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The early-stage venture firm Supply Change Capital invests in high-growth food tech businesses and culture-first brands, saying that culture and climate deeply impact the future of food. With its investments,...

What if your research could leap off the pages of academic journals and transform real-world challenges? This question fueled my journey during the IIFH Innovator Fellowship—a journey that became the...

Discover how artificial intelligence is revolutionizing the food and nutrition industry, driving innovation in personalized diets, sustainable production, and product development. By enhancing productivity and creating tailored nutritional solutions, AI...

In addition to the outstanding research environment, one of the primary reasons I chose UC Davis for my second postdoctoral position was the opportunity to engage with the Innovation Institute...

GLP-1 drugs are the latest catalysts feeding demand for healthier snacks. Rivalz uses AI to create to reimagine snacks in an industry dominated by big players and for consumers and for consumers...

Interest in animal cell-based meat (ACBM) as an environmentally conscious replacement for livestock production has been increasing; however, a life cycle assessment (LCA) for the existing production methods of ACBM...

By Noramay Cadena and Minami Ogawa Supply Change Capital (SCC) invests in technologies to transform the food system. Sometimes, the deals we consider utilize cutting-edge scientific techniques, and they are...

One Bio—a UC Davis spinoff with proprietary technology to chop up polysaccharides from agricultural waste into “odorless, colorless, and tasteless” fibers that can be added to foods at high inclusion...

Proteins are the workhorses of life, executing virtually every biological function on Earth. The human body alone is composed of about 100,000 unique proteins that enable us to think, see,...

The 2024 IIFH Partner Summit brought together forward-thinking leaders from industry, investors, academia, startups, foundations, research institutions and more. It is this level of uncommon collaboration that is at the...

Dr. Justin Siegel and Dr. Robert Hall join the Foodie Pharmacology podcast for a conversation about what the Periodic Table of Food Initiative (PTFI) is doing to better understand global...

By Minami Ogawa, Innovator Fellow, Supply Change Capital Food has always been at the heart of my journey. From the storybooks my mom read to me, I vividly remember being...