How do we food the world without destroying the planet?
- Regenerative agriculture.
- Agroforestry.
- Urban agriculture.
- Controlled-environment farming.
- Food-waste reduction.
- Cultivated foods.
- Biomass fermentation.
- Precision fermentation.
In 2025, GFI tracked more than 160 specialized companies working in fermentation-enabled proteins and ingredients, while also documenting substantial obstacles around financing, scale, economics and regulation.
WHAT IS POSSIBLE
and
WHAT STILL HAS TO BE SOLVED.
- Some projects will succeed.
- Some won’t.
- Some technologies will prove transformative.
- Others will hit economic or technical limits.
- That uncertainty is part of the story.