This time we speak to Elliot Webb, founder of Urban Farm-It, a business offering a range of mushroom cultivation supplies.

ProVeg Brazil has announced a project to support farmers wanting to transition from livestock farming to plant-based food production.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has warned that several major crops, including wheat and coffee, could lose half their optimally suitable land by 2100.

Protein Industries Canada has announced additional funding to help strengthen Canada’s plant-based ingredient supply chain through genomics and artificial intelligence programmes.

Lantmännen Biorefineries has announced a minority investment in Swedish plant-based milk alternative brand Sproud.

Sun Chemical has unveiled a new edible algae cultivation facility in California, US, operated by its subsidiary Earthrise Nutritionals.

Beneo has opened its first pulse-processing plant in Obrigheim, Germany, following an investment of around €50 million by its parent company, the Südzucker Group.

Molecular farming company PoLoPo has completed the design phase for its first pilot production facility.

Lantmännen has been granted a €50m loan from the European Investment Bank to co-finance a new pea protein production facility.