GFI is a finalist for the 2018 Aspirin Social Innovation Award, which honors "social impact pioneers whose innovations offer new solutions for improving healthcare or to end global hunger."
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.
Tyson Ventures CFO Tom Mastrobuoni says investing in alternative proteins is central to Tyson's goal of reducing their greenhouse gas emissions 30 percent by 2030. Mastrobuoni recently shared his thoughts on The Good Food Conference and the common ground between meat industry incumbents and alternative protein disruptors.
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!
Partners from leading international law firm McDermott Will & Emery joined this month's GFIdeas call to give all the plant-based and clean meat entrepreneurs in attendance a crash course in IP. Here's a taste of what we learned.
Following up on last year's market data, GFI is excited to share highlights of newly commissioned data from Nielsen on the U.S. retail sales of plant-based foods. Spoiler: total sales of plant-based foods now exceed $3.7 billion.
MorningStar Farms is finding opportunities to make more and more products fully plant-based while catering to everyone from the veggie-lover to the meat-lover. And we got to try them both at The Good Food Conference.
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.
Chris Kerr has been at the helm of New Crop Capital's investment strategy during one of the most exciting times for plant-based and clean meat market development. Not to mention he has also co-founded the plant-based seafood company Good Catch.
