Bio

Bruce Friedrich is founder & president of the Good Food Institute, a global network of nonprofit organizations, with affiliates in the U.S., India, Israel, Brazil, Singapore, and Europe (UK & EU), that works on alternative protein policy, science, and corporate engagement. GFI is accelerating the production of plant-based and cultivated meat in order to bolster the global protein supply while protecting our environment, promoting global health, and preventing food insecurity. Bruce is a TED Fellow, Y Combinator alum, 2021 ''American Food Hero'' (EatingWell Magazine), and popular speaker on food innovation. He has penned op-eds for the Wall Street Journal, Guardian, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, Wired, CNN, Foreign Policy Magazine, Nature Food, and many other publications. He has represented GFI on the TED Radio Hour, New Yorker Radio Hour, Recode Decode, the Ezra Klein Show, Making Sense (Sam Harris), and a variety of other podcasts and TV programs. Bruce's 2019 TED talk has been viewed more than 2.3 million times and translated into 30 languages. He co-authored two books, contributed chapters or forewords to ten more, and has written seven law review articles. Bruce is also on the board of Food Solutions Action, a 501(c)(4) nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to accelerating agricultural innovation; he co-founded impact venture funds New Crop Capital and Clear Current Capital, though he has no financial interest in either fund; and he serves on the UN Climate Change Global Innovation Hub Working Group on Nutrition and Health. Bruce graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown Law and also holds degrees from Johns Hopkins University, the London School of Economics, and Grinnell College. https://gfi.org/team/bruce-friedrich/