Is NZ Still Stuck in 1985? Social Thread Slams ‘Grubby’ China Trade Approach While Canadian Delegation Shows How It’s Done
A now-viral LinkedIn thread by former Alibaba ANZ boss Pier Smulders summed up the mood - ‘grubby, transactional, and embarrassingly one-sided’. While PM Christopher Luxon was busy snapping selfies and talking up “hundreds of millions” in dairy and education deals, innovation leaders back home were asking a simple question - where the hell were our FoodTech companies in the China trade dialogue?
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Seven Cents to Change the Meat Game? Clever Carnivore Cracks Cultivated Pork Media Cost
In a move that will rattle both Big Meat and the deep-pocketed FoodTech set, Chicago’s Clever Carnivore just dropped a petrie dish and the cost of cultivated pork production media (the liquid cells are grown in) by achieving a new benchmark price of USD$0.07 per litre at pilot scale. No bovine serum. No pricey pharma vendors. Just some secondhand steel and a serious attitude adjustment to bioprocessing. What is more, no need for animal slaughter.
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Crossroads as QUT Blueprint Charts Course for Australia's Bioeconomy Boom
Australia could be on the brink of a bioeconomy revolution, if it plays its cards right. A new blueprint from Queensland University of Technology (QUT) lays out a five-point plan to unlock billions in value from Australia’s natural and scientific resources. Titled, Growing Australia’s Bioeconomy, the report warns Australia risks falling behind as global competitors surge ahead in renewable fuel, precision fermentation, bio-based materials, and food-tech innovation.
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Pistachio Craze Hits Peak as Aussie-Made ‘Pistachio Papi’ Lands in Woolies Nationwide
Yep. Woolworths has finally given in to the pistachio mob, officially rolling out Pistachio Papi in over 1,000 stores across Australia this week, with both the smooth and crunchy jars available for just $12. That’s a steal compared to the usual $20+ Shopify hustle.
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Wakame, Oat Lattes, Fruit Powder Bling and A Quiet Plant-Based Rebellion at Fine Food NZ
Let’s not kid ourselves Fine Food NZ isn’t exactly a plant-based paradise. It’s still packed with slicers, salami, and slab cakes large enough to feed a rugby team. But tucked between the pastry lamination demos and the lamb-stuffed samosas is a quiet rebellion worth paying attention to. This year, a handful of producers have slipped past the usual clichés and delivered something the new food world desperately needs in the form of plant-forward products with actual bite, purp
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Australia Just Made Cultivated Meat Real With VOW Quail Approval
It’s happened. After years of speculation, lobbying, and lab-grown ambition, Australia has formally approved Vow’s cell-cultured quail for h
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“We Matched the Meat. So Why Didn’t They Come?” Andre Menezes Calls Time on Plant-Based Fairytales
Speaking at Bridge2Food Europe in The Hague, TiNDLE Foods co-founder and former CEO, Andre Menezes didn’t just suggest a rethink. He 'key-noted' the event by detonating a few myths that have quietly haunted the plant-based alt-protein industry since its 2019 peak.
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TESCO Thinks You’re Ready for the ‘Shaggy King’ of Mushrooms as Lion’s Mane Hits UK Shelves
Move over oyster. Slide aside shiitake. There’s a new shaggy contender coming for your sauté pan and TESCO is betting big British shoppers are finally ready to meet the mane event: Hericium erinaceus, better known as Lion’s Mane.
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