Adhithi Lakshmikanthan is a tissue engineer for Wild Type, a company developing cell-based seafood. Her technical talent is increasingly in demand as cell-based meat companies move into later stages of development.
Managing director of GFI Asia-Pacific Elaine Siu interviews the founders of the first clean meat companies in Hong Kong and Singapore. in honor of International Women's Day.
TED Fellows are chosen "based on remarkable achievement, their strength of character and on their innovative approach to solving the world's tough problems."
Toni Okamoto, founder of Plant-Based on a Budget, shares tips for how brands and retailers can take advantage of the growing market for plant-based products. Hint: Put plant-based meat in the meat aisle.
DoubleUpDrive has selected GFI as one of 10 highly effective nonprofits to receive matching funds from their $1,140,000 campaign!! Powered by four data-driven philanthropists - who are also professional poker players - DoubleUpDrive is designed to catalyze giving to high impact organizations. As of right now, $128,820 of available matching funds has already been claimed! Run don't walk to DoubleUpDrive!
Melissa Facchina, Founder and CEO of operations consultancy Siddhi Shot, dropped in on a recent GFIdeas meeting to give our good food entrepreneurs invaluable insight into scaling up. Facchina has been recognized by APICS as one of the Top Woman in Manufacturing. She knows her stuff.
Elliot Swartz, Ph.D., is applying his background in stem cell research and neuroscience to help advance plant-based and clean meat technology. He gives us an inside look on his path from neuroscience research to the good food world.
We're thrilled to announce that GFI is co-sponsoring this year's Ivy League Future of Food Conference (Ivy FFC), October 12th —14th at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Our very own Innovation Specialist Aylon Steinhart will kick off the conference's main programming. Don't miss it!
Executive Chairman of Beyond Meat and Founder of Honest Tea Seth Goldman talks mission, impact, and scale. He'll be speaking at The Good Food Conference. Preview his awesomeness here.
Pat Brown gives us the down-low on how he harnessed his research background to figure out why people love meat and how to satisfy those cravings with a plant-based burger.
