Talk:Ethan Brown (businessman)

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Disambiguation page

Several other Wikipedia biographical articles have names 'Ethan Brown'.

Ethan Brown - American investigative journalist and reporter
Ethan Brown (executive) - founder of Beyond Meat
Ethan Allen Brown - Democratic-Republican politician. He served as the seventh Governor of Ohio.

Would there be sense in creating a disambiguation page for 'Ethan Brown' that lists all three of these (and perhaps others)? MaynardClark (talk) 02:50, 23 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hello I created a DAB at Ethan Brown (disambiguation). Cheers ‡ El cid, el campeador ^talk 12:42, 23 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. MaynardClark (talk) 19:48, 23 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi, Soo from Beyond Meat, here. I'd like to open a discussion about some of the content that was removed from the page (see the changes here). Please consider the following points, which all focus on Ethan Brown himself and are appropriately sourced:

Remove "meat-substitute company Beyond Meat" and restore the previous text ("Beyond Meat"). This touches on a larger question that I brought up at Talk:Beyond Meat regarding whether Beyond Meat's products should be called "meat substitutes"/"meat analogues" or "plant-based meat." I believe "plant-based meat" is better because this term is the way that most reliable sources refer to it. But in this article, we have the luxury to avoid that debate entirely in the lead by just saying "Beyond Meat" and leaving it at that.
Restore mention of Ethan Brown's work at the NGA Center in "Early career"- perhaps this wasn't clear in the initial formatting, but the reference at the end of this section applies to this statement as well: Brown worked as an energy analyst for the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices, and then as a clean energy executive for Canadian fuel cell developer Ballard Power Systems for eight years.
Restore: "On May 2, 2019, Brown rang the opening bell at Nasdaq when Beyond Meat went public under the symbol BYND."^[1] This was a noteworthy event in Brown's career, not a trivial or routine incident.
Restore: Brown is also a director of The PLANeT Partnership, Beyond Meat's joint venture with PepsiCo.^[2]^[3] This is a significant director role in which Brown serves.
Regarding the awards- thank you for pointing out the issue there. Please restore the UNEP Award and Bloomberg award, as these are both notable awards in their own right:
- In 2018, Brown was selected as one of the UNEP's Champions of the Earth in the category of science and innovation for his "work towards reducing our dependence on animal-based foods."^[4]
- In 2019, Brown was listed on Bloomberg Media's 50 Most Influential ranking.^[5]

References

^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Ethan Brown | Management | Beyond Meat, Inc". investors.beyondmeat.com.
^ Lucas, Amelia (2021-01-26). "Beyond Meat shares soar 26% as company teams up with PepsiCo to make plant-based snacks and drinks". CNBC.
^ "Tackling the world's most urgent problem: meat". UN Environment Programme. September 26, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "Ethan Brown, Beyond Meat CEO and Fake Meat's Real Winner". Bloomberg Businessweek. December 4, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

Pinging MaynardClark, Smartse, Trimton, Psychologist Guy and Throughthemind who have been involved in editing this article and the Beyond Meat page thus far. Thanks again for your help S at Beyond (talk) 19:16, 7 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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– Ethan Brown of Beyond Meat is the clear primary topic for the name "Ethan Brown," as demonstrated by page views. Ethan Brown of Beyond Meat receives several times more page views than any other Ethan Brown on a consistent daily basis. S at Beyond (talk) 23:31, 24 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

[:0-1] Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[2] "Ethan Brown | Management | Beyond Meat, Inc". investors.beyondmeat.com.

[3] Lucas, Amelia (2021-01-26). "Beyond Meat shares soar 26% as company teams up with PepsiCo to make plant-based snacks and drinks". CNBC.

[:2-4] "Tackling the world's most urgent problem: meat". UN Environment Programme. September 26, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[5] "Ethan Brown, Beyond Meat CEO and Fake Meat's Real Winner". Bloomberg Businessweek. December 4, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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