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Every week we track the business, tech and investment trends in CPG, retail, restaurants, agriculture, cooking and health, so you don’t have to. Here are some of this week’s top headlines.

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1. Unlocking Demand for Regenerative – Smoketown

A crowdsourced blueprint for accelerating consumer demand for regenerative agriculture.

2. The Hidden Environmental Costs of Food – NY Times

Damage to the natural world isn’t factored into the price of food. But some governments are experimenting with a new way of exposing the larger costs of what we eat.

3. Spice it Like Beckham – Snaxshot 

Gen Z is embracing premium, aesthetically pleasing grocery items, with celebrity-backed brands like Brooklyn Beckham’s Cloud23 and Mr. Beast’s products gaining popularity. Cloud23 highlights the rise of Gen Z-founded CPG brands focused on style and quality.

4. General Mills and Ahold Delhaize Team Up to Transition 70K Acres to Regenerative Agriculture – AFN

The two companies will co-invest in “priority supply sheds” — geographic regions where they source ingredients — by helping farmers in those areas transition to regenerative agriculture.

5. What’s Next After Farm-to-Table? – Eater

Just because food is grown locally doesn’t mean it’s climate-friendly. But for chefs looking to emphasize the latter, it still starts at the source.

6. AI Integration Reduces Energy Use in Indoor Agriculture by 25% – Tribu

Cornell University engineers have discovered that incorporating artificial intelligence into environmental control systems could reduce energy consumption in indoor agriculture by up to 25%.

7. Why Is Tupperware Bankrupt? Food Storage Brand’s Chapter 11 Filing Reveals How It Failed to Change with the Times – Fast Company

Once a staple household product for midcentury families, Tupperware said in a court filing that its focus on direct sales ultimately became a weakness.

8. German Speedy Grocery Company Flink Raises $150M – Sifted

Flink is currently active in 80 cities in Germany and the Netherlands and plans to open 30 new locations in these countries over the next 12 months.