Rachel Lichte

Helping purpose-driven brands drive a more just and sustainable world

[Rachel Lichte @rlichte]

@UPSIDEfoods Huge! Congrats!!!

[Rachel Lichte @rlichte]

@Orbillion1 Thank you scientists!

[Rachel Lichte @rlichte]

Short thread that lands on a quick read about how @Orbillion1 got started and what we're working on. Grateful to work where there's a shared belief that we're all stronger when we show up as the purposeful, creative, and everlearning humans we are.

[Orbillion @Orbillion1]

💡“I believe we as professionals, as scientists, have the responsibility to be unapologetically ourselves.” - @PatriciaBubner

[GU Women & Peace @giwps]

As Taliban enter Kabul, the U.S. Government needs to save our Afghan women allies, who are high on Taliban kill lists.
•Direct evacuation flights
•$1.125 billion appropriated
•Special parole program
•High-level Interagency Refugee Coordinator
https://t.co/KLNCjpJXMt

[Rachel Lichte @rlichte]

"People call it cultivated meat, no kill meat, cultured meat, but what they shouldn't call it anymore is lab-grown meat because... this is no longer about the lab this is about..." 📢 FOOD!

w/ @eatjust's game changing approval & sale, it's finally about making & eating food. 🙌

[Josh Tetrick @joshtetrick]

We share our historic meat news with @jchatterleyCNN and highlight the kinder, healthier world my 1.5 year-old-niece will grow up in. https://t.co/9xuhBneuhc

[Rachel Lichte @rlichte]

Great coverage of Reagan-appointed NC judge calling out

📢 racial inequities
📢 economic burden
📢 environmental destruction
📢 human health ramifications
📢 animal cruelty

of industrialized hog farming. is this opinion a reckoning?

@RyanBethencourt another part of NC living

[NC Newsline | @ncnewsline.bsky.social @NCNewsline]

Could defeat in nuisance lawsuits herald a reckoning for the NC hog industry? https://t.co/RzBAJDLAhZ #ncpol via @ncpolicywatch #ncga #ncfarms #ncpork @SmithfieldFoods

[Rachel Lichte @rlichte]

wow, thank you for sharing this @UFWupdates

[United Farm Workers @UFWupdates]

Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we’ll share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
#WeFeedYou #ThankAFarmworker

[The Good Food Institute @GoodFoodInst]

BREAKING: A judge has blocked attempts by the State of California to prevent #plantbased dairy brand @MiyokosCreamery from using the term 'butter' on its packaging, citing First Amendment protection. A win for the plant-based industry! https://t.co/vdjEp9uqpN

[Rachel Lichte @rlichte]

'This reality may still be 5 years off, but in science that is little more than a blink of an eye.'

[Meatable @itsmeatable]

NEWS - “Our technology will help us produce meat that’s faster to market, higher quality, and more cost effective" - @DLuining for Massive Science.

Sounds good right!? If you want to learn more, check out the full story on @massivesci https://t.co/GpbRRJJMHZ

[Dan Charles @DanCharlesNow]

This will happen slowly, and impact is uncertain. But decisions about land have fundamental impact on environment and human communities. And ownership matters.
https://t.co/YWCo7HuwAA

[Rachel Lichte @rlichte]

Loved seeing that @alexlorestani & the @GeltorInc team just closed their $91.3M Series B! With their proteins-on-demand, brands can create more sustainable versions of the products we love - so it's a win all around 🙌

[Geltor Inc. @GeltorInc]

Geltor Raises $91.3M as Pandemic Exposes Need for Sustainable Protein Supply Chain https://t.co/jwsZhousXn

[Rachel Lichte @rlichte]

@venoir Definitely add BBMG to your shortlist! They just wrapped up a stellar campaign with the Marine Stewardship Council. @ItsBBMG @rbemporad https://t.co/1MvFV6FBAt

[Rachel Lichte @rlichte]

If price and product experience are the central #culturedmeat supply-side issues that #cellularagriculture companies are working on, what do you see as the key demand-side issues we can be working on?

[Leah Douglas @leahjdouglas]

There’s a Covid-19 outbreak at Hickman’s egg farm in Arizona. The affected workers are 5 of 140+ incarcerated women who were sent to live and work on the farm during the pandemic. Hickman’s has used prison "work crews" for 25 years.

https://t.co/tjRlPGFDXQ

[Rachel Lichte @rlichte]

If climate crisis + human health + animal welfare aren't convincing enough that it's time for #culturedmeat perhaps food insecurity will be?!

Stoked to read @chasepurdy's book #BillionDollarBurger his post 🔗 #cellularagriculture to COVID lessons learned is worth a read 🥓🍔🇺🇸

[Slate @Slate]

What’s standing between you and chicken nuggets for which no chickens or humans had to suffer? https://t.co/YnVXqcGtxU

[Cathy Clark #impinv @cathyhc]

Hot off the press: my new online guide for entrepreneurs to fundraising during #COVID19 is up! It integrates tools from @CASEatDuke’s #casesmartimpact and resources avail in https://t.co/gMamplFnze. #togetherwithsocents https://t.co/0FNfRBD7qV… #impinv

[Rachel Lichte @rlichte]

Great article by @LizSpecht @jan_dutkiewicz in @wired to rebuild a resilient food value chain we must rely on plants not animals & leverage "strengths of the existing system while building alternatives to the most vulnerable and highest-risk elements." https://t.co/lnsZKHNpyY

[Last Mile Health @lastmilehealth]

During times of crisis, essential health services are often interrupted -- which can kill more people than the virus itself. We must support health workers to keep safe & keep serving during #COVID19. https://t.co/gNAnIPlLHN #WHA73 #PPEforAll

[Rachel Lichte @rlichte]

#Culturedmeat companies still have "a chance to adopt a decentralized model that could avoid the weaknesses of the United States’ monolithic meat industry." Their Achilles heel is exposed = centralization 🙌 @IshaDatar for your voice in this

[New Harvest @NewHarvestOrg]

From @chasepurdy on how cellular agriculture could build the infrastructure for a decentralized model of meat production, featuring our very own ⁦@IshaDatar⁩ 🥩 🧫 https://t.co/wFScNh7TBE

[Rachel Lichte @rlichte]

🧡 when different parts of my world collide like when a financial newsletter gives me updates on the rise of #alternativeprotein. This is something I can get used to.