Animal proteins were the ancestral trade, but these alt-meat innovators figured out how to work analogues into the product line without rocking the family boat.
Photo credit: Seemore Sausages
Her grandfather hoped she wouldn’t follow in his footsteps, but Cara Nicoletti did anyway. “I had to fight my way back into the butcher shop,” she says.
In the classic arc of the American dream, each generation hopes the next will have opportunities the elders didn’t.
What happens when perpetuating an animal protein-based family business means pivoting to plant-based or hybrid offerings?
A few companies are finding out, as the youngest…