Helping purpose-driven brands drive a more just and sustainable world
Durham, NC
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Short thread that lands on a quick read about how @Orbillion1 got started and what we're working on. Grateful to work where there's a shared belief that we're all stronger when we show up as the purposeful, creative, and everlearning humans we are.
💡“I believe we as professionals, as scientists, have the responsibility to be unapologetically ourselves.” - @PatriciaBubner
Rachel Lichte retweeted
As Taliban enter Kabul, the U.S. Government needs to save our Afghan women allies, who are high on Taliban kill lists.
•Direct evacuation flights
•$1.125 billion appropriated
•Special parole program
•High-level Interagency Refugee Coordinator
washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
"People call it cultivated meat, no kill meat, cultured meat, but what they shouldn't call it anymore is lab-grown meat because... this is no longer about the lab this is about..." 📢 FOOD!
w/ @eatjust's game changing approval & sale, it's finally about making & eating food. 🙌
We share our historic meat news with @jchatterleyCNN and highlight the kinder, healthier world my 1.5 year-old-niece will grow up in. vimeo.com/491775211/df48d8f0…
Great coverage of Reagan-appointed NC judge calling out
📢 racial inequities
📢 economic burden
📢 environmental destruction
📢 human health ramifications
📢 animal cruelty
of industrialized hog farming. is this opinion a reckoning?
@RyanBethencourt another part of NC living
Could defeat in nuisance lawsuits herald a reckoning for the NC hog industry? bit.ly/39aIT9T #ncpol via @ncpolicywatch #ncga #ncfarms #ncpork @SmithfieldFoods
wow, thank you for sharing this @UFWupdates
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we’ll share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
#WeFeedYou #ThankAFarmworker
Rachel Lichte retweeted
BREAKING: A judge has blocked attempts by the State of California to prevent #plantbased dairy brand @MiyokosCreamery from using the term 'butter' on its packaging, citing First Amendment protection. A win for the plant-based industry! foodnavigator-usa.com/Articl…
'This reality may still be 5 years off, but in science that is little more than a blink of an eye.'
NEWS - “Our technology will help us produce meat that’s faster to market, higher quality, and more cost effective" - @DLuining for Massive Science.
Sounds good right!? If you want to learn more, check out the full story on @massivesci massivesci.com/articles/cult…
Rachel Lichte retweeted
This will happen slowly, and impact is uncertain. But decisions about land have fundamental impact on environment and human communities. And ownership matters.
npr.org/2020/07/30/892366385…
Loved seeing that @alexlorestani & the @GeltorInc team just closed their $91.3M Series B! With their proteins-on-demand, brands can create more sustainable versions of the products we love - so it's a win all around 🙌
Geltor Raises $91.3M as Pandemic Exposes Need for Sustainable Protein Supply Chain prnewswire.com/news-releases…
If price and product experience are the central #culturedmeat supply-side issues that #cellularagriculture companies are working on, what do you see as the key demand-side issues we can be working on?
Rachel Lichte retweeted
There’s a Covid-19 outbreak at Hickman’s egg farm in Arizona. The affected workers are 5 of 140+ incarcerated women who were sent to live and work on the farm during the pandemic. Hickman’s has used prison "work crews" for 25 years.
abc15.com/news/local-news/in…
If climate crisis + human health + animal welfare aren't convincing enough that it's time for #culturedmeat perhaps food insecurity will be?!
Stoked to read @chasepurdy's book #BillionDollarBurger his post 🔗 #cellularagriculture to COVID lessons learned is worth a read 🥓🍔🇺🇸
What’s standing between you and chicken nuggets for which no chickens or humans had to suffer? slate.trib.al/pwHmLTZ
Rachel Lichte retweeted
Hot off the press: my new online guide for entrepreneurs to fundraising during #COVID19 is up! It integrates tools from @CASEatDuke’s #casesmartimpact and resources avail in covidcap.com. #togetherwithsocents casesmartimpact.com/capital/…… #impinv
Great article by @LizSpecht @jan_dutkiewicz in @wired to rebuild a resilient food value chain we must rely on plants not animals & leverage "strengths of the existing system while building alternatives to the most vulnerable and highest-risk elements." bit.ly/2TstNUB
Rachel Lichte retweeted
During times of crisis, essential health services are often interrupted -- which can kill more people than the virus itself. We must support health workers to keep safe & keep serving during #COVID19. bit.ly/2yhldAL #WHA73 #PPEforAll
#Culturedmeat companies still have "a chance to adopt a decentralized model that could avoid the weaknesses of the United States’ monolithic meat industry." Their Achilles heel is exposed = centralization 🙌 @IshaDatar for your voice in this
From @chasepurdy on how cellular agriculture could build the infrastructure for a decentralized model of meat production, featuring our very own @IshaDatar 🥩 🧫 qz.com/1856344/cultured-meat…
🧡 when different parts of my world collide like when a financial newsletter gives me updates on the rise of #alternativeprotein. This is something I can get used to.
"For years, we have knowingly destroyed our planet for the sake of a protein preference. Now, we are sending humans to their deaths."
READ this powerful op-ed by Jonathan Safran Foer
washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
🔑 takeaway: Worker devastation is a failure of leadership, "meat industry’s failure to protect its employees..." and such a failure could happen in ANY industry
#alternativeprotein companies must commit to respectful and safe working conditions, cannot be taken for granted.
Rereading @KrisGasteratos @CellAgriculture fantastic paper "90 Reasons to Consider Cellular Agriculture" & thinking there's surely a 91st reason re: social distancing during a pandemic. Need a refresher on @90ReasonsCellAg? Check out dash.harvard.edu/handle/1/38… #alternativeprotein