It’s the transparency, stupid

Just as voters’ financial circumstances are always at the heart of their political leanings — thus, the campaign admonition, “It’s the economy, stupid” — transparency in the development and approval of novel foods should be front and center.

Trade secrets are just that, of course: secret. But the entire alt-protein ecosystem would move faster toward addressing the world’s future food needs if more information on the process, from companies across the globe, were made available.…