Year in Review 2020
In 2020, GFI supported a proposal resulting in the U.S. National Science Foundation funding cultivated meat research and launched our ASAP Initiative to identify the field’s most pressing challenges.
Plant-Based
Making Sense with Sam Harris: Food, climate & pandemic risk
GFIers Dr. Liz Specht & Bruce Friedrich join Sam Harris for a discussion of GFI, food, climate, antibiotic resistance, and pandemic risk.
Colorado Goes Plant-Based
Join the University of Colorado at Boulder's Alt. Protein Project for a virtual panel with leaders in Colorado's alternative protein industry.
Plant-based food retail sales reach $7 billion
Kyle GaanThe U.S. plant-based retail market grew at 27 percent over last year, almost two times greater than total retail food sales.
Plant-based food retail sales grow 27 percent to reach $7 billion in 2020
New data from PBFA and GFI shows plant-based meat, dairy, and eggs outpace conventional animal product sales for the third consecutive year.
Comment to NOAA on alternative seafood and climate change
GFI submitted a comment to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) urging the agency to prioritize open-access research on alternative seafood as a central component of NOAA’s climate change agenda.
Using meat alternatives to fight climate change
GFI's Bruce Friedrich explains why the federal government should fund open-access research into plant-based and cultivated meat and incentivize private-sector research in order to meet President Biden's goal of net-zero emissions.
Developing nutritionally superior pulse proteins for better human health
Join Dr. Dil Thavarajah, Associate Professor at Clemson University, for a review of her GFI-funded research project focused on the development and selection of nutritionally superior organic pulse crops to improve protein quality and bioavailability.
Maximizing the potential of plant-based in retail
Join Protein Directory and Bright Green Partners for a half-day virtual global conference dedicated to helping retailers succeed in the plant-based market.
Are plant-based milks “imitations”? No whey!
Nigel BarrellaGFI submitted comments to the FDA pushing back on a National Milk Producers Federation proposal to label plant-based dairy products as “imitation” milk.
