Conference Calls

Alternative Proteins, Climate Policy, and Competition Bottlenecks with Andy Fitch and Cynthia Hanawalt

Jun 04, 2026

On June 4, The Capitol Forum hosted Andy Fitch and Cynthia Hanawalt of Columbia Law School’s Sabin Center for Climate Change Law for a conference call discussing their recent study, “From Tech to Table: Moving Sustainable Proteins Beyond Marketplace Bottlenecks.”

The conversation examined how competition policy can shape the growth of the emerging alternative proteins industry. Drawing on their study, Fitch and Hanawalt discussed how market concentration, supply chain chokepoints, intellectual property strategies, and regulatory barriers could affect the development of plant-based, cultivated, and fermentation-derived proteins.