The Plant-Based Investment Opportunity Webinar
Channel: Bridge2Food
Date: 2022-04-28

Plant-based foods are key to meeting our climate goals.

Bridge2Food and European Alliance for Plant-Based Foods (EAPF) are proud to lead a coalition of 60 organisations calling for increased research funding for plant-based foods. This is essential to accelerate the shift to sustainable & healthy food systems.

Learn more in this webinar with Gerard Klein, CEO of Bridge2Food,  Siska Pottie, secretary general of EAPF, and seven top leaders about why there is a need and how it relates to building healthy food systems for our communities. 

Program: 
1. The Why? Siska Pottie on EU economic & environmental relevance of the plant-based food sector
2. The What? Gerard Klein Essink on work by Plant-Based Foods & Proteins EcoSystem
3. What, When, How Much & Where? Panel discussion on the bigger investment picture with:
Cesar Gonzalez, manager public affairs, Euroseeds (Belgium)
Sonja Kalkhoven, R&D director, Upfield (Netherlands)
Matthias Kroen, vice-president, Donau Soja (Austria)
Catherine Lefranc-Millot, nutrition & health senior research manager, Roquette (France)
Paola Eulalio, DG Agri, European Commission (Belgium)
 Michel Mellema, head of science & technology for Vegetarian Butcher/ Unilever (Netherlands)
Anne Louise Dannesboe-Nielsen, director, Danish Technological Institute (Denmark)
4. Joint Letter, with Siska and Gerard.
This discussion was started with the release of a joint paper, and stakeholders will gather at the Plant-Based Foods & Proteins Summit Europe in June to help define a research investment agenda.