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SUMMARY:SWIM: Advancing the science of cultivated crustaceans
DESCRIPTION:SWIM: Advancing the science of cultivated crustaceansPast\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin GFI for a Seafood Webinar and Informal Networking (SWIM) event on October 20th featuring the latest science on cultivated crustaceans and seafood allergenicity.  \n\n\n\n	Share this page on Facebook\n	\n	Share on Facebook\n\n\n	Share this page on Twitter\n	\n	Share on X\n\n\n	Share this page on LinkedIn\n	\n	Share on LinkedIn\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent description\n\n\n\nJoin GFI for a Seafood Webinar and Informal Networking (SWIM) event where we will hear from experts on cultivated crustaceans and seafood allergenicity. Dr. Ka Yi Ling will be speaking about Shiok Meats’ work on developing and commercializing cultivated crustaceans\, and Dr. Andreas Lopata will tell us about his work on seafood allergens and the implications for the future of seafood. After the lectures\, we will move to an optional networking session to build bridges and identify opportunities for collaboration. \n\n\n\nUse the above registration button to sign up for the webinar\, and be sure to sign up here if you’re interested in attending the networking session. \n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n\nSpeakers: \n\n\n\nDr. Ka Yi Ling\, CTO and Co-Founder\, Shiok MeatsProf. Andreas Lopata\, Tropical Futures Institute\, James Cook University-Singapore\n\n\n\n\n\n\nUpcoming events\n\n\n\nView all events\n\n\n\n\n	\n															\n								\n		\n									\n		\n			\n								\n							\n													October 13\, 2026\n											McNamara Alumni Center\n																	\n				\n				\n					Bridge2Food North America\n				\n				\n							\n				Join GFI at Bridge2Food North America\, where food industry leaders will gather to explore the latest developments in ingredient innovation… \n\n			\n								\n										\n								\n		\n									\n		\n			\n								\n							\n													October 13\, 2026\n											FAO Headquarters\n																	\n				\n				\n					World Food Forum 2026: Protein diversification for the Global South\n				\n				\n							\n				How can protein diversification strengthen food systems across the Global South? At the World Food Forum\, GFI and the Bezos…
URL:https://gfi.org/event/swim-advancing-the-science-of-cultivated-crustaceans/
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SUMMARY:The Business of Alt Protein: Building brand awareness with compelling storytelling
DESCRIPTION:The Business of Alt Protein: Building brand awareness with compelling storytellingPast\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin branding and consumer research experts in a panel discussing how alternative protein companies can leverage storytelling to build awareness and trust with consumers.  \n\n\n\n	Share this page on Facebook\n	\n	Share on Facebook\n\n\n	Share this page on Twitter\n	\n	Share on X\n\n\n	Share this page on LinkedIn\n	\n	Share on LinkedIn\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent description\n\n\n\nJoin branding and consumer research experts in a panel discussing how alternative protein companies can leverage storytelling to build awareness and trust with consumers. \n\n\n\nTopics include: \n\n\n\nMarrying alternative protein consumer research with a brand’s unique story\, message\, and positioning. Leveraging digital media to build brand awareness.Branding considerations for different distribution channels including retail\, foodservice\, and D2C.\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMichael Presman\, Founder and CEO of Everlane\n\n\n\nMichael Preysman is the founder and CEO of Everlane. Focused on doing right by people and the planet\, Everlane is a leader in the fashion industry by providing radical transparency within the supply chain. By sharing the true cost of each product and providing detail on the factory process\, Everlane built an international community of conscious consumers and a new standard for DTC brands. Building on the brand’s transparent values\, Michael has put environmental impact front and center through commitments in its supply chain to eliminate all virgin plastic by 2021 and to transition to organic cotton by 2023. Michael is a supporter of multiple environmental movements\, championing a new wave of conscious consumption. Through Everlane he has shown it is possible to both do good and have a good business. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDavid Benzaquen\, Founder and CEO of Mission Plant\n\n\n\nDavid Benzaquen is one of the world’s leading experts in plant-based foods and alternative proteins. He invests in and advises companies through his firm Mission: Plant\, and is the co-founder of consumer insights firm Moonshot Collaborative and online grocery store PlantBelly.com.  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nElysabeth Alfano\, Founder of Plant Powered consulting\n\n\n\nElysabeth Alfano is a successful businesswoman\, a strategic consultant in the plant-based business arena and a keen investor. A graduate of Northwestern University and the Thunderbird School of Global Management\, Elysabeth began her career working with Fortune 500 companies (IBM-Europe and The Kellogg Company in Brand Management on Special K and Frosted Mini-Wheats) before running her own international business. Elysabeth is the Founder of Plant Powered Consulting. Connected to almost everyone in the Who’s Who of the Plant-based World\, Elysabeth enjoys helping small\, medium and large businesses succeed by consulting on and executing business development\, marketing/branding and PR strategies and by connecting entrepreneurs and C-Suite executives with her vast network. She also advises multinational companies on the direction\, growth\, and whitespace opportunities in the marketplace.Elysabeth produces and hosts the weekly series The Plantbased Business Hour. On PBH\, Elysabeth features the venture capitalists\, CEOs\, analysts\, innovators\, and entrepreneurial start-ups from around the globe who are shaping the plant-based market. PBH is the only video/audio program focusing on the exploding plant-based business arena and has been received with tremendous success. You can find Elysabeth on Linkedin\, or her website and you can subscribe to The Plantbased Business Hour here. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nUpcoming events\n\n\n\nView all events\n\n\n\n\n	\n															\n								\n		\n									\n		\n			\n								\n							\n													October 13\, 2026\n											McNamara Alumni Center\n																	\n				\n				\n					Bridge2Food North America\n				\n				\n							\n				Join GFI at Bridge2Food North America\, where food industry leaders will gather to explore the latest developments in ingredient innovation… \n\n			\n								\n										\n								\n		\n									\n		\n			\n								\n							\n													October 13\, 2026\n											FAO Headquarters\n																	\n				\n				\n					World Food Forum 2026: Protein diversification for the Global South\n				\n				\n							\n				How can protein diversification strengthen food systems across the Global South? At the World Food Forum\, GFI and the Bezos…
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SUMMARY:Structuring plant-based whole muscle cut analogues using extrusion and less-refined\, protein-rich colloids
DESCRIPTION:Structuring plant-based whole muscle cut analogues using extrusion and less-refined\, protein-rich colloids\n\nPast\n\n\n\n\nJoin Dr. Mario Martinez\, Assistant Professor at Aarhus University\, to learn about his GFI-funded research structuring plant-based whole muscle cuts using microstructure engineering and chemistry to give plant proteins the fibrous qualities of muscle tissue. \n\n\n\n	Share this page on Facebook\n	\n	Share on Facebook\n\n\n	Share this page on Twitter\n	\n	Share on X\n\n\n	Share this page on LinkedIn\n	\n	Share on LinkedIn\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMario Martinez\, Ph.D.\n\n\n\nAssistant Professor\, Aarhus University \n\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n\n\n\nWebinar description\n\n\n\nGetting the perfect\, striated texture of muscle with plant-based meat is notoriously hard. It’s one of the hurdles that make plant-based steak an elusive technical challenge rather than a market reality. In this presentation\, Dr. Mario Martinez\, Assistant Professor at Aarhus University and GFI grantee\, will discuss his work structuring plant-based whole muscle cuts using microstructure engineering and chemistry to give plant proteins the fibrous qualities of muscle tissue. This presentation will address: \n\n\n\nThe structuring potential of a broad variety of non-refined protein concentrates from cereals\, pulses\, and oilseeds during high moisture extrusion cooking (HMEC).Opportunities and challenges of future proteins to build plant-based whole muscle cut analogues.Colloidal traits governing anisotropy formation during HMEC.\n\n\n\nMeet the speaker\n\n\n\nMario Martinez\, Ph.D.\, is a Tenure Track Assistant Professor at Aarhus University and the recipient of the Young Scientist Research Award from the American Association of Cereal Chemists International (now Cereals & Grains Association). Dr. Martinez is also an adjunct Assistant Professor at the Whistler Center for Carbohydrate Research at Purdue University. Since 2017\, Mario’s team has worked on the fundamental aspects related to the molecular and supramolecular architecture of food biopolymers\, structuring technologies of plant-based foods\, and understanding the fate of health-promoting phenolics and carbohydrates during processing and digestion. The team’s work relies on coherent and focused food system approaches in order to find common ground for health and environmental sustainability. \n\n\n\nPhoto credit: Upside Foods \n\n\n\n\n\n\nUpcoming events\n\n\n\nView all events\n\n\n\n\n	\n															\n								\n		\n									\n		\n			\n								\n							\n													October 13\, 2026\n											McNamara Alumni Center\n																	\n				\n				\n					Bridge2Food North America\n				\n				\n							\n				Join GFI at Bridge2Food North America\, where food industry leaders will gather to explore the latest developments in ingredient innovation… \n\n			\n								\n										\n								\n		\n									\n		\n			\n								\n							\n													October 13\, 2026\n											FAO Headquarters\n																	\n				\n				\n					World Food Forum 2026: Protein diversification for the Global South\n				\n				\n							\n				How can protein diversification strengthen food systems across the Global South? At the World Food Forum\, GFI and the Bezos…
URL:https://gfi.org/event/structuring-plant-based-whole-muscle-cut-analogues/
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SUMMARY:VWS Pathfinder competition
DESCRIPTION:VWS Pathfinder competition\n	Share this page on Facebook\n	\n	Share on Facebook\n\n\n	Share this page on Twitter\n	\n	Share on X\n\n\n	Share this page on LinkedIn\n	\n	Share on LinkedIn\n\n\n\nPast\n\n\n\n\nAnnouncing the return of VWS Pathfinder\, the world’s only women founder summit and pitch competition dedicated to animal-free innovation. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n\n\n\nVWS PathfinderWe are excited to announce the return of VWS Pathfinder\, the world’s first and only women founder summit and pitch competition dedicated exclusively to animal-free innovation through the future of food\, fashion\, beauty\, and biotechnology innovation. We invite you to join us virtually on Friday\, October 29th\, 2021 for this worldwide event. \n\n\n\n\nBruce FriedrichFOUNDER & CEOBruce will serve on the selection committee for this year’s VWS Pathfinder Competition.  More about Bruce\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nUpcoming events\n\n\n\nView all events\n\n\n\n\n	\n															\n								\n		\n									\n		\n			\n								\n							\n													October 13\, 2026\n											McNamara Alumni Center\n																	\n				\n				\n					Bridge2Food North America\n				\n				\n							\n				Join GFI at Bridge2Food North America\, where food industry leaders will gather to explore the latest developments in ingredient innovation… \n\n			\n								\n										\n								\n		\n									\n		\n			\n								\n							\n													October 13\, 2026\n											FAO Headquarters\n																	\n				\n				\n					World Food Forum 2026: Protein diversification for the Global South\n				\n				\n							\n				How can protein diversification strengthen food systems across the Global South? At the World Food Forum\, GFI and the Bezos…
URL:https://gfi.org/event/vws-pathfinder-competition/
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