In the same week that it enters retail in Hong Kong and Singapore with sights on China, Impossible Foods reveals it has more than 250 patents and patents pending as part of the “Impossible Investigator” project whose mission is to reverse global warming and halt catastrophic biodiversity collapse by creating a mainstream consumer movement.
Pat Brown to Establish New “Advanced Research Venture” at Impossible Foods
Impossible Foods founder Pat Brown is to step down from his role as Chief Visionary Officer to establish a new research venture within the company. As reported by Business Insider, the news was disclosed via company emails, which also revealed that the new arm would be tentatively known as Impossible Labs. Impossible Foods is reportedly seeking a replacement for Brown, and the new venture will not supersede the company’s R&D team. Instead, Impossible Labs will “focus on the transformative innovation that will propel Impossible Foods to achieve our mission.” Impossible clarified today to vegconomist that the development was a planned leadership change and that the new advanced research venture will exist in addition to Impossible’s current R&D team. Ambitious goals When Brown first announced he …