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Developing the roadmap for a sustainable, secure, and just global protein supply | Creating a world where alternative proteins are no longer alternative 🧫🌱

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🎓 From a niche field to its own academic discipline.

The world’s first master’s program in alternative proteins launched this year in Spain—with GFI Europe helping shape its curriculum. Your support makes progress like this possible.

💥 Give now, matched 1:1 through Dec 31: https://bit.ly/4iJo9aW
December 23, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Bay Area startup Mission Barns has been sampling their meatballs + salami at Berkeley Bowl—giving shoppers a literal taste of the future.

🍽️🌱GFI's Shayna Fertig and Sandra Takamine stopped by a recent demo to witness this milestone firsthand. ⁣
December 22, 2025 at 9:56 PM
🌲 @worldresources.bsky.social's Global Forest Watch is helping change how the world understands deforestation—turning forest loss into real-time, visible data.

A new video from WRI featuring GFI CEO Nigel Sizer highlights this impact. One key driver still overlooked: industrial meat production.
December 19, 2025 at 9:20 PM
💨 Plant-based foods face real headwinds, but the fundamentals for growth are still there.

At Plant Based World Expo, GFI’s Abby Sewell shared a clear assessment of where the category stands: taste and price are table stakes, while health anchors the value proposition for consumers 👉 bit.ly/4p9GvDW
December 18, 2025 at 9:00 PM
✅ GFI’s online course The Protein Transition is now accredited by EIT Food—Europe’s top food innovation body! For students + professionals shaping the future of food, this course is becoming a go-to resource for science, policy, and innovation in alt proteins.

🎓 Check it out: https://bit.ly/48y4Lsf
The Protein Transition: The science behind alternative proteins
In five self-paced modules, you’ll learn about the biological and chemical processes used to produce plant-based, fermentation-derived, and cultivated meat, as well as the environmental and economic d...
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December 17, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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Congrats to this year's cohort of @gfi.org research grantees. Happy to be supporting 7 different cell line development projects for #cultivatedmeat and seafood:

Read more about them here: gfi.org/blog/where-k...
December 11, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Public funding fuels innovation. This year, GFI’s policy team helped more than a dozen companies unlock $20M in U.S. grants for fermentation & alt-protein infrastructure—resources they otherwise wouldn't have known about.
Your support makes this possible.

💝 All gifts doubled up to $100k! Give now:
Reimagine meat and the future of food - The Good Food Institute
Be part of a global community reimagining meat and creating a food system that benefits people, animals, and the planet.
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December 16, 2025 at 6:32 PM
📣 Big news out of Illinois: The state just released a landmark roadmap for scaling alternative protein innovation. GFI reps were proud to stand alongside leaders, researchers, and industry partners today as the Illinois Alternative Protein Innovation Task Force launched their landmark report 🧵
December 15, 2025 at 8:57 PM
💡Our Research Grant Program supports open, foundational science for the benefit of the entire alternative protein ecosystem. This year, we selected 12 projects that are tackling key industry bottlenecks and advancing open innovation worldwide. Dig in 👉 bit.ly/4rKwXS6
December 12, 2025 at 3:46 PM
📄 New from @wbcsd.bsky.social: A roadmap to more protein-diverse food systems.

Protein diversification—a shift toward a broader mix of proteins like plant-based, cultivated, and fermentation-derived meat—is a practical lever for boosting climate resilience, food security, and public health. 🧵
Policies for Protein-Diverse Food Systems: A Business Perspective | WBCSD
Protein diversification – the intentional shift toward a broader, balanced mix of protein sources – is central to transforming food systems in response to sustainability and nutrition challenges. WBCS...
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December 10, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Taste is a primary driver of consumer food choice, making sensory science a key lever to advancing alternative proteins. Join @nikhitamk.bsky.social + @allen-nolden.bsky.social on Dec 16 to unpack insights from GFI's new white paper on integrating sensory methods into your R&D work.👇
December 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
We're working to raise $550k to continue publishing open-access science, placing alt proteins on political agendas, and equipping entrepreneurs & companies with the tools they need to bring products to market safely & efficiently. Double your gift up to $100k until 12/31! 🎁: https://bit.ly/4iKrVB7
December 9, 2025 at 6:10 PM
➡️ The path to affordable cultivated meat just got a little clearer.

GFI’s new analysis shows amino acid prices are up to 10x lower than previously believed—suggesting a more optimistic outlook for cost-competitive cultivated meat with the right sourcing strategies.
December 9, 2025 at 3:34 PM
"On the demand side, the most urgent moonshots should promote meat alternatives—made of plants, fungi, or animal cells—that can reduce animal agriculture’s land use and emissions by 90%." 👏👏
December 8, 2025 at 3:38 PM
🤝 Strategic partnerships between startups + large corporates are becoming essential to scaling alt proteins. Startups gain resources and expertise, while corporates benefit from new innovation + access to emerging categories.
December 3, 2025 at 10:03 PM
🌎 Still feeling the #COP30 hangover? So are we.

GFI reps on the ground in Belém reported a mixed bag this year: some bold ideas and promising new connections, but a frustrating lack of commitments to critical energy & nature goals—plus food negotiations were deferred to 2026.
December 3, 2025 at 7:05 PM
GFI is part of Double Up Drive! 🎉

💸 Gifts up to $5,000 will be matched dollar-for-dollar until the $500,000 pool runs out.

Help us maximize this match: https://bit.ly/48xvcyV
December 2, 2025 at 6:40 PM
💛 It’s #GivingTuesday! Your support today helps shape the future of food tomorrow—fueling the open-access science, public investment, and policy shifts that make alternative protein innovation possible.

🎁 Give now and help us raise $70k by 11:59 pm tonight: bit.ly/4rA24Qq
December 2, 2025 at 4:35 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
December 1, 2025 at 5:06 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
November 25, 2025 at 3:02 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 👇
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
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.
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November 20, 2025 at 5:30 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
November 18, 2025 at 7:16 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
November 14, 2025 at 9:13 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
November 13, 2025 at 9:12 PM