New Bedford, Massachusetts was once known as the “City that Lights the World.” In the 19th century, the now quiet quaysides of the town were the bustling epicenter of the whaling industry. The trade in whale oil, which Americans used every day to light their lamps, made New Bedford the…

For decades, the alt-meat movement has focused on ground meats like sausages, burgers, nuggets, sticks, and more. That’s because it’s just a lot less difficult to create these ground products than a more structured product like a steak or chicken breast. Still difficult, but less difficult. …

If you follow the meat or the alt-meat industry closely, chances are high that you’ve read Lisa Keefe’s work. As the editor-in-chief of both Meatingplace magazine and now Alt-Meat magazine too, Lisa has been both reporting on and editorializing on all things meat for the past 15 years. …

Eating Plant-Based: Better for You and the Planet A lot of folks these days seem to think that transitioning to a plant-based diet sounds like a good idea. It’s with good reason. An increasing body of research indicates that a plant-based diet can be beneficial in helping prevent, managing, or…

Meet Dr. Esgar Guarin, the Evangelical Vasectomist If you regularly listen to the Business for Good Podcast (and I hope you do!), you know that the show often focuses on founders of companies creating new products to solve serious problems like food sustainability, climate change, plastic pollution, and more. …

As part of her effort to beef up her cred with Kansas’ cattle industry, not only did Governor Laura Kelly just declare May to be “Beef Month,” but she went far beyond the merely symbolic gesture when she recently signed SB 261 into law. …

You don’t get a second chance to make a first impression. That’s one reason front-of-package food labeling is so important. A rose, by another name it turns out, just doesn’t smell as sweet. This is a major reason so many animal product replacement companies have tended to shy away from…

By Paul Shapiro Five years after its 2011 founding, Impossible Foods had raised hundreds of millions of dollars, was valued by its investors at $800 million, yet was essentially still pre-revenue. Was this all just VC fantasyland, asked The Counter at the time. …

By Paul Shapiro Often when alt-protein advocates make the case that biotech food startups can succeed with products like Perfect Day’s non-animal whey and Clara Foods’ non-animal egg proteins, the widespread displacement of rennet in cheese is Exhibit A. For millennia, calf-based rennet was used to make cheese, and now…