Why VCs are interested in animal-free food with Lisa Feria
Julia JohnCEO of Stray Dog Capital Lisa Feria discusses how capital is accelerating the plant-based and cell-based meat sectors—and why food is suddenly such a hot place to invest.
Trends in alt protein
Merck KGaA wants to accelerate your cell-based meat startup
Olivia JeffersonIs your startup working with technologies that will advance the production and accessibility of cell-based meat? Leading science and technology company Merck KGaA wants to accelerate these efforts!
Innovation lead for the world’s largest meat producer talks plant-based protein
Tara DiMaioChristy Lebor, Global Innovation Lead for JBS (the biggest meat producer in the world), discusses how plant-based meat fits in with JBS' market strategy, sustainability goals, and perspective on protein innovation.
History is clear: Innovation will remove animals from industrial systems
Bruce FriedrichEvery time we've innovated an animal-free way of doing things, that has become the norm. That can happen in food, too. Big milk started one marketing revolution, big meat can play the same role now.
50 years after humans walked on the moon, what’s the next giant leap?
Erin Rees Clayton, PhDWith a clearer understanding than ever of the impact of industrialized civilization on our home planet, forestalling and reversing the degradation of earth's ecosystems is the next moonshot.
Plant-based food retail sales are growing 5x total food sales
Mary AllenThe U.S. retail market for plant-based foods is worth $4.5 billion, according to new SPINS data from GFI and PBFA.
A&W Canada logs a year of Beyond Meat sales. Here’s what they’ve learned.
Kyle GaanA year ago today, A&W Canada started selling the Beyond Meat Burger. We caught up with them on their Beyondiversary to hear how year one went.
Expanding our ingredient repertoire to build the good food future
MJ KinneyCellular agriculture, recombinant proteins, and other species like fungi can all help build an animal-free future.
Before the Butcher acquisition signals plant-based meat’s growing prominence
Julia JohnThe owners of Jensen Meat Company have acquired plant-based meat manufacturer Before the Butcher.
Big Meat is giving plant protein a go
Mary AllenPerdue, Tyson, Hormel, and Nestle are responding to consumer demand for plant protein.
