VANCOUVER, BC, October 8th, 2021- Trendy Plant-Based mostly Meals Inc., (CSE: MEAT) (” Trendy Plant-Based mostly Meals “) or (the “Firm “), an award-winning plant-based meals firm, is happy to announce that it’s subsidiary Trendy Seafood has entered into an settlement with Cascadia Seaweed Corp. to develop and create quite a lot of plant
primarily based merchandise incorporating cultivated seaweed with Trendy Meat’s proprietary recipes. The partnership additional underpins the rising curiosity from retailers and eating places in offering nice tasting and sustainable plant-based meals choices to customers.
Cascadia Seaweed is rising to be the biggest North American supplier of ocean cultivated seaweed — a climate-positive crop with quite a lot of makes use of requiring solely the ocean and daylight to develop. This British Columbia primarily based company was based in 2019 by three maritime professionals who consider in constructing a worthwhile and scalable enterprise that enhances the pure surroundings and supplies financial alternative for rural and coastal communities.
The World Financial institution predicts that seaweed farming has the potential of including 10% to the world’s provide of meals. This extremely nutritious crop which solely requires sea water and daylight to develop may also help contribute to the UN’s Sustainable Growth Purpose of Zero Starvation, which addresses not solely meals safety however diet and sustainable agriculture.
“In our climate-changing world, working with Cascadia Seaweed demonstrates our ongoing dedication to sustainability in addition to supporting modern native firms,” said Tara Haddad, Founding father of Trendy Plant-Based mostly Meals. “Altering to a plant-based food regimen ranks excessive on the checklist of options for addressing local weather change and Cascadia’s ocean cultivated seaweed requires no freshwater, fertilizers, pesticides or arable land to develop. Cascadia not too long ago made a strategic shift to give attention to meals manufacturing and shopper packaged items and we’re extraordinarily proud that they tapped Trendy Meat to companion with them on the creation of three product strains, making good use of a plentiful and native pure useful resource.”
“We’re thrilled to be working with Trendy Meat to convey essentially the most sustainably produced meals to market underneath our CPG meals model Kove Ocean Meals. Our planet wants us proper now and a few of the most impactful selections come from us as people close to the meals which might be on our plates and in our cabinets. Kove’s mission is to ship the tastiest and most scrumptious meals merchandise made with the world’s most sustainable crop, seaweed! Our imaginative and prescient aligns completely with Trendy Meat’s mission to vary the best way meals is produced and consumed for the advantage of animals, the safety of the environment, and the well being of our individuals.” – Desiree Dupuis, VP Gross sales and Advertising and marketing, Cascadia Seaweed.
The analysis and growth part is at the moment underway with iterations of a Seashore Burger, Crab or Fish Cake and Chorizo Breakfast Sausage Patty which can all incorporate ocean cultivated Sugar Kelp. Manufacturing is predicted in Spring 2022.
About Trendy Plant-Based mostly Meals
Trendy Plant-Based mostly Meals is a Canadian meals firm primarily based in Vancouver, British Columbia that provides a portfolio of plant-based merchandise together with meat and dairy-free options, soups, and vegan snacks. Our merchandise can be found at choose eating places and retailers throughout Canada together with our personal Trendy Wellness Bars situated in Vancouver. We take a holistic strategy to plant-based residing and perceive the significance of offering nutritious and sustainable options to customers with out sacrificing style. We would like individuals to be ok with the meals they eat which is why we are deliberate in selecting elements freed from soy, gluten, nuts and GMOs.
Our mission is to vary the best way meals is produced and consumed for the advantage of individuals, animals and the surroundings through the use of pure plant-based elements.
