Emma Ignaszewski
@emmaiggie.bsky.social
AVP of corporate engagement at the Good Food Institute, working to accelerate alternative protein innovation. Writer, designer, adventurer, ultimate frisbee player. Views are my own.
🏛️ Noncommercial foodservice opportunities. Plant-based protein sales saw a year-over-year increase in dollar sales of 12% in business & industry cafeterias, and 18% in government foodservice settings.
November 7, 2025 at 3:03 PM
🏛️ Noncommercial foodservice opportunities. Plant-based protein sales saw a year-over-year increase in dollar sales of 12% in business & industry cafeterias, and 18% in government foodservice settings.
🌮 Familiar flavors. 44% of consumers say that what would encourage them to choose a plant-forward option from the menu at a restaurant is having flavors they love.
November 7, 2025 at 3:03 PM
🌮 Familiar flavors. 44% of consumers say that what would encourage them to choose a plant-forward option from the menu at a restaurant is having flavors they love.
😃 Selling taste. While 54% of consumers say they would not order a plant-based meat dish because they wouldn’t like the taste, nearly 90% who had tried a plant-based meat dish were satisfied with the taste, texture, and value.
November 7, 2025 at 3:03 PM
😃 Selling taste. While 54% of consumers say they would not order a plant-based meat dish because they wouldn’t like the taste, nearly 90% who had tried a plant-based meat dish were satisfied with the taste, texture, and value.
Also, we’re hiring for 3 roles right now:
📈 Corporate Engagement Intern - my team! Come help us track the alt protein industry and perform research on key company players.
⚖️ General Counsel
🏛️ Legal Fellow
Learn more >> gfi.org/careers/
📈 Corporate Engagement Intern - my team! Come help us track the alt protein industry and perform research on key company players.
⚖️ General Counsel
🏛️ Legal Fellow
Learn more >> gfi.org/careers/
Work at the Good Food Institute | GFI
Explore career opportunities at GFI! We’re building a sustainable, secure, and just global food system with alternative proteins.
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October 9, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Also, we’re hiring for 3 roles right now:
📈 Corporate Engagement Intern - my team! Come help us track the alt protein industry and perform research on key company players.
⚖️ General Counsel
🏛️ Legal Fellow
Learn more >> gfi.org/careers/
📈 Corporate Engagement Intern - my team! Come help us track the alt protein industry and perform research on key company players.
⚖️ General Counsel
🏛️ Legal Fellow
Learn more >> gfi.org/careers/
I feel so proud to work at @gfi.org where we have a crystal-clear hiring process that gives *every single applicant* updates on where they are and doesn’t leave people hanging.
October 9, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I feel so proud to work at @gfi.org where we have a crystal-clear hiring process that gives *every single applicant* updates on where they are and doesn’t leave people hanging.
At @reuters.com Transform Food & Agriculture USA, my @gfi.org colleague Caroline Bushnell will lead a conversation on how diversifying protein can strengthen supply chains, respond to consumer expectations, and drive climate progress.
🔗 Register: bit.ly/3HNKWEy + use code GFI200 for $200 off.
🔗 Register: bit.ly/3HNKWEy + use code GFI200 for $200 off.
October 3, 2025 at 5:08 PM
At @reuters.com Transform Food & Agriculture USA, my @gfi.org colleague Caroline Bushnell will lead a conversation on how diversifying protein can strengthen supply chains, respond to consumer expectations, and drive climate progress.
🔗 Register: bit.ly/3HNKWEy + use code GFI200 for $200 off.
🔗 Register: bit.ly/3HNKWEy + use code GFI200 for $200 off.
The bottom line is that 71% of Americans are trying to consume more protein, up from 59% in 2022 (IFIC). This proliferation in demand is exactly why it’s more critical than ever to diversify our protein supply.
October 3, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The bottom line is that 71% of Americans are trying to consume more protein, up from 59% in 2022 (IFIC). This proliferation in demand is exactly why it’s more critical than ever to diversify our protein supply.
🌎 Climate change. Livestock supply chains account for somewhere between 10% and 20% of global GHG emissions.
October 3, 2025 at 5:08 PM
🌎 Climate change. Livestock supply chains account for somewhere between 10% and 20% of global GHG emissions.
🦠 Pandemic risk. 3 in 4 new infectious diseases in humans come from animals.
🏥 Personal health. Red meat consumption is continuing to drive chronic diseases.
🏥 Personal health. Red meat consumption is continuing to drive chronic diseases.
October 3, 2025 at 5:08 PM
🦠 Pandemic risk. 3 in 4 new infectious diseases in humans come from animals.
🏥 Personal health. Red meat consumption is continuing to drive chronic diseases.
🏥 Personal health. Red meat consumption is continuing to drive chronic diseases.
🚰 Water use. Producing a beef burger requires 14x the amount that producing a plant-based burger does.
💉 Antibiotic resistance. More than 70% of medically important antibiotics in the U.S. are sold for use in livestock, potentially fuelling superbugs.
💉 Antibiotic resistance. More than 70% of medically important antibiotics in the U.S. are sold for use in livestock, potentially fuelling superbugs.
October 3, 2025 at 5:08 PM
🚰 Water use. Producing a beef burger requires 14x the amount that producing a plant-based burger does.
💉 Antibiotic resistance. More than 70% of medically important antibiotics in the U.S. are sold for use in livestock, potentially fuelling superbugs.
💉 Antibiotic resistance. More than 70% of medically important antibiotics in the U.S. are sold for use in livestock, potentially fuelling superbugs.
6) Adaptable platforms that can pivot between food, fuel, feed, and more
7) Flexible at the feedstock level (running on woody biomass, ag residues, or gaseous inputs)
Also check out the webinar recording!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tb_M...
7) Flexible at the feedstock level (running on woody biomass, ag residues, or gaseous inputs)
Also check out the webinar recording!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tb_M...
The Business of Alt Protein: The importance of food within the defense industrial base
August's Business of Alt Protein webinar featured a presentation from Dr. Liz Specht, emerging technology fellow through the Horizon Institute for Public Service, on the importance of food within the…
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October 2, 2025 at 6:23 PM
6) Adaptable platforms that can pivot between food, fuel, feed, and more
7) Flexible at the feedstock level (running on woody biomass, ag residues, or gaseous inputs)
Also check out the webinar recording!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tb_M...
7) Flexible at the feedstock level (running on woody biomass, ag residues, or gaseous inputs)
Also check out the webinar recording!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tb_M...
4) Insulates nation from natural disruptions like pandemics or crop failures
5) Strengthens supply chain independence by creating domestic alternatives to imported ingredients like palm oil
5) Strengthens supply chain independence by creating domestic alternatives to imported ingredients like palm oil
October 2, 2025 at 6:23 PM
4) Insulates nation from natural disruptions like pandemics or crop failures
5) Strengthens supply chain independence by creating domestic alternatives to imported ingredients like palm oil
5) Strengthens supply chain independence by creating domestic alternatives to imported ingredients like palm oil
1) Efficient, eliminates the carcass balancing problem of traditional livestock
2) Enables rapid scale-up to meet surge demand during crises
3) Enhances biosecurity by reducing reliance on fragile global supply chains
2) Enables rapid scale-up to meet surge demand during crises
3) Enhances biosecurity by reducing reliance on fragile global supply chains
October 2, 2025 at 6:23 PM
1) Efficient, eliminates the carcass balancing problem of traditional livestock
2) Enables rapid scale-up to meet surge demand during crises
3) Enhances biosecurity by reducing reliance on fragile global supply chains
2) Enables rapid scale-up to meet surge demand during crises
3) Enhances biosecurity by reducing reliance on fragile global supply chains
My colleague Enakshi at @gfi.org puts it beautifully in @sf.gazetteer.co
“There’s no debate that people love meat. The real question is, how can we satisfy the world’s growing desire for protein in safe, sustainable, and delicious ways? That’s where cultivated meat and seafood come in.”
“There’s no debate that people love meat. The real question is, how can we satisfy the world’s growing desire for protein in safe, sustainable, and delicious ways? That’s where cultivated meat and seafood come in.”
September 8, 2025 at 2:33 PM
My colleague Enakshi at @gfi.org puts it beautifully in @sf.gazetteer.co
“There’s no debate that people love meat. The real question is, how can we satisfy the world’s growing desire for protein in safe, sustainable, and delicious ways? That’s where cultivated meat and seafood come in.”
“There’s no debate that people love meat. The real question is, how can we satisfy the world’s growing desire for protein in safe, sustainable, and delicious ways? That’s where cultivated meat and seafood come in.”
🍔 Sensory studies from NECTAR found there are several products on the market today that consumers say are competitive with beef burgers on taste (namely, @beyondmeatofficial.bsky.social, @impossiblefoods.bsky.social, Morning Star Farms, Redefine Meat & Heura Foods.
www.nectar.org/sensory-rese...
www.nectar.org/sensory-rese...
Taste of the Industry 2025 — Nectar
NECTAR's annual Taste of the Industry report will be publish in March 2025 and provide an in-depth sensory analysis of 126 products across 14 categories.
www.nectar.org
September 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
🍔 Sensory studies from NECTAR found there are several products on the market today that consumers say are competitive with beef burgers on taste (namely, @beyondmeatofficial.bsky.social, @impossiblefoods.bsky.social, Morning Star Farms, Redefine Meat & Heura Foods.
www.nectar.org/sensory-rese...
www.nectar.org/sensory-rese...
🌿 Compared to beef, plant-based meat offers 94% lower GHG emissions, 91% less land use, 93% less water use, 91% less air pollution, and 96% less water pollution.
gfi.org/resource/pla...
gfi.org/resource/pla...
Plant-based meat life cycle assessment for food system sustainability - The Good Food Institute
This life cycle assessment by GFI and EarthShift Global compares the environmental impacts of animal-based meat to plant-based meat made with different methods and ingredients.
gfi.org
September 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
🌿 Compared to beef, plant-based meat offers 94% lower GHG emissions, 91% less land use, 93% less water use, 91% less air pollution, and 96% less water pollution.
gfi.org/resource/pla...
gfi.org/resource/pla...
Two enormous reasons why alt proteins are so promising for making progress on conventional beef’s poor sustainability performance:
September 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Two enormous reasons why alt proteins are so promising for making progress on conventional beef’s poor sustainability performance:
This article from @mongabay.com details some of the solutions on the horizon, and features some excellent commentary on the alternative protein industry from my colleague Daniel Gertner at @gfi.org.
September 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
This article from @mongabay.com details some of the solutions on the horizon, and features some excellent commentary on the alternative protein industry from my colleague Daniel Gertner at @gfi.org.
So, what are the top cost drivers of fermentation? GFI’s new report found that the top 3 drivers are: 1. Feedstock costs 2. Capital costs 3. Process metrics. What’s promising is that R&D can help to drive down costs.
Learn more with our upcoming webinar:
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Learn more with our upcoming webinar:
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June 25, 2025 at 6:16 PM
So, what are the top cost drivers of fermentation? GFI’s new report found that the top 3 drivers are: 1. Feedstock costs 2. Capital costs 3. Process metrics. What’s promising is that R&D can help to drive down costs.
Learn more with our upcoming webinar:
zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Learn more with our upcoming webinar:
zoom.us/webinar/regi...