The European Commission has published the results of a new Special Eurobarometer on food innovation, offering insight into how EU citizens view food ingredient and crop innovations made using advanced technologies such as fermentation and crop genomics techniques.

The vertical farming industry has faced turbulence as the soaring expectations of its early days have levelled, with growing consciousness of unit economics and scalability setbacks bringing a sense of realism instead. We spoke to the experts in this FoodBev magazine feature to find out what's in store for the sector.

US plant-based milk specialists New Barn Organics and BAM The Brand have partnered to launch a buckwheat-based milk alternative product at Whole Foods.

Agri-tech start-up AgroNetica has announced plans to advance toward commercial deployment of a transgene-free, gene-edited cacao with improved disease resistance.

Agriculture companies Vylor and Rainbow Crops have announced a collaboration to advance new corn traits using AI and multiplex gene editing.

Barcelona-based agri-business company Elian has welcomed the Spanish Development Financing Company COFIDES into its share capital with an investment of €40 million.

A cross-sector coalition of 60 organisations across the Netherlands’ agri-food system is calling on the government to develop an Action Plan for More Plant-Based Food alongside a government fund of €65 million.

The European Commission has this week unveiled its Communication on a new Strategic Approach to Research and Innovation for agriculture, forestry, rural areas and food systems.

A new peer-reviewed study models leaf protein concentrate biorefineries as viable global food infrastructure. Ross Milne, CEO of Leaft Foods, and Juan García Martínez, research manager at Alliance to Feed the Earth in Disasters, examine the findings.