How several former vegans and vegetarians across the country came to see meat as their calling. Source: NYT > Business – Melissa Clark
Got Impossible Milk? The Quest for Lab-Made Dairy
With advances in synthetic biology, researchers and entrepreneurs strive to create cows’ milk without cows. Source: NYT > Business – Knvul Sheikh
What’s Meat Got to Do With It?
Vegan food companies are fighting back against laws that bar them from labeling their products “meat.” Source: NYT > Business – Jonah Engel Bromwich and Sanam Yar
The Fish Is Boneless. (Fishless, Too.)
Impossible Foods, the company behind the meatless Whopper at Burger King, is one of several companies developing plant-based or laboratory-made seafood alternatives. Source: NYT > Business – David Yaffe-Bellany
Beyond Meat’s Share Price Surges on First Day of Trading
Investors appeared to buy into Beyond Meat’s belief that it can replace meat with plant-based alternatives. That bodes well for similar companies. Source: NYT > Business – NATHANIEL POPPER
Behold the Beefless ‘Impossible Whopper’
Burger King is introducing a Whopper made with a vegetarian patty from the start-up Impossible Foods. The deal is a big step toward the mainstream for start-ups trying to mimic and replace meat. Source: NYT > Business – NATHANIEL POPPER and MATT EDGE