After the NFL, Tackling Plant-Based Protein

Tyler Lorenzen was about eight years old when his dad saw him sipping a soda one day and told him that drinking pop would make him slow. “I said, ‘Well, I want to be fast,’” Lorenzen says. “And from then on, I’ve had a nutrition-forward outlook on how I feed my body.” The commitment paid off: Lorenzen went on to quarterback the University of Connecticut football team, and eventually signed with the New Orleans Saints as a tight end. The team won the Super Bowl during his rookie season in 2009; while Lorenzen didn’t see action on the field, the experience helped shape his career in the family business: peas.