Providing Strategic Support to Companies

We work with both start-up and established companies to ensure marketplace success for products that are disrupting the current system.

Fostering the Next Generation of Innovators

We connect food scientists, students, culinary experts, and entrepreneurs with opportunities in the academic and nonprofit sectors.

Educating Institutions

We educate grant-making institutions, corporations, and governmental bodies about plant-based and clean meat R&D as a critical component of endeavors related to sustainability, climate change, and global health.

Promoting Plant-Based Products

We work with restaurants, grocery stores, and foodservice companies to increase availability of the best plant-based options on menus, in grocery stores, and in cafeterias.

“Remaking meat is one sector of the food industry that is ripe for innovation and growth.”

Bill Gates
Founder of Microsoft

"I believe that in 30 years or so we will no longer need to kill any animals and that all meat will either be clean or plant-based, taste the same, and also be much healthier for everyone."

Richard Branson
Founder of Virgin Group

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Watch Bruce Friedrich’s TED Talk on Plant-Based and Cell-Based Meat

GFI Executive Director Bruce Friedrich explains how new forms of meat production can help address some of the greatest global challenges of our time.

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Van Cleve Seafood Co. Dives Into Plant-Based Seafood

As meat companies like Tyson and Smithfield have been increasingly diving into the plant-based meat space, the Van Cleve Seafood Co. very well may be at the forefront of a similar trend in plant-based seafood.

Eclipse Just Launched Plant-Based Ice Cream Designed to Overshadow the Cow

Plant-based dairy producer Eclipse Foods has rolled out their first commercial product at gourmet ice cream sellers Humphry Slocombe and OddFellows in San Francisco and New York.

This Researcher Is Bringing Protein Innovation One Step Closer to Plant-Based Steak

Dr. Mario Martinez, a GFI 2018-19 Competitive Research Grant Winner, is using microstructure engineering and chemistry to give plant proteins the fibrous qualities of muscle tissue.

Imagine a food system where the most affordable and delicious products are also good for our bodies and the planet.

Here's how we do it.

“Remaking meat is one sector of the food industry that is ripe for innovation and growth.”

"I believe that in 30 years or so we will no longer need to kill any animals and that all meat will either be clean or plant-based, taste the same, and also be much healthier for everyone."

Latest From the GFI Blog

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