The Good Food Institute

The Good Food Institute is a nonprofit think tank working to make the global food system better for the planet, people, and animals. Alongside scientists, businesses, and policymakers, GFI’s teams focus on making plant-based and cultivated meat delicious, affordable, and accessible. Powered by philanthropy, GFI is an international network of organizations advancing alternative proteins as an essential solution needed to meet the world’s climate, global health, food security, and biodiversity goals.

Given that taste and price determine what most people eat, GFI works around the world to make alternative proteins as delicious, affordable, and accessible as conventional meat. By changing how meat is made, we can seize the opportunity to produce food that people love and usher in a more sustainable, secure, and just food future. As an international network of organizations powered by philanthropy, GFI is uniquely positioned to accelerate alternative proteins by catalyzing and growing the entire field, creating a world where alternative proteins are no longer alternative.

GFI is six organizations around the world strategically based in the most critical economies for alternative protein advancement. In Asia, Europe, Brazil, India, Israel, and the U.S., our teams are mobilizing the international community to use markets and technology to replace harmful practices with ones that are better for the climate and biodiversity, for food security, and for global health.

We launched in February 2016 with just two staff, grew to 10 staff at the end of 2016, and are now a global network of nonprofit organizations across Asia, Europe, Brazil, India, Israel, and the U.S. developing the roadmap for a sustainable, secure, and just protein supply. For details on each year’s accomplishments, check out our Year in Review docs at gfi.org/2016, gfi.org/2017, gfi.org/2018, gfi.org/2019, gfi.org/2020, and gfi.org/2021. To receive GFI’s monthly highlights and other newsletters, sign up at gfi.org/newsletters.