Armed with $12m in seed funding, Plonts launches #plantbased cheese in New York, San Francisco. Via AgFunder News: shorturl.at/qch5B

Meati Foods cofounder Tyler Huggins joins advanced wood materials co InventWood as CEO: shorturl.at/93jz6

.Fonterra and Superbrewed Food collaborate to advance postbiotic protein technology. Via AgFunder News: shorturl.at/d9x9l

Joshua Phitoussi, managing partner, TO VC: "Of all the microbial protein companies that we have evaluated, Superbrewed Food is the most advanced in regulatory, manufacturing, and commercial aspects..." shorturl.at/gw2kR

.Cauldron | The Future is Fermented awarded AUD $4.3m ($2.8m) to advance continuous fermentation tech, appoints CTO. #biomanufacturing #foodtech #precisionfermentation #syntheticbiology Via AgFunder News: shorturl.at/kDtfn

.Heinen Brothers Ag -known for manned crop spraying airplanes—is pushing into the unmanned space via a subsidiary called Kelly Hills Unmanned Systems, “the most advanced aerial and ground-based agricultural robotics enablement platform in the world.” shorturl.at/jwHBz

US retail sales of plant-based milk fell 5.2% in the year to July 14, with units down 5.9%, according to new data from SPINS. Sales of almond milk continued to decline, while sales of oat and soy milk remained flat shorturl.at/jdgSs

How is all this going to end? shorturl.at/aG4LS

.Mission Barns unveils ‘novel, scalable, adherent’ bioreactor for cultivated meat, fat #foodtech #cultivatedmeat #cellularagriculture @agfunder shorturl.at/NRsGZ

Impossible Foods and Motif FoodWorks bury the legal hatchet in IP dispute. #plantbased #foodtech #meatalternatives via AgFunder News: shorturl.at/ymyy3

UPDATE - Impossible Foods to take over Motif FoodWorks' heme-related business shorturl.at/uQUcH

Plant-based cheesemaker Climax Foods secures bridge funding, plans restructuring #plantbased #dairyalternatives #foodtech via AgFunder News: shorturl.at/ad1sh

Methane-busting feed supplements are beginning to scale. But who will foot the bill, and what will drive widespread adoption? #livestockmethanereduction #methane #emissions AgFunder #agtech #seaweed FutureFeed shorturl.at/qRS0V

.meati foods CEO on ‘flawless retail execution,’ setting ‘goals grounded in reality’ and sweating manufacturing assets. #alternativeprotein #mycelium #foodtech #fungi #altmeat Via AgFunder News: shorturl.at/uuegL

.meati foods CEO: 'We put some overly exuberant goals out there publicly in the past and we own that. Today we're setting goals grounded in reality." shorturl.at/VJZOM

.meati foods CEO: "In the early days, we were myopically focused on door growth, but we took our eye off the ball in terms of retail execution." shorturl.at/N2zz2

EXCLUSIVE: Boston-based foodtech startup Motif FoodWorks is closing down. Via AgFunder News: shorturl.at/ZKjxz

Algenie emerges from stealth with next-gen bioreactor it claims can unlock algae’s potential in feed, bioplastics, and fuel #algae via AgFunder News: shorturl.at/eVw4p

Sugar replacement: Bonumose secures preliminary victory over ‘arbitrary and capricious’ #FDA on #tagatose labeling. #sugarreduction #foodtech #sweeteners Jonathan Emord, General Counsel Via AgFunder News: shorturl.at/GFKOV

Formo raises $61m Series B, launches cheese alternatives featuring #koji: ‘We aim to become a real challenger brand’ shorturl.at/J2WJc