Articles by tag: plant-based meat
After 15 years as a mechanical engineer in the aerospace industry, Christie Lagally decided to utilize her skills to champion plant-based foods. Barbara Castiglia spoke Lagally, Founder and Chief Executive Officer at rebellyous foods, about her unique career path and why plant-based foods are so important to her. When Lagally first went to college she…
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What Will Cement Plant-Based Meat on Store Shelves
We have seen fast food places start to introduce plant based meat into their menu, whether if its the Impossible Whopper and Impossible Nuggets at Burger King or Quiznos plant based corn beef, the food industry is starting to pay attention to the plant based meat industry. With that attention comes the question could…
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Fervor for Plant-Based Meat Could Help Tackle Climate Change
Can we, as good stewards of the world, address our collective impact on the environment? Most professional climate researchers agree that to do so, rather than make small personal changes to our daily habits, we need to address the few companies and industries most heavily polluting the earth. One of those key industries includes…
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Can Plant-Based Meat Be a Permanent Competitor to Animal Meat
Key Points: The plant-based meat market is fast growing, but is still only a tiny fraction of total volume of meat sold in the United States. The real competition for plant-based meat isn’t other plant-based meat companies, but with animal meat. Plant-based meat competition strategies against regular meat could be similar to plant-based dairy…
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Do Americans Have an Appetite for Alternative Meat?
Americans are expected to spend $6.8 billion on food this Fourth of July, according to Wallet Hub. Outside of celebrating American independence, the holiday is perhaps most associated with grilling meat. However, this year Americans will also be eating something different, yet very similar. Plant-based meat alternatives have become an evermore frequent menu item…