UPDATE: After a successful trial in St. Louis, Burger King now plans to roll out the Impossible Whopper nationwide this year. By 2020, Impossible Whoppers should be available in all 7,000+ restaurants. After vegetarian line MorningStar Farms announced that it would go fully vegan, there was a lot of speculation over whether Burger King, which currently carries a MorningStar burger …
LinkedIn Honors Vegan Innovation in Food Industry
Business social network, LinkedIn has just released its “Next Wave” list of top professionals age 35 and under. Among the list of pros and entrepreneurs in industries spanning food, technology, media, government and more, is the Chief Strategy Officer at Impossible Foods — the innovative vegan company that brought the world the much-talked about “impossible” vegan burger that “bleeds.” Nick …
How Science is Saving Farmed Animals
Scientists across the nation are teaming up to save animals and the environment while also feeding the world – and a roster of big-name international investors and venture capitalists are on board. Just last week, the Wall Street Journal announced that a new round of investments in Hampton Creek Foods totaled $90 million. In explaining why his firm as taken …
Food for Change: Making the Impossible Possible
Life is booming on planet Earth: in fact, world population is set to hit over 9 billion by 2050. But with it will grow the need to feed the masses – and, as seen in this infographic from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, so will the unsustainable consumption of meat. As noted in the New York …
