In March 2025, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. took yet another controversial step. He directed the FDA to explore eliminating the “self-affirmed” GRAS (Generally Recognized As Safe) pathway.

According to a recent report by Lever VC, a global food-tech investment firm, a new generation of cultivated meat companies has not only shattered the projected cost barriers but is now entering a phase where commercial viability is reality.

On 21 and 22 May, F&A Next returns to Wageningen for its tenth edition, bringing together more than 850 participants from across the global food and agriculture sector.

NEC X, the Silicon Valley venture studio backed by NEC’s technologies and global reach, has announced a strategic investment in SeafoodAI, a startup developing AI-based tools to digitize seafood operations.

The Better Meat Co. (BMC), a biotechnology firm based in West Sacramento, has been awarded its sixth U.S. patent for a fermentation-based method that converts potato processing sidestreams into mycoprotein.

Eat Just is set to debut in Europe through a new partnership with the UK’s Vegan Food Group (VFG)

A recent analysis from The Breakthrough Institute warns that indiscriminate cuts to federally funded agricultural research and development (R&D) related to climate change could carry serious unintended consequences.

PeakBridge, a global FoodTech venture capital firm, has announced four new seed investments through its FoodSparks® fund

Dutch ingredients startup Vivici has announced the successful closure of a €32.5 million (approx. US $33.7 million) Series A funding round

Jord BioScience, a science and analytics company specializing in microbial solutions for agriculture, closed it's series B rounds

Meatable, a leader in cultivated meat technology, has joined forces with Pelagen, a company specializing in animal-free leather

80 Acres Farms raised an additional $115M last year and announced the acquisition of plant genetics company Plantae Bioscience