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SUMMARY:2026 Tufts Future Food Innovation Day
DESCRIPTION:2026 Tufts Future Food Innovation DayPast\n\n\n\n\nJoin 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. \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\nOn Thursday\, January 8\, 2026\, Tufts University will host its fourth annual Future Food Innovation Day—a day-long\, in-person gathering focused on the future of food and the convergence of agriculture and biotechnology. This high-level event will explore how food innovation can help advance national security\, strengthen supply chains\, and ensure a more abundant\, resilient future. \n\n\n\nGFI President Bruce Friedrich will be featured in a morning fireside chat alongside Dr. David Kaplan\, professor and director of Tufts’ Center for Cellular Agriculture. Together\, they’ll discuss the global momentum behind cultivated meat and other alternative proteins\, and how scientific innovation can play a catalytic role in food system transformation. \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\nBruce Friedrich\n\n\n\nPRESIDENT AND FOUNDER\, GFI \n\n\n\nBruce is a TED Fellow\, Y Combinator alum\, and popular speaker on food innovation. He has penned op-eds for the Wall Street Journal\, Foreign Policy\, Nature Food\, USA Today\, Los Angeles Times\, Wired\, CNN\, and many other publications. He has represented GFI on the TED Radio Hour\, New Yorker Radio Hour\, the Ezra Klein Show\, Making Sense (Sam Harris)\, and a variety of other podcasts and TV programs. Bruce’s 2019 TED talk has been viewed more than 2.4 million times and translated into 30 languages. \n\n\n\nBruce’s book Meat has earned rave reviews from CSIS director of global food and water security Caitlin Welsh (who penned the foreword); former UN World Food Program chief Ertharin Cousin; former UNFCCC head Christiana Figueres; SpaceX board member Steve Jurvetson; Harvard University’s Cass Sunstein\, Stanford University’s Charlotte Pera; and others. 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\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													July 29\, 2026\n																\n								Virtual Event\n																			\n				\n				\n					Business of Alt Protein: The Science of Charisma for Founders\, Leaders\, and Professionals\n				\n				\n							\n				Join charisma expert Olivia Fox Cabane\, who will share research-backed techniques for building trust\, communicating with confidence\, and increasing your… \n\n			\n								\n										\n								\n		\n									\n		\n			\n								\n							\n													August 7\, 2026\n																\n								Virtual Event\n																			\n				\n				\n					African Food Research Conference 2026\n				\n				\n							\n				GFI is proud to support the African Food Research Conference 2026\, a two-day virtual event organized by the Centre for… \n\n			\n								\n										\n								\n		\n										\n						\n		\n			\n								\n							\n													August 10\, 2026\n																	\n				\n				\n					Earth Precision Agriculture Conference 2026\n				\n				\n							\n				GFI’s Elliot Swartz is helping shape the future of food biomanufacturing at EPA 2026—where precision agriculture\, biotechnology\, and cellular agriculture… \n\n			\n								\n										\n								\n		\n										\n						\n		\n			\n								\n							\n													August 13\, 2026\n																\n								Virtual Event\n																			\n				\n				\n					The Science of Alt Protein: Growth factors—Driving cultivated meat cost and scalability\n				\n				\n							\n				Learn how researchers are developing innovative approaches to reduce growth factor costs and make cultivated meat production more affordable. \n\n			\n								\n										\n								\n		\n										\n						\n		\n			\n								\n							\n													August 19\, 2026\n											\n																	\n				\n				\n					The Future of Meat: Technology\, Sustainability\, and the Meats of Tomorrow\n				\n				\n							\n				Bruce Friedrich heads to The Commonwealth Club for a conversation about Meat—and why rethinking how we produce meat could shape… \n\n			\n								\n										\n								\n		\n										\n						\n		\n			\n								\n							\n													September 29\, 2026\n																\n								Virtual Event\n																			\n				\n				\n					Fish & CHIPS: Collaborative Huddle for Ideation & Problem Solving\n				\n				\n							\n				Calling all cultivated seafood researchers and innovators! Join us for our next collaborative huddle on September 29th at 11:30 am… \n\n			\n								\n										\n								\n		\n										\n						\n		\n			\n								\n							\n													September 29\, 2026\n																\n								Virtual Event\n																			\n				\n				\n					Fish & CHIPS: Collaborative Huddle for Ideation & Problem Solving\n				\n				\n							\n				Calling all cultivated seafood researchers and innovators! Join us for our next collaborative huddle on September 29th at 10:30 pm…
URL:https://gfi.org/event/2026-tufts-future-food-innovation-day/
LOCATION:Joyce Cummings Center\, 177 College Ave\, Medford\, Massachusetts\, United States
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