one sector that was completely absent from high level discussions, despite causing 21% of global emissions: animal agriculture.

Infrastructure investment vital for plant-based and cultivated meat industries, according to new research

A study of Europe’s plant-based and cultivated meat industries has found infrastructure investment is required to help the sector expand.

National Food Strategy calls for £125 million investment in sustainable proteins

The National Food Strategy has called on the UK government to invest £125 million in sustainable protein startups and a new commercial “cluster” for the sector.