Good Food Institute Executive Director says plant and cell-based meat investments are critical to food system overhaul, as the world’s leading scientists declare that industrial animal agriculture is destroying our planet and jeopardizing global health.
The world's largest meat producer, Brazil-based JBS is launching a plant-based burger. And that's not all that's happening in the Brazilian market.
Get a taste of the Good Food Conference. Watch the founders of UPSIDE Foods, JUST, BlueNalu, and Fork & Goode discuss their journeys in the cell-based meat industry and how the field will grow in years to come.
Good Food Institute Executive Director says the meat giant’s investment in the cell-based meat company will accelerate the sea change in global meat production.
Cargill participated in Aleph Farms' Series A funding round, which raised $11.65 million for the cell-based steak producer. Jon Nash, president of Cargill Protein-North America, said, "We have a responsibility to look at all innovations that can help us feed the world."
This is the largest fundraising round for a plant-based meat company in history, bringing Impossible Foods' total funding to $750 million and market valuation to $2 billion.
Good Food Institute Executive Director says the company’s $300 million fundraising gain is the largest for a plant-based meat company in world history.
New reports released by The Good Food Institute (GFI) reveal that 2017 and 2018 were record years for investment in plant-based meat, egg, and dairy and cell-based meat companies.
Thirteen billion dollars were invested in U.S. plant-based meat, egg, and dairy companies in 2017 and 2018 alone. Eleven cell-based meat companies were founded in 2018.
Plant-based Mexican food is the next big flavor trend. In April alone, Chipotle, Taco Bell, Del Taco, and QDOBA spiced up their menus with new plant-based options.
