Policy

COP30: Europe can’t afford to delay building a sustainable food system

Spain demonstrates the cost of climate inaction – and the urgent need for Europe to invest in protein diversification.

Alternative proteins in Spain: progress, challenges, and opportunities in a growing sector

Our recent report takes an in-depth look at the achievements to date and the challenges ahead for Spain to consolidate its position as the leading hub in southern Europe in the alternative protein sector.

As food prices rocket, the UK government can kick-start supply chains to help farmers benefit from plant-based meat

Although our supermarkets bulge with more choice than ever, this masks an uncomfortable reality – our food system is becoming increasingly volatile.

Accelerating protein diversification in the UK Food Strategy through the Good Food Cycle

The UK Government’s new food strategy highlights alternative proteins as an economic growth opportunity that supports a more sustainable food system.

EU policymakers reopen plans to ban widely-used ‘meaty names’ for plant-based food

Plans abandoned five years ago have resurfaced in Brussels, with a messy series of proposals to ban the use of everyday language to describe plant-based meat.

New fermentation methods could add nearly £10 billion to UK economy by 2050, research shows

New research has estimated that, given the right support, innovative ways of producing everyday foods using fermentation could add £9.8 billion (€11.2 billion) to the UK economy. 

Anne Reshetynak

Anne leads research to fill alternative protein knowledge gaps and strengthen the evidence underpinning our work.

Independent scientific report from Germany’s WBAE calls for de-polarisation and national leadership around protein diversification

Strategy for European Life Sciences €350 million funding opportunities set to boost EU food innovation

The EU’s Strategy for European Life Sciences has outlined funding opportunities worth €350 million and plans to scale up fermentation technologies that could unlock the potential of Europe’s food innovators.

Feedback to the European Commission’s public consultation on the EU Biotech Act

This position paper explores GFI Europe’s recommendations for the EU biotechnology and biomanufacturing sector and the EU Biotech Act, which presents a critical opportunity to set a clear policy framework for food biotechnology.