Agriculture, Food and Beverage

How Big Food is responding to the alternative protein boom

Soy beans are displayed by a worker at a deposit in Montevideo city July 28, 2010. According to a government report this week, 2010/11 soy area is forecast to dip to 841,400 hectares from 848,800 hectares last season -- edging lower for the first time since 1999, when the oilseed was planted commercially for the first time. Picture taken July 28, 2010.  REUTERS/Andres Stapff (URUGUAY - Tags: AGRICULTURE ENVIRONMENT FOOD BUSINESS) - GM1E67V08YL01

Plant-based foods are leading growth for the food sector Image: REUTERS/Andres Stapff

Aarti Ramachandran
Head of Research & Engagements, FAIRR Initiative
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