The Plant Based Foods Institute (PBFI) is pleased to announce the appointment of Sanah Baig as its new Executive Director, effective June 2025. Baig brings extensive experience in food and agricultural policy, most recently serving as the Senior Policy Advisor for Agriculture and Nutrition at the White House. Baig’s vision for forging crucial partnerships between…
The Plant Based Foods Association (PBFA) was founded in 2016 in conjunction with the meteoric rise and rapid acceleration of the plant-based foods industry. As a growing number of consumers became interested in plant-based foods, there became a clear need for the industry to establish a collective voice to champion initiatives and advocate for government…
Overview 2022 saw the launch and first steps of implementation of the Domestic Sourcing Initiative (DSI). Originally under the umbrella of the Plant Based Foods Association (PBFA), the trade organization representing the U.S. plant-based foods industry, the DSI is now an initiative of the Plant Based Foods Institute (PBFI), a 501(c)3 sister non-profit organization created…
Mad Agriculture is a non-profit that helps farmers to transition from conventional to regenerative organic agriculture by providing agronomic know-how, operating capital, and market access. Their mission is to catalyze a revolution in agriculture at the global scale founded on the virtues of a good and true economy that seeks to achieve harmony between human and ecological well-being…
Eight international plant-based food trade associations join forces to promote plant-based food systems as transformational strategy to meet Paris Agreement climate goals and mitigate growing concerns around food security. November 4, 2022 –– Ahead of the United Nations’ 27th Conference of the Parties (COP 27), the International Plant Based Foods Working Group (IPBFWG) urges world leaders…
The Plant Based Foods Institute (The Institute) joined 200+ groups to send a letter to Administrator Michael Regan at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), demanding that the EPA use its authority to hold concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs), also known as factory farms, responsible for the toxic pollution and damage caused to surrounding communities,…
“A transformed food system is part of how we as a country become more resilient and competitive in the case of big and future challenges and threats.” This rhetoric – that food systems must transform – is commonplace in progressive food circles but marks a significant and welcome shift from Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack…