The Good Food Institute
@gfi.org
Developing the roadmap for a sustainable, secure, and just global protein supply | Creating a world where alternative proteins are no longer alternative 🧫🌱
www.gfi.org
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💛 #GivingTuesday is almost here! Until Dec 2, new gifts will be matched up to $50k. Your support powers:
🔬 Open-access science that accelerates alt protein innovation
📣 Conversations connecting food leaders, farmers, & policymakers
💰 Public investments in alt protein R&D
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🔬 Open-access science that accelerates alt protein innovation
📣 Conversations connecting food leaders, farmers, & policymakers
💰 Public investments in alt protein R&D
🎁: bit.ly/3MmnxvL
November 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
💛 #GivingTuesday is almost here! Until Dec 2, new gifts will be matched up to $50k. Your support powers:
🔬 Open-access science that accelerates alt protein innovation
📣 Conversations connecting food leaders, farmers, & policymakers
💰 Public investments in alt protein R&D
🎁: bit.ly/3MmnxvL
🔬 Open-access science that accelerates alt protein innovation
📣 Conversations connecting food leaders, farmers, & policymakers
💰 Public investments in alt protein R&D
🎁: bit.ly/3MmnxvL
📣 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝: A joint report from FFAR & GFI outlining priority research areas to accelerate protein innovation—focused on plant-based and fermentation-derived ingredients. Check it out 👇
Research priorities for plant-based and fermentation-enabled protein ingredients - The Good Food Institute
This joint report from GFI and FFAR identifies funding priorities and research opportunities for protein ingredient optimization.
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November 24, 2025 at 9:32 PM
📣 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝: A joint report from FFAR & GFI outlining priority research areas to accelerate protein innovation—focused on plant-based and fermentation-derived ingredients. Check it out 👇
From avian flu outbreaks to climate shocks to policy shifts, supply chains are under pressure. For food manufacturers, reliability is everything—and proteins made via precision fermentation are emerging as a powerful and attractive solution.
The EVERY Co raises $55m to scale egg proteins via fermentation, crosses line 'from promise to proof’
While there are ethical and environmental arguments for making eggs without chickens, most buyers are motivated by basic economics, says The EVERY Co.
agfundernews.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
From avian flu outbreaks to climate shocks to policy shifts, supply chains are under pressure. For food manufacturers, reliability is everything—and proteins made via precision fermentation are emerging as a powerful and attractive solution.
In our latest Substack post, our lead economic and industry analyst Daniel Gertner dives into the science, innovation, and market potential behind plant-based whole cuts—and why they are essential to growing the alternative protein industry. Dig in: https://bit.ly/4r6xRId
November 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
In our latest Substack post, our lead economic and industry analyst Daniel Gertner dives into the science, innovation, and market potential behind plant-based whole cuts—and why they are essential to growing the alternative protein industry. Dig in: https://bit.ly/4r6xRId
Join GFI on Dec 5th to discover how FoodPlant, Singapore’s first shared pilot-scale food facility, and the Singapore Institute of Technology are preparing students to apply and scale emerging food processing technologies most relevant to commercialization. Register: https://bit.ly/49GlmwQ
November 14, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Join GFI on Dec 5th to discover how FoodPlant, Singapore’s first shared pilot-scale food facility, and the Singapore Institute of Technology are preparing students to apply and scale emerging food processing technologies most relevant to commercialization. Register: https://bit.ly/49GlmwQ
GFI is hiring a People & Culture Manager! We are looking for candidates with 5+ years of people or culture management experience to promote a positive workplace culture, facilitate training, enhance employee engagement, and guide employee relations. Details: https://bit.ly/4qRPY4v
November 13, 2025 at 9:12 PM
GFI is hiring a People & Culture Manager! We are looking for candidates with 5+ years of people or culture management experience to promote a positive workplace culture, facilitate training, enhance employee engagement, and guide employee relations. Details: https://bit.ly/4qRPY4v
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🍽️ Almost 25% of consumers say the first time they tried plant-based meat was in foodservice.
Check out @gfi.org’s new report on #plantbased food sales in foodservice & restaurants, including insights like...
Check out @gfi.org’s new report on #plantbased food sales in foodservice & restaurants, including insights like...
Plant-based foods in U.S. foodservice - The Good Food Institute
Explore the latest foodservice market data for plant-based proteins and dairy in the United States to uncover valuable insights and opportunities.
gfi.org
November 7, 2025 at 3:03 PM
🍽️ Almost 25% of consumers say the first time they tried plant-based meat was in foodservice.
Check out @gfi.org’s new report on #plantbased food sales in foodservice & restaurants, including insights like...
Check out @gfi.org’s new report on #plantbased food sales in foodservice & restaurants, including insights like...
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Join @gfi.org on Dec 5th to discover how FoodPlant, Singapore’s first shared pilot-scale food facility, and the Singapore Institute of Technology are preparing students to apply and scale emerging food processing technologies most relevant to commercialization.
Register: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Register: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
November 12, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Join @gfi.org on Dec 5th to discover how FoodPlant, Singapore’s first shared pilot-scale food facility, and the Singapore Institute of Technology are preparing students to apply and scale emerging food processing technologies most relevant to commercialization.
Register: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Register: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
🐓 Shocks from avian flu, drought, and inflation have exposed vulnerabilities in animal protein supply chains.
🌱 A new report from FAIRR investor network urges major food manufacturers and retailers to expand their plant-based offerings as a strategy for supply chain stability and long-term growth.
🌱 A new report from FAIRR investor network urges major food manufacturers and retailers to expand their plant-based offerings as a strategy for supply chain stability and long-term growth.
Investors call for more plant-based proteins from food manufacturers and retailers: FAIRR
Food companies must address risks in the meat industry related to both changing consumer preference trends and supply chain vulnerabilities.
agfundernews.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:31 PM
🐓 Shocks from avian flu, drought, and inflation have exposed vulnerabilities in animal protein supply chains.
🌱 A new report from FAIRR investor network urges major food manufacturers and retailers to expand their plant-based offerings as a strategy for supply chain stability and long-term growth.
🌱 A new report from FAIRR investor network urges major food manufacturers and retailers to expand their plant-based offerings as a strategy for supply chain stability and long-term growth.
Food systems drive 1/3 of global emissions today. New @wbcsd.bsky.social guidance, which features input from GFI, shows how companies can credibly measure and scale emissions-avoiding solutions—like plant-based meat— across the ag & food value chain 🌱 https://bit.ly/430Tob3
November 10, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Food systems drive 1/3 of global emissions today. New @wbcsd.bsky.social guidance, which features input from GFI, shows how companies can credibly measure and scale emissions-avoiding solutions—like plant-based meat— across the ag & food value chain 🌱 https://bit.ly/430Tob3
UK-based food tech company Upcycled Plant Power has raised £3.5 million to scale its technology that transforms what would be wasted broccoli crops into sustainable protein and fiber ingredients that can be used in plant-based meat products, baked goods, sauces, and more.
Upcycled Plant Power receives £3.5 million in funding round | FoodBev Media
Upcycled Plant Power, a UK food-tech company creating sustainable protein products from previously wasted broccoli crops, has received £3.5 million in a recent investment round.
www.foodbev.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:49 PM
UK-based food tech company Upcycled Plant Power has raised £3.5 million to scale its technology that transforms what would be wasted broccoli crops into sustainable protein and fiber ingredients that can be used in plant-based meat products, baked goods, sauces, and more.
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🚨 Optimizing cultivated meat techno-economics: Cell growth modeling review & recommendations 🚨
This NEW study by @gfi.org and Bert Frohlich lays the groundwork for more robust & realistic models of cell growth at scale.
Read the report: bit.ly/47rnsOy
This NEW study by @gfi.org and Bert Frohlich lays the groundwork for more robust & realistic models of cell growth at scale.
Read the report: bit.ly/47rnsOy
Cell growth modeling review for cultivated meat production - The Good Food Institute
This report reviews cell growth modeling for cultivated meat, identifying critical data gaps and offering recommendations to improve techno-economic models for scalable, cost-effective production.
bit.ly
November 4, 2025 at 4:29 PM
🚨 Optimizing cultivated meat techno-economics: Cell growth modeling review & recommendations 🚨
This NEW study by @gfi.org and Bert Frohlich lays the groundwork for more robust & realistic models of cell growth at scale.
Read the report: bit.ly/47rnsOy
This NEW study by @gfi.org and Bert Frohlich lays the groundwork for more robust & realistic models of cell growth at scale.
Read the report: bit.ly/47rnsOy
GFI and Tufts University are accelerating progress with new open-access cultivated meat cell lines and culture media formulations that can save researchers time and money.
👨💻 More details on our blog: https://bit.ly/438tX7E
📹 Hear from our cultivated meat scientist @elliotswartz.bsky.social:
👨💻 More details on our blog: https://bit.ly/438tX7E
📹 Hear from our cultivated meat scientist @elliotswartz.bsky.social:
November 3, 2025 at 8:12 PM
GFI and Tufts University are accelerating progress with new open-access cultivated meat cell lines and culture media formulations that can save researchers time and money.
👨💻 More details on our blog: https://bit.ly/438tX7E
📹 Hear from our cultivated meat scientist @elliotswartz.bsky.social:
👨💻 More details on our blog: https://bit.ly/438tX7E
📹 Hear from our cultivated meat scientist @elliotswartz.bsky.social:
Food systems drive 1/3 of global emissions today. New @wbcsd.bsky.social guidance, which features input from GFI, shows how companies can credibly measure and scale emissions-avoiding solutions—like plant-based meat— across the ag & food value chain 🌱 https://bit.ly/430Tob3
October 31, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Food systems drive 1/3 of global emissions today. New @wbcsd.bsky.social guidance, which features input from GFI, shows how companies can credibly measure and scale emissions-avoiding solutions—like plant-based meat— across the ag & food value chain 🌱 https://bit.ly/430Tob3
Amid funding headwinds and misinformation campaigns, GFI CEO Nigel Sizer sees opportunity: there is growing recognition from leaders that protein diversification is essential to tackling our biggest global challenges. He share's his vision for a resilient food future in a new interview ⬇️
Good Food Institute CEO: Govt Support A Signal of Sustainable Protein Potential
Nigel Sizer, the new CEO of the Good Food Institute, discusses the current predicament of alternative proteins, the industry's milestones, and the need for more investment.
www.greenqueen.com.hk
October 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Amid funding headwinds and misinformation campaigns, GFI CEO Nigel Sizer sees opportunity: there is growing recognition from leaders that protein diversification is essential to tackling our biggest global challenges. He share's his vision for a resilient food future in a new interview ⬇️
This new map from Faunalytics shows how antimicrobial resistance spreads through a complex web that connects farmed animals, their manure, soil, water, crops, and humans.
One way to help break the cycle? Diversifying the protein supply with meat, eggs, and dairy produced without animals.
One way to help break the cycle? Diversifying the protein supply with meat, eggs, and dairy produced without animals.
Researchers mapped the links between food production and antimicrobial resistance, revealing a complex web connecting animal, human, and ecosystem health.
https://faunalytics.org/how-food-systems-drive-antimicrobial-resistance-and-why/
https://faunalytics.org/how-food-systems-drive-antimicrobial-resistance-and-why/
How Food Systems Drive Antimicrobial Resistance And Why - Faunalytics
Researchers mapped the links between food production and antimicrobial resistance, revealing a complex web connecting animal, human, and ecosystem health.
faunalytics.org
October 29, 2025 at 2:47 PM
This new map from Faunalytics shows how antimicrobial resistance spreads through a complex web that connects farmed animals, their manure, soil, water, crops, and humans.
One way to help break the cycle? Diversifying the protein supply with meat, eggs, and dairy produced without animals.
One way to help break the cycle? Diversifying the protein supply with meat, eggs, and dairy produced without animals.
The latest season of “How We Survive,” a podcast about the business of climate solutions, is all about food and agriculture—including the biggest contributor to ag emissions: meat.
👇 Check it out👇
👇 Check it out👇
Would you eat meat created in a petri dish?
On the season premiere of “How We Survive," we go on a food tour around Northern California to find out how tech entrepreneurs are finding new ways to make foods that are under threat from the impacts of the climate crisis.
On the season premiere of “How We Survive," we go on a food tour around Northern California to find out how tech entrepreneurs are finding new ways to make foods that are under threat from the impacts of the climate crisis.
Food tour of the future
The world needs to eat less meat, but can we stomach the alternatives?
mktplc.org
October 27, 2025 at 2:59 PM
The latest season of “How We Survive,” a podcast about the business of climate solutions, is all about food and agriculture—including the biggest contributor to ag emissions: meat.
👇 Check it out👇
👇 Check it out👇
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Join @gfi.org and Dr. Da Chen of Purdue University for an in-depth look at how plant-protein gels can be engineered to deliver targeted texture, mouthfeel, and nutritional performance.
Save your spot and join us on November 13th: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Save your spot and join us on November 13th: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
October 23, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Join @gfi.org and Dr. Da Chen of Purdue University for an in-depth look at how plant-protein gels can be engineered to deliver targeted texture, mouthfeel, and nutritional performance.
Save your spot and join us on November 13th: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Save your spot and join us on November 13th: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Big food system changes start small—one breakthrough, one passionate changemaker, one bold idea that sparks a ripple of impact.
🌊 These ripples grow into waves of change, transforming how we feed a growing world.
Our new video series, The Ripple Effect, spotlights the people driving that change.
🌊 These ripples grow into waves of change, transforming how we feed a growing world.
Our new video series, The Ripple Effect, spotlights the people driving that change.
October 22, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Big food system changes start small—one breakthrough, one passionate changemaker, one bold idea that sparks a ripple of impact.
🌊 These ripples grow into waves of change, transforming how we feed a growing world.
Our new video series, The Ripple Effect, spotlights the people driving that change.
🌊 These ripples grow into waves of change, transforming how we feed a growing world.
Our new video series, The Ripple Effect, spotlights the people driving that change.
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📈Join @gfi.org on Nov 4 for a webinar overview of our new report on cell growth modeling! 📈
If you're interested in computational modeling or working in a lab & want to know how to design experiments to be more commercially-relevant and impactful, please attend!
Register: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
If you're interested in computational modeling or working in a lab & want to know how to design experiments to be more commercially-relevant and impactful, please attend!
Register: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
October 21, 2025 at 6:17 PM
📈Join @gfi.org on Nov 4 for a webinar overview of our new report on cell growth modeling! 📈
If you're interested in computational modeling or working in a lab & want to know how to design experiments to be more commercially-relevant and impactful, please attend!
Register: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
If you're interested in computational modeling or working in a lab & want to know how to design experiments to be more commercially-relevant and impactful, please attend!
Register: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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French #cultivatedmeat startup Gourmey merges with another French startup Vital Meat
Between them, the companies have 9 active regulatory filings across cultivated chicken/duck products
www.foodnavigator.com/Article/2025...
Between them, the companies have 9 active regulatory filings across cultivated chicken/duck products
www.foodnavigator.com/Article/2025...
Gourmey buys Vital Meat in major cultivated merger
Gourmey has bought Vital Meat. The two French companies, which make cultivated foie gras and cultivated chicken respectively, have combined infrastructure, cell lines, patents and regulatory applicati...
www.foodnavigator.com
October 15, 2025 at 2:02 PM
French #cultivatedmeat startup Gourmey merges with another French startup Vital Meat
Between them, the companies have 9 active regulatory filings across cultivated chicken/duck products
www.foodnavigator.com/Article/2025...
Between them, the companies have 9 active regulatory filings across cultivated chicken/duck products
www.foodnavigator.com/Article/2025...
🌍 Big news on #WorldFoodDay!
GFI has partnered with Tufts University Center for Cellular Agriculture to make cultivated meat cell lines and serum-free media publicly available for researchers worldwide.
A leap forward for open science + alt protein innovation 🚀
Details: bit.ly/47qrHuK
GFI has partnered with Tufts University Center for Cellular Agriculture to make cultivated meat cell lines and serum-free media publicly available for researchers worldwide.
A leap forward for open science + alt protein innovation 🚀
Details: bit.ly/47qrHuK
October 16, 2025 at 4:18 PM
🌍 Big news on #WorldFoodDay!
GFI has partnered with Tufts University Center for Cellular Agriculture to make cultivated meat cell lines and serum-free media publicly available for researchers worldwide.
A leap forward for open science + alt protein innovation 🚀
Details: bit.ly/47qrHuK
GFI has partnered with Tufts University Center for Cellular Agriculture to make cultivated meat cell lines and serum-free media publicly available for researchers worldwide.
A leap forward for open science + alt protein innovation 🚀
Details: bit.ly/47qrHuK
From faba beans to precision-fermented egg whites to cultivated fat, progress at the input level doesn’t just improve products—it helps stabilize supply chains and build a more secure food system.
Explore the rapidly evolving world of alternative protein ingredients 👉 https://bit.ly/41J0jF3
Explore the rapidly evolving world of alternative protein ingredients 👉 https://bit.ly/41J0jF3
October 15, 2025 at 4:47 PM
From faba beans to precision-fermented egg whites to cultivated fat, progress at the input level doesn’t just improve products—it helps stabilize supply chains and build a more secure food system.
Explore the rapidly evolving world of alternative protein ingredients 👉 https://bit.ly/41J0jF3
Explore the rapidly evolving world of alternative protein ingredients 👉 https://bit.ly/41J0jF3
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Join us October 16th for a presentation from @gfi.org grantee Dr. Simsek, who will share her work on enzymatic treatment of hemp by-products to create highly functional ingredients for plant-based meat that include dietary fiber and provide good nutritional value.
Register: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Register: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
October 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Join us October 16th for a presentation from @gfi.org grantee Dr. Simsek, who will share her work on enzymatic treatment of hemp by-products to create highly functional ingredients for plant-based meat that include dietary fiber and provide good nutritional value.
Register: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Register: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Join GFI’s Policy & Government Relations team as the Spring 2026 Legal Fellow!
📍 Hybrid, part-time in DC.
💲 $30/hr, 12 hrs/week for 10 weeks.
Great fit for law students & recent grads interested in alt protein policy.
Apply by Oct 28 👉 https://gfi.org/job/?gh_jid=8188221002
📍 Hybrid, part-time in DC.
💲 $30/hr, 12 hrs/week for 10 weeks.
Great fit for law students & recent grads interested in alt protein policy.
Apply by Oct 28 👉 https://gfi.org/job/?gh_jid=8188221002
October 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Join GFI’s Policy & Government Relations team as the Spring 2026 Legal Fellow!
📍 Hybrid, part-time in DC.
💲 $30/hr, 12 hrs/week for 10 weeks.
Great fit for law students & recent grads interested in alt protein policy.
Apply by Oct 28 👉 https://gfi.org/job/?gh_jid=8188221002
📍 Hybrid, part-time in DC.
💲 $30/hr, 12 hrs/week for 10 weeks.
Great fit for law students & recent grads interested in alt protein policy.
Apply by Oct 28 👉 https://gfi.org/job/?gh_jid=8188221002