In Northern California’s Silicon Valley, a region globally recognized for its technological innovations, food is undergoing a revolution. Home to innovators making everything from bleeding plant-based burgers (Impossible Foods) to AI-crafted dairy-identical blue cheese (Climax Foods), this region attracts people who want to change the world.
This is true for Alexander Volkov, who left his career as a software engineer to develop Green Wolf Foods. Co-founded with wife Aleksandra Volkov, the company is reimagining traditional Eastern European staples such as salami, using nothing but plants, creativity, and a strong desire to create a better food system.
“My career in software development was about creating innovative solutions, but cooking, particularly BBQ, was my true passion,” Volkov tells VegNews. Volkov went vegan approximately a decade ago and grew frustrated with the…