Sep 1Transforming “too big to fail” meat productionPart 1: Meat and climate emissions by the numbers Project Drawdown, one of the most prominent, science based think-tanks on climate change, has identified plant-rich diets as the second most impactful thing you can do to reduce your carbon emissions. They state, “ Animal agriculture is a significant source of…6 min read6 min read
Feb 16An Ode to America’s Food Processing Facilities and the Workers Who Run ThemInvestment in Technology Is Unlocking a New Era in Meat Production By Christie Lagally Unless you are eating a tomato right from your garden, almost all the food you eat travels through a food processing facility — even if it is just to wash, sort, package and transport it to…Food Production5 min readFood Production5 min read
Nov 30, 2022State of the Market — 2023The potential of the plant-based meat market lies with price parity. By Christie Lagally We can’t help but notice an enormous amount of time is being wasted questioning “is the plant-based meat industry dying?” As a company that is all about eliminating waste (usually food waste, but we’ll tackle anything…Plant Based3 min readPlant Based3 min read
Nov 16, 2022It’s time for a light bulb moment in the dimming alt-meat market!Pressure to keep up momentum in the category will bring innovation to the forefront. — By Christie Lagally In the 5 years Rebellyous Foods has been in business, the popularity of alt-meat has seen some extreme ups and downs. …Food Technology4 min readFood Technology4 min read
May 18, 2022Big Meat Takes Tech Seriously… And So Should Alt MeatRecently on LinkedIn, investors and CEOs of popular plant-based food companies have questioned the “tech” in the food-tech movement. Miyoko Schinner’s recent post declaring her company is not “food tech” was a comforting reminder of superior culinary success at a time when the “technology” label in the plant-based meat space…Plant Based Meat3 min readPlant Based Meat3 min read
Dec 21, 2021Leveling off sales or failing customer interest? The hidden market opportunity behind recent trends in the plant-based meat industry.Optimism about the growth of the plant-based meat market continues to heighten. By some estimates it is expected to reach $13B globally in just over four years. Yet November started with troubling signals from Maple Leaf Foods when it declared a reprioritization of its plant-based meat products after two quarters…Plant Based5 min readPlant Based5 min read
Jul 7, 2021What’s it going to take to make meat alternatives a viable solution to address climate change?By Christie Lagally, Founder & CEO of Rebellyous Foods Chicken shortages have made headlines across the U.S. in recent weeks. While Americans may be afraid of having less chicken available, it may help to know we eat more than twice as much chicken than we did in the 1970’s. The…Plant Based Meat5 min readPlant Based Meat5 min read
Jan 29, 2021Food System Transformation: Why Rebellyous Foods Sees Only Allies, Not Competitors in the Plant-Based Meat IndustryBy Christie Lagally, Founder & CEO of Rebellyous Foods It’s 7 AM at Rebellyous Foods’ headquarters in West Seattle, Washington. Each morning, our team of production technicians, food scientists, operations professionals and engineers opens the facility for yet another day of hard work making plant-based chicken products. On the production…Plant Based7 min readPlant Based7 min read
Oct 19, 2020We can build it better than before: Building a new plant-based meat production system on the backs of 80 years of meat production technologyThe modern-day global meat production system has been stressed to the limit by the coronavirus pandemic. John Tyson, Chairman of Tyson Foods, one of the largest meat production companies in the world, said it best in a recent advertisement: “The food supply chain is breaking.” In fact, there has never…Plant Based4 min readPlant Based4 min read
Published inRebellyous Foods·Mar 10, 2020The Alt-Meat Movement Enters Phase 2Plant-Based Meat Has Our Attention. Now What? “I wish we had vastly more capacity than we do right now because the demand is high…. Having more big customers right now doesn’t do us any good until we scale up production.” – Pat Brown, CEO, Impossible Foods, Reuters Phase One: Make a Damn Good Product In 2017, I…Plant Based5 min readPlant Based5 min read
