PAUL SHAPIRO

When Paul Shapiro took his first bite of clean meat in 2014, more humans had gone into space than had eaten real meat grown outside an animal. In addition to being among the world’s first clean meat consumers, Paul is the CEO of BMC Ingredients, a five-time TEDx speaker (latest talk here), the host of the Business for Good Podcast, and a long-time leader in food sustainability. He’s been named a Most Admired CEO by the Sacramento Business Journal.

Clean Meat (2018) is his first book. It’s a Washington Post bestseller and has been translated into seven languages. His debut novel, The Trial of Humanity, comes out February 16, 2027, from Compass Rose Publishing.

Paul’s published hundreds of articles in publications ranging from daily newspapers to academic journals, and he writes a Substack. He lives in Sacramento, California with his wife Toni Okamoto Shapiro, author and founder of Plant-Based on a Budget, and their very friendly pit bull Eddie (follow Eddie on Instagram). You can read more about Paul’s work and contact him at www.paul-shapiro.com.