Author

Jan 2018 - Present

Paul Shapiro debuted his first book, Clean Meat: How Growing Meat Without Animals Will Revolutionize Dinner and the World, that offers readers an inside view of the race to commercialize the world’s first real animal products that are grown without the need to raise and slaughter animals.

Vice President of Policy Engagement, The Humane Society of the United States

Oct 2016 - Jan 2018

As VP of policy engagement at The Humane Society of the United States, Paul Shapiro worked with a dedicated team of animal advocates, helping to wage efforts in Congress to defeat legislation harmful to animals, wage local legislative campaigns to enact ordinances cracking down on animal cruelty, and wage a statewide effort to place a historic farm animal protection measure on the ballot.

Vice President of Farm Animal Protection, The Humane Society of the United States

Jan 2005 - Oct 2016

As the VP of farm animal protection for The Humane Society of the United States, the world’s largest animal protection organization, Paul Shapiro was fortunate to work with some of the most talented advocates for animals, helping to spearhead legislative initiatives to prevent farm animal abuse. He also engaged with major food corporations to help end the cruelest agribusiness practices from their supply chains, as well as increased demand for plant-based proteins by reducing consumption of animal products.

CEO & Co-Founder, The Better Meat Co.

The Better Meat Co. is a business-to-business company that helps institutional food sellers achieve their goals of culinary excellence by providing next-generation plant-based proteins for foodservice providers and meat processors to make their meat, in a word, better. 

Paul Shapiro and the company's plant-based proteins blend seamlessly into ground meat products, enabling major food users to enhance the taste of their products while improving both health and sustainability, all in a cost-competitive way. Whether you're producing meatballs, sausages, fish sticks, chicken nuggets, burgers, dogs, or other ground meats, blending The Better Meat Co.’s plant-based proteins into your products is a win-win.

Founder and Campaigns Director, Compassion Over Killing

Jun 2001 - Jan 2005