David Shteyman

"Alexa, What's Jeff Bezos up to these days?" "Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon, owner of The Washington Post and the richest man alive is currently busy saving the world." Before you yell "Alexa, you're lying!" Consider it a little hyperbole or over-enthusiasm of a kid boasting about her dad in the schoolyard...

Starbucks is not ditching dairy, as some of the confusing recent headlines might have you believe. In fact, the coffee giant is not even agreeing to get rid of the surcharge on plant-based milk. What is happening, though is that the CEO has announced a plan to modernize production and food delivery systems (like more reusable containers) to lower the chain’ carbon footprint...

Califia just closed a Series D funding round of $225 million from international investors. The move catapults it into one of the top plant-based companies in terms of funding and growth. Califia's latest round represents the second-largest VC financing for a plant-based food business, according to PitchBook data, propelling the startup into the ranks of Impossible Foods and Beyond Meat... Read Mor