Event description The National FFA Convention & Expo is all about growing the next generation of leaders—and so is GFI. That’s why Jeremy Eltz, Ph.D., GFI’s Education and Workforce Development Manager, will be on-site to meet students, teachers, and ag educators all week long. A former ag science teacher and state-level CTE leader, Jeremy’s work […]
Join GFI’s Jeremy Eltz at BioCirCA for forward-looking conversations on transforming waste into opportunity—and unlocking the power of bio-based innovation.
GFI’s Jeremy Eltz and Janie Butler are heading to Tuskegee to lead a dynamic workshop at the Professional Agricultural Workers Conference.
Join GFI’s Corporate Engagement Manager Abby Sewell at Plant Based World Expo, the only professional 100% plant-based trade event in the U.S.
GFI’s Elliot Swartz, Ph.D., will share insights at the 7th Industrializing Cultivated Meat & Seafood Summit in Boston. Join Elliot and other experts as they discuss R&D innovations that can drive down costs, improve scalability, and accelerate progress toward bringing cultivated meat and seafood to market.
Join GFI President Bruce Friedrich at Tufts University’s 2026 Future Food Innovation Day, where he’ll participate in a morning fireside chat with Tufts professor and cell ag pioneer Dr. David Kaplan.
The focus of this conference is to bring the multi-disciplinary future food community under one roof with a singular focus: collaboratively advancing the science and engineering of safe and scalable production systems for sustainable agriculture.
For the second year in a row, GFI is teaming up with the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital—this time for their exclusive 2026 Preview Event!
GFI is heading to Chicago! Join Bruce Friedrich, Patrick McAuley, and leading voices across science, policy, and industry for a solutions-focused summit on the future of food.
Event description Health isn’t just a trend—it’s reshaping the competitive landscape of food. At Natural Products Expo West, GFI will lead a timely conversation on how evolving definitions of “healthy” are influencing consumer behavior and shaping growth in the plant-based category. In “Competing on Health: Insights for Plant-Based Brands,” Taylor Leet-Otley, GFI’s Senior Consumer Research […]
Join GFI and the Plant Based Foods Association (PBFA) at the SPINS booth at Expo West.
GFI is bringing protein diversification to SXSW.
From modular systems to shared infrastructure, the future of bioprocessing is getting real. Join GFI’s Amanda Hildebrand at Future Food-Tech San Francisco as she moderates a dynamic breakout session on scaling alt protein biomanufacturing.
Meat: How the Next Agricultural Revolution Will Transform Humanity's Favorite Food—and Our Future - with Nicolás Rivero.
Bruce Friedrich kicks off Canada’s premier alternative protein symposium in Toronto.
Join us for a lively workshop on the levers campuses can pull right now—from food procurement to school design to climate-ready facilities.
Event description Co-hosted with the Center for a Livable Future (based at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health), this event is a chance to connect the dots between food innovation, public health, and building food systems that are healthy, just, equitable, and sustainable. We’ll dig into the big ideas and surprising stories in […]
GFI’s Madeline Cohen joins Northwestern Pritzker Law’s 2026 Animal Law Symposium for a timely conversation on the legal and policy questions shaping the future of food innovation.
Join Bruce Friedrich and our Alt Protein Project leaders from NC State, Duke University, and Virginia Tech at the Alternative Protein Symposium: Bridging Science and Society.
Food systems sit at the center of the climate challenge. This DC Climate Week session brings together development finance leaders, researchers, and industry experts to explore how diversified protein production can advance climate resilience, economic development, and food security across the Global South.
Bruce Friedrich joins SynBioBeta to make the case for a new way of producing meat—one grounded in science, built for scale, and critical to the future of food.
Bruce Friedrich joins the Climate Solutions Prize Festival to explore why the future of climate action must include the future of food.
GFI is collaborating with two leading organizations advancing food innovation: the Plant Based Foods Association and the Association for Meat, Poultry, and Seafood Innovation.
Bruce Friedrich heads to The Commonwealth Club for a conversation about Meat—and why rethinking how we produce meat could shape the future of food.
How can protein diversification strengthen food systems across the Global South? At the World Food Forum, GFI and the Bezos Center for Sustainable Protein at North Carolina State University will bring together global experts, policymakers, and young researchers to explore how protein innovation can support stronger agricultural value chains, livelihoods, and food and nutrition security.
