Conrad Astley
Communications Manager (English-language)
Conrad works across communications disciplines to drive a positive narrative for sustainable proteins in Europe.
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Areas of expertise: GFI Europe’s work across the board, media relations and social media management.
As a member of our communications team, Conrad uses public relations and digital communications to accelerate Europe’s shift to a sustainable, secure and just food system. He has extensive communications experience from local government, academia, and as a journalist.
Communications
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Latest updates from Conrad
Meet the researchers exploring whether the future of cultivated meat is hybrid
We talk to the researchers exploring how to accelerate cultivated meat’s journey to supermarkets by using it as an ingredient…
Affordable products driving plant-based retail sales growth
Double-digit growth of more affordable own-brand products has driven an increase in plant-based retail sales across four European countries.
Research: Four in 10 German and UK adults plan to eat more plant-based food
New research has found that 38% of German and UK adults intend to change their diets by eating more plant-based…
Meet the researcher: Bringing chicken out of the woods and onto the dinner table – the unexplored potential of mushroom foragers’ favourites with Dr Christoph Schwarz
Bringing chicken out of the woods and onto the dinner table – a commonly eaten mushroom popular with foragers is…
UK invests £1.4 million in boosting Food Standards Agency precision fermentation expertise
The UK government has invested £1.4 million in a new innovation hub, enabling the Food Standards Agency (FSA) to expand…
UK’s Seventh Carbon Budget calls for the development of tastier and more affordable plant-based meat
Nonprofit and think tank the Good Food Institute Europe (GFI Europe) has welcomed the Climate Change Committee’s (CCC) advice that…
Meet the researcher: synthesising the evidence on plant-based meat and nutrition with Rubén Fernández-Rodríguez
A Netflix documentary inspired a groundbreaking piece of research into the nutritional impact of plant-based meat.
Report: European alternative protein patents jump by 960% in 10 years
The first analysis of its kind has revealed that patent publications by European alternative protein innovators have increased by 960%…
