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The Good Food Institute @gfi.org · 1d

Are you excited about nonprofit compliance and risk mitigation in support of a mission that is changing the future of food? GFI is looking for an experienced legal leader to join us as General Counsel.

📍 Remote - U.S.
💲 $191,411.74-$200,982.34
Apply: https://bit.ly/4904pwS

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The Good Food Institute @gfi.org · 2d

Check out @rhettayersbutler.bsky.social's fantastic, in-depth interview with GFI's new CEO, Nigel Sizer, and learn why Nigel sees his new role in the alternative protein space as “a chance to work at the root-cause level of the exact challenges I’ve spent my life tackling.”

Protein for a crowded planet: An interview with the Good Food Institute’s Nigel Sizer

For more than three decades Nigel Sizer has orbited the front lines of environmental policy. His résumé spans forest conservation in Amazonia, the launch of Global Forest Watch at the World Resources ...

news.mongabay.com

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The Good Food Institute @gfi.org · 5d

🧡 On Oct 9, join us for #DAFDay. Donor-Advised Fund gifts to GFI will be matched dollar for dollar up to $30k. Together, we can make alternative proteins more delicious, nutritious, and accessible while shaping a sustainable food system. Give now: app.dafday.com

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The Good Food Institute @gfi.org · 6d

The cultivated meat sector has long existed at the crossroads of promise and patience. In our latest Substack, we break down how the field is advancing, what challenges remain, and why open-access research + public funding will be key.

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Emma Ignaszewski @emmaiggie.bsky.social · 6d

Food biomanufacturing, including alt proteins, offers advantages that align directly w/nat. security.

Here are 7 benefits from my colleague Pat McAuley in Protein Production Technology, from a convo he had with @lizspecht.bsky.social on a @gfi.org webinar:
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Protein Production Technology International Q3 2025 Page 32

Welcome to the Q3 2025 edition of Protein Production Technology International, the world's only magazine dedicated entirely to scaling up and commercializing alternative proteins. And it's another…

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The Good Food Institute @gfi.org · 8d

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

The Good Food Institute @gfi.org · 9d

This surge in funding and output is beginning to pay off, but critical technical challenges (taste/texture, scaling) remain underfunded. Europe’s scientists & research hubs are well-positioned to lead, but sustained, targeted investment will be key to unlocking the full benefits of alt proteins.

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The Good Food Institute @gfi.org · 9d

🇬🇧🇩🇰🇳🇱 The UK, Denmark, and the Netherlands led on national investment, while the European Commission provided over €300M.

🔬 Fermentation research is the fastest-growing area, up 77% year-on-year, with more than €100M invested in 2024.

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The Good Food Institute @gfi.org · 9d

New analysis from The Good Food Institute Europe shows that in just five years:

📑 Scientific publications nearly tripled (+282%), with 798 papers published in 2024.

💶 Public funding almost quadrupled, growing from about €80M in 2020 to €320M in 2024.

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The Good Food Institute @gfi.org · 9d

🏃💨 Europe’s alternative protein research is accelerating!

Dig into @gfieurope.org's blog for closer look at the key findings: bit.ly/3IgGcb2

Download the full reports: bit.ly/3IIpLEn

Highlights below 🧵👇

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The Good Food Institute @gfi.org · 12d

As GFI’s @emmaiggie.bsky.social noted in her Food Dive piece, bird flu is a recurring risk. Egg alternatives like this can reduce that risk while boosting resilience & sustainability. This funding is an important step toward scaling those solutions.

Bird flu is a recurring risk. It’s time food companies planned for it.

As egg prices remain volatile, businesses should think about embracing alternatives to the protein, writes Emma Ignaszewski of the Good Food Institute.

www.fooddive.com

The Good Food Institute @gfi.org · 12d

🚀 Dutch startup Revyve raised €24M to scale yeast proteins that can replace eggs in baked goods, sauces, and alt meat/dairy. Their ingredients offer clean-label functionality, price stability & lower environmental impact—addressing egg supply volatility worsened by avian flu.

Revyve nets €24M in funding to expand egg-replacing yeast proteins

Revyve has raised almost €24 million (US$28.3 million) in Series B financing, adding to its total capital, which now stands at more than €40 million (US$47.2 million), to accelerate the comp...

www.foodingredientsfirst.com

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The Good Food Institute @gfi.org · 13d

Self-contained laboratory kits make cellular agriculture accessible across a broad spectrum of academic disciplines and resourcing. Join us to learn how they can be embedded into standard education pathways, allowing students to directly explore and apply alt protein science: https://bit.ly/3IEbIQe

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The Good Food Institute @gfi.org · 14d

The newly launched Gordon Research Conference on alternative protein technologies is an exciting milestone for the field!

Check out our Substack to learn about the four scientific leaders who came together to propose a GRC focused on alt proteins → bit.ly/4dq4Tge

Four scientific leaders bring the world’s best and brightest together to reimagine meat

What the new Gordon Research Conference means for our field

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The Good Food Institute @gfi.org · 14d

🔬 The Gordon Research Conference: Foods of the Future, taking place in January 2026, is now accepting applications.

Explore conference program and apply to secure your spot → bit.ly/3Seca94

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The Good Food Institute @gfi.org · 15d

🥩 Consumers want whole cuts. Can alt protein brands deliver? Our report shows encouraging signs of progress.

Discover growth trends & category dynamics in U.S. retail, technology applications, recent category developments, consumer insights, and the competitive landscape 👉 https://bit.ly/3KevDpn

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The Good Food Institute @gfi.org · 18d

🧑‍🌾 🌾 Farmers today are navigating complex challenges. Alternative proteins could usher in new economic opportunities and stronger rural communities in the face of uncertainty. Later this month GFI will join students & educators at the National FFA Convention to discuss this future could look like.

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The Good Food Institute @gfi.org · 20d

This meal underscores a key insight: when chefs integrate alternative proteins into familiar dishes, consumers are more likely to embrace them. Green Americana is a glimpse at how we can reimagine food in ways that delight eaters AND tackle climate change, biodiversity loss, and food insecurity.

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The Good Food Institute @gfi.org · 20d

A recent San Francisco pop-up called Green Americana served up a taste of the future: cultivated pork meatballs, bean-free coffee, CO₂-derived butter, and plant-based steak. The goal? Show diners that sustainable food can be delicious and exciting—not a compromise.

Pink pineapples and lab-grown meat: tasting the foods of the future

A restaurant in San Francisco offers a test

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The Good Food Institute @gfi.org · 22d

🌍 Food sits at the heart of today’s biggest global challenges—from security risks to climate. Alternative proteins are a powerful but underfunded solution.

In our latest Substack, we break down the ABCDs of alt protein policy and why bold public investment is critical 👉 https://bit.ly/4mlDSNV

The Good Food Institute @gfi.org · 23d

GFI India's new podcast features candid, educational, and future-focused conversations with change-makers who are shaping the alternative protein (aka smart protein) sector in India. Check out the latest ep:

📽️ Watch https://bit.ly/46msB9M
👂 Listen https://bit.ly/3VOX2AJ

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The Good Food Institute @gfi.org · 26d

At Reuters Transform Food & Agriculture USA, Caroline Bushnell will lead a timely conversation on how diversifying protein can strengthen supply chains, respond to shifting consumer expectations, and drive climate progress.

🔗 Register here: bit.ly/3HNKWEy + use code GFI200 for $200 off each pass!

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The Good Food Institute @gfi.org · 29d

Investments like this one from set an important example for other countries. Sustained public investment is essential if nations want to capitalize on the enormous potential of food biomanufacturing and stay competitive in the global race. thegoodfoodinstitute.substack.com/p/us-leaders...

U.S. Leadership in Food Biomanufacturing: A National Security Imperative

How emerging biotech can strengthen our food system, boost the economy, and protect America’s future

thegoodfoodinstitute.substack.com

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The Good Food Institute @gfi.org · 29d

Super cool news: The Bioeconomy Science Institute in New Zealand has secured $10.4MM in public funding to catalyze research on transforming forestry residues that are typically discarded into feed for high-value fermentation-derived proteins.

Bioeconomy Science Institute led research secures over $20 million to transform New Zealand’s bioeconomy | AgResearch

The Bioeconomy Science Institute has secured more than $20 million in Endeavour Fund support for two groundbreaking research programmes that will help reshape New Zealand’s food, biotech, and horticul...

www.agresearch.co.nz

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · Sep 8

Because agricultural expansion is the main driver of ongoing tropical deforestation, changing how the world produces and consumes food is a large part of the solution to ending deforestation (in our world of growing population), of course along with measures to effectively protect remaining forests.

Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · Oct 21

The world is facing a global land squeeze as food, feed, fiber and fuel demand rises. How to manage it? 🧪

- PRODUCE more food and fiber sustainably on existing working lands
- PROTECT remaining natural ecosystems
- REDUCE waste and growth in demand for land-intensive goods
- RESTORE degraded lands

How to Manage the Global Land Squeeze? Produce, Protect, Reduce, Restore

By 2050, an area of land twice the size of India will be converted to agriculture. A four-pillared approach can ensure the world meets growing demand for food and fuel without destroying the environme...

www.wri.org

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