How to Support Employees at Your Food Company or Nonprofit

Every food company or advocacy non-profit should have an ombuds on its team. So, what’s an ombuds? Glad you asked.

Women, WorkplaceMichele SimonOctober 11, 2023

Sam Bankman-Fried, Effective Altruism, and Food Tech BS

With crypto's golden boy on trial, time to question the cult of effective altruism.

Money, BiotechMichele SimonOctober 10, 2023

Eat Just Layoffs After $16 Million Influx

Eat Just lays off 40 employees right after receiving $16 million and I have questions. Instead I get annoying emails from the company’s head of PR.

Biotech, Media, WorkplaceMichele SimonSeptember 26, 2023

Is Upside Foods Lying About its Biotech Chicken?

New investigation reveals employees joke the company is the next Theranos.

Big-Meat, MoneyMichele SimonSeptember 19, 2023

Why Is A Major Animal Rights Donor Giving Eat Just $16 Million?

The plant-based egg and biotech meat company’s history of unethical practices, endless pivots, and lack of financial viability all call into question this decision.

Biotech, Money, Plant-WashingMichele SimonSeptember 13, 2023 Comments

Questions For OMeat’s Cow Plasma Extraction Farm

Omeat's new product purports to be an "ethical alternative to fetal bovine serum" for cell-based meat by extracting plasma from adult cows on a farm. But is it really?

Biotech, Big-MeatMichele SimonAugust 29, 2023

Why is Perfect Day traumatizing employees?

Latest round of cruel layoffs for a well-funded "alt-protein" company.

Biotech, WorkplaceMichele SimonJuly 26, 2023

Support Animal Rights Activist Abandoned by Her Own Organization

Direct Action Everywhere reneges on its promise to pay Rachel Ziegler's legal fees.

Money, Women, WorkplaceMichele SimonJuly 18, 2023

Workplace Abuse as a Path to VC Partner?

Notorious abuse enabler from Mercy for Animals named to new investment fund.

Biotech, Plant-Washing, Women, MoneyMichele SimonJune 28, 2023

Who is buying lab-grown meat?

Government approval means nothing without a market.

Biotech, Big-Meat, MoneyMichele SimonJune 22, 2023

Why is the Vegan Women's Summit Upholding the Patriarchy?

Sponsorship from Miyoko's Creamery is a slap in the face to the iconic founder.

Women, Workplace, Plant-WashingMichele SimonMay 16, 2023

Biotech Meat Company Fails With White Male Founder Wasting $32 Million on Unfinished Facility and Rebrand of Nothing

It was going to happen eventually. Even with what seems like endless piles of cash floating around, a “cell-cultured meat” company finally ran out of money: “New Age Eats” is officially dead.

BiotechMichele SimonMarch 28, 2023

Dear White Men of Natural Foods: Want to be a True Ally to Women? ASK US HOW

Based on numerous conversations I have been having in recent months with colleagues, I wanted to share a few tips for how white men can be better allies to women in your circles who may approach you to network.

Women, WorkplaceMichele SimonMarch 6, 2023

Vegan icon Miyoko Schinner sued by her investors

Lawsuit used as vehicle for a smear campaign.

Money, Women, WorkplaceMichele SimonFebruary 23, 2023

Food Is Not Tech: Stop Comparing Meat Alternatives To Energy And Cars

One of the more common reactions to the recent spate of media stories declaring plant-based meat a fad is how we should not give up so soon because it’s still early days, and just like alternative energy and electric cars, things take time to shift.

Michele SimonFebruary 8, 2023

Plant Based Fail: The Empty Promise Of Animal Meat Displacement

Lost in the knee-jerk reactions is the grim reality that the main promise of plant-based meat – that these products will displace animal meat – is unfulfilled and will likely remain so into the future.

Plant-Washing, Big-MeatMichele SimonFebruary 1, 2023

Vegans: Stop shooting the messenger. A defense of Deena Shanker's Businessweek cover story on plant-based meat

Dear vegans: please stop attacking Deena and other media you don’t like and instead get to work with real solutions to the climate crisis and a parade of horribles caused by conventional meat production. We don’t have time for this BS.

Media, WomenMichele SimonJanuary 23, 2023

‘Alternative Protein’ Nonprofits Should Return Donations To FTX

The recent downfall of Silicon Valley darling Sam Bankman Fried, along with the financial collapse of his crypto exchange company FTX, is shining a light of the disgraced founder’s philanthropic activity while raising ethical questions about the recipients of his tainted donations.

Michele SimonJanuary 18, 2023

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