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Plant-based leather
Leather's use of animal products and harsh chemicals makes it problematic not only for animal rights activists but environmentalis
9 January 2021 by IdeaSpies

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A grocery store offering fresh produce from its next door vertical farm
Vertical Field, an Israeli startup, is providing Israel's largest grocery chain Rami Levy with vertical farms where produce is gro
29 December 2020 by IdeaSpies

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"Imagine if pregnancy testing cows was non-invasive, efficient, accurate and affordable."
To operate efficiently, primary producers need to maximise the number of pregnant cows that give birth to live calves, while minimising the costs of doing so. Feeding cows that you think are pregnant, only to find out at calving that they are not, costs around $480 per head. Identifying non-pregnant cows early allows producers to cull and sell these animals, both saving cost and releasing cash flow.   An Australian start-up, Agscent, are developing a Diagnostic Device that detects pregnancy in cows through a simple to administer breath test. Alternative tests require complex, specialised and invasive rectal intervention.
11 December 2020 by Glenn Barnes

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Using light to attract the right species of fish
20% of all fish caught in commercial fishing nets are the wrong type of fish. This depopulates our seas while resulting in ov
11 November 2020 by Kylie Hargrea...

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New food products from vegetable waste
A new food manufacturing company, Nutri V, has been formed by leading vegetable grower Fresh Select and Australia’s national sci
5 November 2020 by IdeaSpies

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Causing a biotech buzz in insect farming
Hexafly produces a range of sustainable, natural commodities through insect farming. They take in the raw material bioproduct and use insects to upcycle that waste into valuable sustainable products such as organic fertiliser, high protein animal feed, sustainable insect oil and natural chicken feed. They believe insect farming is the most efficient form of farming in the world in terms of the amount of protein produced per square metre and resources needed. There is also a 90% reduction in CO2 emissions compared with other farming methods and it is also the most efficient when it comes to water usage.
2 November 2020 by Louise Nealon...