Jessica Almy, J.D.
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, POLICY AND GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
Jessica Almy, J.D., leads GFI’s Policy and Government Relations team in setting an innovative policy agenda to accelerate progress on alternative proteins.
Areas of expertise: regulation, legislation, science and public policy, public health, environmental law, food policy.
Jessica heads up GFI’s Washington D.C. office where our team of lawyers, lobbyists, and analysts leverage federal and state legislation, regulation, litigation, and multilateral engagement to secure public investments and ensure a level playing field for alternative proteins. Prior to GFI, she advanced the public interest through policy and litigation at the Center for Science in the Public Interest and the D.C.-based law firm Meyer Glitzenstein & Crystal. Jessica holds a J.D. from New York University School of Law and an M.S. in Animals and Public Policy from Tufts University.
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Louisiana Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Dr. Mike Strain says a ban on vegan food using “meat” on labels protects consumers: “Call it what it is.”
— CNN (@CNN) July 27, 2019
But The Good Food Institute’s Jessica Almy says it’s an “absurd law,” adding “producers are afraid of the new competition.” pic.twitter.com/TevFoq7Kq6
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Don’t like veggie burgers? Fine, but don’t censor them
Jessica Almy argues that label censorship bills are ultimately aimed at reducing competition. Instead, lawmakers should focus their effort on ensuring a level playing field.
From almond milk to veggie burgers, does anyone really have trouble knowing what these products are?
GFI’s Director of Policy Jessica Almy teams up with R Street Fellow Shoshana Weissmann to lay out the case against protectionist and unconstitutional governmental censorship of product labels.
How the United States can remain a world leader in agriculture
Jessica Almy explores cultivated meat’s emerging role in the ongoing agricultural revolution and illustrates how the United States can stay at the cutting edge of innovation.
Opinion: The meat industry wants to censor your veggie burger
GFI’s Jessica Almy and the American Civil Liberties Union’s Brian Hauss argue the plant-based meat label censorship is unconstitutional.
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2018 was historic for good food policy. Let’s make 2019 even better
GFI Policy Director Jessica Almy discusses pivotal developments in plant-based and cell-based meat regulation, illuminates key work by the GFI policy team along the way, and lays out what still…
