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SUMMARY:African Food Research Conference 2026
DESCRIPTION:African Food Research Conference 2026Past\n\n\n\n\nGFI is proud to support the African Food Research Conference 2026\, a two-day virtual event organized by the Centre for African Food Research and Innovation. Led by Nicholas Alifa\, founder of the University of Reading Alt Protein Project and Principal Investigator for CAFRI\, AFRIC 2026 will bring together researchers\, funders\, policymakers\, and industry leaders to strengthen support for African-led food research. \n\n\n\n	Share this page on Bluesky\n	                    \n	Share on Bluesky\n\n\n	Share this page on Threads\n	            \n	Share on Threads\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\nRegister\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent description\n\n\n\nThe Good Food Institute is excited to support the African Food Research Conference 2026\, organized by the Centre for African Food Research and Innovation under the theme Fund to Feed Africa. \n\n\n\nThe conference is being led by Nicholas Alifa\, founder of the University of Reading Alt Protein Project and Principal Investigator for CAFRI. We’re thrilled to see an APP leader advancing this important work and creating a platform that connects African researchers with the institutions\, funders\, policymakers\, and industry partners positioned to help their work grow. \n\n\n\nAcross Africa\, researchers are advancing promising work in areas including plant proteins\, fermentation\, food processing\, and indigenous ingredient development. AFRIC 2026 will spotlight that talent while fostering the relationships and resources needed to strengthen African-led food research. \n\n\n\nThe two-day program will feature keynote presentations\, expert panels\, research showcases\, and recognition of emerging researchers through CAFRI’s African Food Research Advancement Programme. \n\n\n\nThe conference will be livestreamed on LinkedIn and YouTube\, making it easy to join from anywhere. Tune in when you can and help celebrate the researchers and leaders shaping the future of food innovation across Africa. \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							\n													November 12\, 2026\n																\n								Virtual Event\n																			\n				\n				\n					The Science of Alt Protein: Genome-scale modeling of porcine cell metabolism\n				\n				\n							\n				Explore how a GFI-funded genome-scale metabolic model can reveal porcine cell nutrient requirements and inform lower-cost culture media for cultivated…
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SUMMARY:Earth Precision Agriculture Conference 2026
DESCRIPTION:Earth Precision Agriculture Conference 2026Past\n\n\n\n\nGFI’s Elliot Swartz is helping shape the future of food biomanufacturing at EPA 2026—where precision agriculture\, biotechnology\, and cellular agriculture come together. \n\n\n\n	Share this page on Bluesky\n	                    \n	Share on Bluesky\n\n\n	Share this page on Threads\n	            \n	Share on Threads\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\nRegister\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent description\n\n\n\nThe Good Food Institute is joining Earth Precision Agriculture Conference 2026\, a global gathering focused on the technologies\, partnerships\, and ideas shaping the future of agriculture. \n\n\n\nElliot Swartz\, principal scientist at GFI\, has been invited to serve as co-chair for the conference’s Food Biomanufacturing and Cellular Agriculture track. This will explore how advances in biotechnology\, automation\, AI\, and precision systems can help build a more sustainable\, resilient\, and efficient food system. \n\n\n\nBringing together researchers\, startups\, investors\, policymakers\, and industry leaders from around the world\, EPA 2026 is designed to move innovation from insight to implementation. Discussions will span everything from precision fermentation and bioprocess engineering to consumer acceptance\, supply chains\, and the future of protein production. \n\n\n\nAs alternative proteins continue to gain momentum globally\, this track highlights the growing connection between food innovation and the broader agricultural transition already underway. \n\n\n\n\n\nEvent location\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGFI speaker\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nElliot Swartz\, PhD\n\n\n\nSENIOR PRINCIPAL SCIENTIST\, CULTIVATED MEAT \n\n\n\nElliot’s work at GFI focuses on analyzing the technical and economic bottlenecks facing the cultivated meat industry\, identifying opportunities to accelerate the industry\, and educating scientists\, the public\, and other industry stakeholders. For the past five years\, Elliot has worked on projects ranging from food safety and environmental impact to in-depth analysis of the cultivated meat value chain. Elliot holds a PhD in neuroscience from the University of California\, Los Angeles (UCLA)\, where he worked with induced pluripotent stem cells to model neuromuscular disease. \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							\n													November 12\, 2026\n																\n								Virtual Event\n																			\n				\n				\n					The Science of Alt Protein: Genome-scale modeling of porcine cell metabolism\n				\n				\n							\n				Explore how a GFI-funded genome-scale metabolic model can reveal porcine cell nutrient requirements and inform lower-cost culture media for cultivated…
URL:https://gfi.org/event/earth-precision-agriculture-conference-2026/
LOCATION:BMO Centre\, 1912 Flores Ladue Parade SE\, Calgary\, Alberta\, T2G 2W1\, Canada
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SUMMARY:The Science of Alt Protein: Growth factors—Driving cultivated meat cost and scalability
DESCRIPTION:The Science of Alt Protein: Growth factors—Driving cultivated meat cost and scalabilityPast\n\n\n\n\nLearn how researchers are developing innovative approaches to reduce growth factor costs and make cultivated meat production more affordable. \n\n\n\n	Share this page on Bluesky\n	                    \n	Share on Bluesky\n\n\n	Share this page on Threads\n	            \n	Share on Threads\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\nCameron Semper\, PhDUniversity of Calgary \n\n\n\n\nView series recordings\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent description\n\n\n\nGrowth factors\, and the pathways they potentiate\, remain critical considerations for cultivated meat production. These small signalling proteins have historically been a major cost driver of cell culture due to high production costs and their intrinsically short half-life. In this seminar\, Cameron Semper\, Ph.D.\, will share work that utilizes genome mining and protein engineering to find solutions to a persistent cost driver of cultivated meat production. \n\n\n\n\n\nMeet the speaker\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCameron Semper\, PhD\n\n\n\nASSISTANT PROFESSOR\, DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY\, IMMUNOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASESCUMMING SCHOOL OF MEDICINE\, UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY \n\n\n\nCameron Semper holds a PhD in biochemistry and was the first North American recipient of the New Harvest Postdoctoral Fellowship Award. He served as the lead technical consultant in the area of cell-based foods for XPRIZE Feed the Next Billion. Cameron now leads a research group at the University of Calgary focused on leveraging microbial cell factories to advance the field of alternative proteins. \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							\n													November 12\, 2026\n																\n								Virtual Event\n																			\n				\n				\n					The Science of Alt Protein: Genome-scale modeling of porcine cell metabolism\n				\n				\n							\n				Explore how a GFI-funded genome-scale metabolic model can reveal porcine cell nutrient requirements and inform lower-cost culture media for cultivated…
URL:https://gfi.org/event/the-science-of-alt-protein-growth-factors-driving-cultivated-meat-cost-and-scalability/
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SUMMARY:The Future of Meat: Technology\, Sustainability\, and the Meats of Tomorrow
DESCRIPTION:The Future of Meat: Technology\, Sustainability\, and the Meats of TomorrowPast\n\n\n\n\nBruce Friedrich heads to The Commonwealth Club for a conversation about Meat—and why rethinking how we produce meat could shape the future of food. \n\n\n\n	Share this page on Bluesky\n	                    \n	Share on Bluesky\n\n\n	Share this page on Threads\n	            \n	Share on Threads\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\nRegister\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent description\n\n\n\nJoin Bruce Friedrich\, founder and president of the Good Food Institute\, at The Commonwealth Club of California for a conversation inspired by his new book\, Meat. \n\n\n\nDrawing on decades of work advancing science\, policy\, and industry collaboration\, Bruce will explore how innovations in plant-based\, fermentation-derived\, and cultivated meat are expanding the ways we can produce the foods people love while using fewer resources and building a more resilient food system. \n\n\n\nWhether you’re curious\, skeptical\, or already following the field\, this conversation offers an opportunity to dig into one of today’s most important food questions—and to ask your own during the audience Q&A. \n\n\n\nJoin us after the program for a book signing. \n\n\n\nGFI community members may use code GFI for $7 off of a General Admission ticket. \n\n\n\n\n\nEvent location\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMeet the speaker\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBruce Friedrich\n\n\n\nPRESIDENT AND FOUNDER\, GFI \n\n\n\nBruce Friedrich serves as GFI’s chief thought leader and relationship-builder\, working in close partnership with GFI’s global teams and food system stakeholders around the world. \n\n\n\nBruce has penned op-eds for the Wall Street Journal\, Foreign Policy\, Nature Food\, Wired\, and many other publications. He has represented GFI on the Ezra Klein Show\, Making Sense (Sam Harris)\, TED Radio Hour\, New Yorker Radio Hour\, PBS News Hour\, and a variety of other podcasts and TV programs. Bruce’s TED talk has been viewed almost 2.5 million times and translated into 30 languages. \n\n\n\nNature featured Bruce’s 2026 book Meat as one of its five “best science picks\,” and Publishers Weekly selected Meat as one of the 10 best new releases in science\, writing: “This packed account makes food science feel like an urgent and essential undertaking.” \n\n\n\nThe book has also received praise from Nobel Laureate in economics Michael Kremer\, primatologist Jane Goodall\, science fiction master Kim Stanley Robinson\, and CSIS director of global food and water security Caitlin Welsh\, who penned the foreword. Says Welsh: “This book explains the imperative to transform our food systems\, and lays out a game plan to get us there…. Meat is as important as it is enjoyable.” \n\n\n\nFind out more on the book’s website\, MeatBook.org. \n\n\n\nBruce graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown Law and also holds degrees from Johns Hopkins University\, the London School of Economics\, and Grinnell College. \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							\n													November 12\, 2026\n																\n								Virtual Event\n																			\n				\n				\n					The Science of Alt Protein: Genome-scale modeling of porcine cell metabolism\n				\n				\n							\n				Explore how a GFI-funded genome-scale metabolic model can reveal porcine cell nutrient requirements and inform lower-cost culture media for cultivated…
URL:https://gfi.org/event/the-future-of-meat-technology-sustainability-and-the-meats-of-tomorrow/
LOCATION:The Commonwealth of California
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