Dietician Sarah Leung launched Alg Seaweed in a bid to address Australia’s silent epidemic of thyroid disease. With a range of seaweed flakes, sprinkles, bars and now chocolate, it's the weed we need.

Plant-based meat company Fable Food Co has raised $6.5m in a seed funding round just 18 months after it launched. The round was led by Blackbird Ventures, which had also invested in its initial 2019 raise.

TasFoods has announced the resignation of its CFO Donna Wilson. Wilson was with the company for five years and will stay on until her replacement is found.

Woolworths has launched its latest micro-fulfilment system in Maroochydore, Queensland. It is the fourth for the retailer as its ecommerce business continues to expand.

Waste management company Suez has taken a 20 per cent equity stake in social enterprise Yume as the two companies strengthen their commitment to eradicate food waste and deliver a circular economy.

Cyberattacks can force supply chains to shut down and cause significant losses. CTO and co-founder of BitSight Stephen Boyer looks at what companies need to do to protect themselves.

Employers can only mandate employees get vaccinated if a specific law applies, or its relevant enterprise agreement/employment contract permitted the requirement, the Fair Work Ombudsman said in its updated guidance on the matter.

A new project to help reduce food waste is calling on the Black Soldier fly (Hermetia Illucens) to tackle food waste too difficult or contaminated to manage.

Only 20 of the 250 plant-based meat products sold in Australia use an animal meat term in their name, analysis by Food Frontier reveals, countering claims by the meat industry of deceptive packaging.

The federal government has called for grant submissions under the Collaborative Stream of the Modern Manufacturing Initiative. The stream has $800 million to go towards large scale projects.

Meat giant JBS’s proposed acquisition of Huon Aquaculture has hit a snag, with Dr Andrew Forrest’s private holding company Tattarang buying more than 10 million shares in the salmon business.

Asahi Beverages' initiative to purchase barley direct from farmers has begun, with its Abbotsford brewery using barley directly soured from Victorian farmers.

The Victorian government has launched DairyBio21-26, a $55 million, five-year research partnership with the dairy industry as part of its Transformational Agriculture Strategy.

A target of $100 million by 2025 is the catalyst for the newly formed Australian Sustainable Seaweed Alliance.

Plant-based protein company v2food has raised $72 million in its latest funding round, bringing in Europe’s largest investment fund, Astanor Ventures, and China’s leading e-commerce platform.

Duxton Vineyards Group and Lavo Hydrogen Technology Limited are working together to develop hydrogen-storage solutions to create a negative carbon winery.