The Good Food Conference is the flagship event of The Good Food Institute (GFI), a global nonprofit advancing plant-based, cultivated, and šfermentation-derived alternatives to conventional animal products. The Good Food Conference convenes scientists, entrepreneurs, investors, policymakers, and food industry leaders to accelerate a more sustainable, secure, and ethical food system through alternative proteins. Its program emphasizes science and innovation, market strategy, and policy frameworks needed to make plant-based, cultivated meat, and precision fermentation foods mainstream by 2030. The 2023 edition, titled Path to 2030, was held in šSan Francisco, CA at the Fort Mason Center and featured three days of panels, workshops, networking, exhibitions, tasting events, and community gatherings for BIPOC, women, LGBTQ, and non-binary professionals. The conference also hosted an Alt Protein Food Festival showcasing new technologies and products. As GFIās flagship gathering, it facilitates cross-sector collaboration and publicāprivate partnerships aimed at global adoption of alternative proteins.
I attended the conference with šChantle Edillor in 2023 and came away with a clearer picture of how the business and the science of šalternative proteins interlockāfrom R&D roadmaps to scale-up finance and regulatory pathways. It sharpened my focus on the commercialization steps that must coincide with scientific milestones to achieve mainstream adoption by 2030.