Dietary change may help us avert future pandemics
GFI's Bruce Friedrich spells out that among the many steps we could take to lower the risk of the next pandemic, perhaps the most effective would be to stop farming animals for meat.
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Introducing PISCES, a new data navigation tool to inform alternative seafood development
Claire Bomkamp, Ph.D.There's a lot of research on the cellular and molecular components needed to match conventional seafood's taste, texture, and aroma. We've put together a resource to help alternative seafood researchers and companies navigate it.
Bottlenecks to the scale-up of cultured and plant-based meat
Jamie Harris of the Sentience Institute speaks with Dr. Elliot Swartz about the science of plant-based and cultivated meat, technical barriers to scaling, and professional opportunities in alternative proteins.
Food safety considerations in cultivated meat
In this webinar, recorded in June 2020, GFIers David Welch and Elliot Swartz discuss food safety considerations for cultivated meat.
Vegan seafood: The next plant-based meat trend?
Seafood is difficult to make without animals, notes GFI's Jen Lamy. But some companies are betting on new technologies and customers to overcome the challenges.
The business of cultured meat
GFI’s Dr. Elliot Swartz writes about the geographical spread of cultivated meat companies, the funding landscape, and commercialization challenges.
Impact.Tech cellular agriculture seminar series
Impact.tech Fifty Years’ seminar series on cellular agriculture, presented by Dr. Elliot Swartz, explores the major breakthroughs in cultivated meat and lays out how investors and entrepreneurs can get involved.
GFI’s Sustainable Seafood Initiative awards new grant for Atlantic salmon cell lines
Claire Bomkamp, Ph.D.Cultivated meat is poised to make our food system more sustainable, ethical, and delicious, but cell lines are a critical unmet need. That's why GFI is funding research by Kyle Fish of Tufts University to isolate lines from Atlantic salmon. The cells will be available to researchers and companies via Kerafast.
Meet Dr. Liz Specht, GFI’s associate director of science and technology team
Melissa AhlbornA Q&A with The Good Food Institute's Associate Director of Science and Technology about her past, her future, and the future of science in food.
Introducing a collaborative database of cultivated meat research tools and protocols
Elliot Swartz, Ph.D.GFI's Cultivated Meat Research Tool Directory crowdsources resources to help researchers find the information they need to carry out cultivated meat research and development.
