Why Beyond Meat’s Founder Is Welcoming Tyson Foods as Investor

And how he is justifying his decision to fellow vegans

Courtesy of Beyond Meat

A plant meat and a traditional meat company have announced an investment agreement whereby Springdale, Arkansas-based Tyson Foods Inc. will own a five percent stake in Beyond Meat.

The undisclosed dollar value was raised through an initiative of El Segundo, California-based Beyond Meat, which brands itself as “The Future of Protein.” Other investors in the company include The Humane Society of the United States, Microsoft founder Bill Gates, and venture capital company Kleiner Perkins.

I don't expect to change Tyson. Nor does Tyson expect to change me.