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Who We Are
We are students from the University of Waterloo who are passionate about using our creative and technical skills to implement systems change in the world.
What are Alternative Proteins?
Plant-Based
Plant-based meat is produced directly from plants. Instead of relying on an animal to convert plants into meat, we can make meat more efficiently by skipping the animal and turning plant ingredients directly into meat.
Fermentation
Fermentation is a powerful, flexible process for using microorganisms to produce alternative proteins. Over the past century, the role of fermentation has expanded far beyond its historical usage to a much broader range of applications. There are many uses of fermentation in the broader alt protein field.
Cultivated
Cultivated meat is meat produced directly from cells. The process of cultivating meat uses the basic elements needed to build muscle and fat and enables the same biological process that happens inside an animal. Cultivated meat is identical to conventional meat at the cellular level.
The Good Food Institute is a nonprofit organization focused on accelerating alternative protein innovation. GFI’s Alt. Protein Project is a global student movement that is aimed at alternative protein education, research, and innovation through universities.
Their core objectives are:
Building Alternative Protein courses and majors
Stimulating open-access research
Catalyzing alternative protein entrepreneurship
Generating awareness and excitement
Creating an inspiring, inclusive community
The Waterloo Alt Protein Project is a student design team where we can all harbour our thoughts together to implement GFI’s core objectives through working on projects that will impose positive change.