GFI to bring food to the table at COP27
Conrad AstleyGFI will join 14 other organisations in co-hosting the first ever Food Systems Pavilion – to put food at the centre of discussions at the COP27 climate change conference.
Public research funding
Meet the researcher: filamentous fungi and seafood with Leonie Jahn
Conrad AstleyThere needs to be more interaction between the worlds of food and science, according to a researcher working with a Michelin star restaurant to develop fish-free seafood.
GFI Europe calls for coordinated funding after UK government pledges to support sustainable proteins
Conrad AstleyGFI Europe is calling for earmarked funding to ensure the UK becomes a world leader in plant-based and cultivated meat.
Meet the researcher: Marius Henkel on providing opportunities for sustainable protein students
Conrad AstleyAn academic who is creating a study and research centre focused on cellular agriculture believes similar opportunities will soon be created for aspiring sustainable protein scientists across Europe.
GFI calls for UK to become world leader in cultivated meat at parliamentary event
Conrad AstleyGFI 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.
Netherlands to make biggest ever public investment in cellular agriculture
Sophie ArmourThe Dutch government has announced a record €60 million of funding for cultivated meat and precision fermentation.
IPCC: plant-based and cultivated meat can play critical role in halving global emissions by 2030
Sophie ArmourGFI Europe calls for public investment in sustainable proteins as the world’s top scientists recognise plant-based and cultivated meat can cut emissions, and protect nature and global health.
Our favourite moments from a breakthrough year
Emily Johnson2021 was a breakthrough year for plant-based foods, cultivated meat and fermentation.
Food was absent from the COP26 agenda. It must be central to COP27
Alice RavenscroftThere is one sector that was completely absent from high level discussions, despite causing 21% of global emissions: animal agriculture.
UK government invests in cultivated meat commercialisation
Conrad AstleyThe UK government has invested £1 million to develop and commercialise stem cell lines, helping companies produce cultivated meat.
