Meati Foods

Though Tyler Huggins and Justin Whiteley grew up in different parts of the country, they shared a passion for science, the environment, and addressing humanity's most pressing challenges that would bring them together in 2015 as Ph.D. students in Colorado. Within months of beginning to collaboratively research mushroom root (aka mycelium), they knew they had a nature-based tool for taking on many global issues. Over beers at a Boulder brewery in April 2016, they decided to start a company that would guide fungi's miraculous biotechnological power toward efficiently meeting humanity's needs. When their deeper investigation of crafting protein from mushroom roots crossed paths with growing public alarm about the food system, their big ambitions had finally found a home: Eat Meati?, a company that would provide delicious, nutritious, and Earth-friendly nutrition to everyone.