Clever Carnivore

🌟 ICYMI — Chicagoland Food & Beverage Network hosted a fantastic event to showcase the growing biomanufacturing & sustainable protein food innovation industry in Chicago, featuring iFAB Tech Hub, led by Beth Conerty, which offers partnerships and resources to Illinois companies. 🌟 I was delighted to sit on the panel discussion about resources necessary to bolster & scale the growing sustainable protein industry in Illinois. 🌟 Chicago, with its rich agricultural heritage, robust biomanufacturing capabilities, and innovative culinary scene, is poised to reclaim its status as a global leader in protein innovation. The city's transformation from a meatpacking giant to a sustainable protein powerhouse reflects its enduring spirit of innovation and resilience. 🌟 Thank you to Chicagoland Food & Beverage Network, World Business Chicago, iFAB Tech Hub, and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign for facilitating a lively and necessary conversation about the challenges and successes of this industry in Illinois!

Chicagoland Food & Beverage Network hosted an event to showcase the growing biofermentation food innovation scene in Chicago, featuring the iFAB Tech Hub, led by Beth Conerty, which offers partnership and resources to all Illinois companies. Panel speakers included: Kaitlin Grady, Clever Carnivore Brian Frances, Nature's Fynd Jason Polzin, Bond Pet Foods Dan Griffis, ADM Chad Phillips, Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Kim Kidwell, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Moderator

Thanks to Drake Jamali & Food Solutions Action for inviting me to present about the sustainable protein industry in Illinois and why Clever Carnivore is uniquely positioned to make mass meat manufacturing possible and bring clean protein to Illinoisans and the growing global population. Thank you to the state legislators for your attendance and support of the #cultivatedmeat industry including members of the office of State Senator Lakesia Collins and State Senator Mattie Hunter. #Illinois is poised to become a leader in #sustainableprotein thanks to the support of these policymakers! 🍔 🚀

👨🍳 What fun it was to host the chefs & directors from ✶ ✶ ✶ ✶ #Chicago's own Four Corners, which operates exceptional, innovative bars & restaurants across Chicagoland, including Ranalli's Lincoln Park, Federales, Schoolyard, Kirkwood, and Benchmark. 🍔 🍕 🍻 We loved hearing their feedback on our cultivated products 🌭🍝🍕→ 🎯 "Consumers would jump on an animal-free animal product!" 🎯 "I'm all over this. I would order this weekly and would love to be on the ground floor of this food category." 🎯 "If I served 20 of these to customers, 20/20 would love it and wouldn't know it wasn't a conventional bratwurst." 🎯 "Love the 'Tank-to-Table' approach!" 🎯 "I've been following a strict carnivore diet for the past fifteen months and I'm a huge advocate of meat-based diets. If an optimal source of nutrition can be offered to consumers in parity with the current costs of traditionally raised meats, but without the negative ethical implications of factory farming, I suspect reasonable people are going to have a hard time making any other purchasing decision." Thank you again to team Four Corners for joining us and sharing your culinary expertise and insights! 🌟

Thanks to Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law for inviting Clever Carnivore to speak as part of "The Future of Innovation, Sustainability and the Law" speaker series. 🌟 We enjoyed sharing about the cultivated meat landscape, IP and regulatory challenges and considerations, and Clever Carnivore's unique approach to scaling cultivated meat production. 🥓 📈 🚀

Our General Counsel Stephanie Harrison and Director of Strategic Partnerships Kaitlin Grady are looking forward to speaking at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law as part of The Future of Innovation, Sustainability and the Law Speaker Series on October 23.

🤝Meet our advisory board for Future of Protein Production Chicago 2025! 🌎The Future of Protein Production comes to McCormick Place, Chicago next year on 29 & 30 April. 💡Our advisory board comprises industry leaders who are at the forefront of innovation in the future of protein production and will help us ensure that we bring the highest quality content to our summit in Chicago. Abin Kuriakose – Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer – World Business Chicago Andrew D Ive – Founder / Managing General Partner – Big Idea Ventures Angela Anandappa Ph.D. – CEO – Alliance for Advanced Sanitation Benjamin Happ, CFA – Partner – BERA Brian Jacobson – Associate Director of Strategic Operations – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Brian P. Sylvester – Partner – Perkins Coie Kaitlin Grady – Director of Strategic Partnerships and Public Affairs – Clever Carnivore Kantha Shelke, Ph.D. – Senior Lecturer, Regulatory Science and Food Safety Regulation, – The Johns Hopkins University Laine Clark – Innovation and Entrepreneurship Manager – The Good Food Institute Mervyn de Souza – Senior Director Business Development – Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc. Nadji Rekhif – Principal Scientist – Nestlé Nicki Heverling Briggs, MS, RDN – Founding Chair/Founder – Here/There Communications Thierry Duvanel – Director of Innovation – Bühler Group Tim Geistlinger – Chief Science Officer – Perfect Day 👋Welcome on board, everyone! 📣 We're now calling for speakers and exhibitors to join us in Chicago. 🌱Are you working to accelerate the commercialization and scaling of alternative proteins? Then we'd love to hear from you! 🎤Apply now to become a speaker: https://lnkd.in/dHgWM3nz 🙌 Inquire now to become an exhibitor: https://lnkd.in/dYcDY-4e #alternativeproteins #futureoffood #plantbased #culturedmeat #cellularag #fermentation #innovation #advisoryboard #speakingopportunity

I've always been a skeptic of #CultivatedMeat, but if anyone can convince me it might be Kaitlin Grady and Clever Carnivore. Best part, they are located here in Chicago. Fun time at 1871. #foodTech #FutureofFood #SustainableProtein

🌟 Last week I got to do one of my favorite things: gab about all things #cultivatedmeat, Clever Carnivore, #sustainableprotein, & #futureoffood. 🚀 📍 Thank you to Billy Ndizeye & 1871 for inviting me to speak at a Founder Fireside 🔥 as part of the #FoodTech & #SupplyChain Summer Innovation Lab and to Nathan Cooper for the engaging interview. It was great to chat about trends informing the the food tech space and how emerging innovation & technology has shaped the future of food. 🌱 I'm bullish on alternative proteins as a scalable solution for addressing the externalities of industrial animal agriculture, including #climatechange, #zoonoticdisease, #pandemics, #foodsecurity, & #animalwelfare while sustainably providing clean protein to feed the growing global population (10 billion people by 2050❗). I look forward to continued conversation, collaboration, and innovation in the future of sustainable protein. 🌍

Amazing to hear about the latest technical advancements on behalf of leading cultivated meat and seafood companies in #Boston this week. On the path to achieving cost effective technical viability - at scale! - companies are making real progress, and if you’re interested in the space, check out Ever After Foods Umami Bioworks Clever Carnivore VITAL MEAT ProFuse Technology Jellatech and Next Rung Technology! Big thanks Hannah Poole for inviting Branch Venture Group to speak on the investor breakfast panel, and for all your hard work pulling this gathering together. And great to see you and catch-up Steven Gamo, M Eng Andrew D Ive Stu Strumwasser Francesco Lorenzetti Seeratt M. Tetsuro Yamazaki Mihir Pershad Laine Clark Andrew Donahue Soham Sanyal