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We are here to tell you our story, and give you insight on the colorful and exciting business world that we live and work in.

Breaking Down Plant-Based Egg Advancements

As one of the most consumed proteins on the planet, traditional eggs present multiple challenges for their plant-based counterparts to meet. At the same time, the projected size of the alternative egg market continues to rise.

Major CPG Players Fueling Alt Cream Cheese Innovation

Amidst the booming cultured dairy market, major food manufacturers including the Kraft Heinz Company General Mills are taking plant-based cream cheese to the next level.

Is Plant-Based Meat Ripe for Expansion?

Sales for plant-based meats have weakened in recent months.Unit sales for refrigerated and frozen plant-based meats for the four weeks ended April 24 were down 8.3%, to 17.2 million, compared to a year prior, according to market research firm IRI. Pound sales for the period declined 6.4% to 12 million, while dollar sales edged up 0.7% to $92.3 million, no doubt boosted by inflation, reported Supermarket News (July 18).‍

“Food is Love, by vera”: a skate-themed culinary truck pop-up on Venice Beach with plant-based crumble tacos

Local skaters and DJ Captain Planet–plus games and a pop-up photo booth–provide retro-vibe entertainment; the event, hosted in partnership with Consciously Planted, will benefit Tony Hawk’s The Skatepark Project and Derseweh’s non-profit The Martha Project, which supports houseless people in L.A.

5 delicious new Bay Area plant-based foods that are actually good for you

At a recent $250-a-plate dinner called A Taste of the Future, Los Angeles celebrity vegan chef Nicole Derseweh delighted an elite group of plant-eaters in San Francisco with the next wave of planet- conscious delicacies.

Plant-Based Snacks Enjoying Steady Growth

As consumers continue to blur the line between snacks and meals, the plant-based category is playing an active role in the space between. Seventy-eight percent of global consumers say their definition of snacks has evolved over the last three years to include different types of foods and occasions for eating, according to a recent study by Mondelēz International.

Dinner series Future Feasts’ second gathering “A Taste of the Future” will showcase innovative, pre-launch plant-based products as part of an exceptional plant-based dinner by celebrity vegan chef Nicole Derseweh

Hosted by humanistic events company Delicious Future in partnership with plant-based advisory firm Consciously Planted, this meal will bring together passionate advocates to explore the regenerative future of food; a portion of proceeds will be donated to The Martha Project and CityHope.

5 Ways That Businesses Can Help To Promote The Mental Wellness Of Their Employees

At OMvino we highly recommend all employees take two full weeks off, or one month working part-time, per year, to pursue a certification or personal goal. Employees are welcome to work from anywhere, including destinations abroad. For example, I took time off to go to India and work part-time for a month to pursue my advanced yoga teacher certification. My business partners covered me, and I had the most life-changing experience. I then covered for one of my business partners as she sat for her master sommelier exam.

Jennifer Estevez of OMvino: From Avocation To Vocation; How I Turned My Hobby Into A Career

I wish someone had told me how building a business is like having a kid. If you are a business owner and founder, you have this whole entity that you are responsible for that takes on a life and personality of its own. It goes through awkward phases, it makes you proud, sometimes its growth is as messy as it is beautiful.

Veganuary 2022 Coincides with Growing Flexitarian Trend

The excesses of the holiday season behind them, many Americans resolve to eat healthier. Why not kill two birds, so to speak, by reducing consumption of animal products, which, in turn, would reduce pressure on the environment in what has been dubbed Veganuary?

Experts: Plant-Based Segment Poised for Significant Growth

While it’s still in its growth stage, the plant-based food category has, undeniably, taken root. Consider: according to a report by Bloomberg Intelligence, global retail sales of plant-based food alternatives may reach $162 billion by 2030 – up from $29.4 billion in 2020. Multiple experts feel one obstacle stands between plant-based products and widespread acceptance: taste.

Blog

The CSB Blog

What does CSB even mean?
Well, it literally means “Cool Story, Bro” and is one of our company-wide inside jokes that we want to let you in on. “Cool story, bro” is something we toss into work meetings, and conversations as a way of disrupting long potentially uninteresting or non-pointed dialogue.
We believe in doing everything with a sense of purpose and humor to match.
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Business

Censorship Alert: Big Ag Thinks You Are Dumb

Living in the USA we deal with censorship in a variety of ways, but we don’t have it so bad. We have plenty of freedom of speech compared to many countries, but do you know how we keep that freedom of speech? By protecting it when it’s infringed upon. Let’s stand up and talk about the fact that label and advertising censoring in the food and beverage industry is an issue. Why? Apparently, big agricultural companies (aka: big ag) thinks that consumers are idiots.

Opinion

Stay Classy, Eat Cultured Meat

What is cultured meat? Cultured meat, in short, is meat grown outside of an animal's body that does not require slaughter. It’s real meat and it goes by many names; clean meat, cultivated meat, cell-cultured meat, cellular agriculture and lab-grown meat.