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The Future of Protein Production Summit is a must-attend virtual event for any company involved in making the global food system more sustainable, kind and fair for the planet, people, and animals.

This senior executive-level conference presents an opportunity to explore and discuss alternative proteins with world-leading experts. Learn from industry leaders in panels and presentations covering every stage of the value chain, and catch up with GFI’s startup engagement team in virtual networking sessions.

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Medical Sciences Building, University of Toronto

2025 Canadian Alternative Protein Symposium

Join GFI President Bruce Friedrich at the Canadian Alt Protein Symposium, a dynamic gathering of innovators working to reshape the global food system!

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The Business of Alt Protein: Precision fermentation consumer research and nomenclature

Join GFI’s next Business of Alt Protein webinar covering an overview of current precision fermentation consumer research insights and nomenclature best practices.

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MANRRS 39

Join us for an engaging session on alternative proteins and their potential to transform food systems. This session will explore the science, technology, and market opportunities behind plant-based, cultivated, and…

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Virtual Event

GFI’s Research Grant Program: 2025 RFP information session

The greatest time of the year is upon us: GFI research grant season! Funding for alternative protein research is up for grabs, and we’ll walk you through GFI’s RFP step-by-step.

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Seeds of Hope

Los Angeles Climate Week

GFI is heading to Los Angeles Climate Week! This event brings together climate organizations, policymakers, innovators, companies, and changemakers from LA and beyond on cutting-edge climate change solutions.

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Virtual Event

Decoding the market: Plant-based meat consumer segmentation

Join GFI’s corporate engagement team for a webinar on April 8 providing an overview of GFI’s new plant-based meat consumer segmentation that provides a framework to understand opportunities to grow…

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Meadowlands Exposition Center

The Next Frontier of Food: Precision Fermentation Innovations—ConnectEd Briefs

Join Lucas Eastham, lead scientist, fermentation, for a ConnectEd Brief on precision fermentation. Lucas will discuss how this technology is revolutionizing food production, from alternative proteins to functional ingredients.

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Virtual Event

The Science of Alt Protein: The mechanical signature of plant-based meat

Learn how tension, compression, and shear tests—combined with constitutive neural networks—can be used to identify the mechanical signature of plant-based meats.