| Protein Source of the Future...NOW! | |
| Type: | Compilation album |
| Artist: | the Mountain Goats |
| Cover: | TheMountainGoatsProteinSourceOfTheFutureNOW.jpg |
| Released: | 1999, April 23, 2002 |
| Recorded: | 1993–1995 |
| Genre: | Folk-rock, lo-fi, rock |
| Length: | 50:25 |
| Label: | Ajax, 3 Beads of Sweat |
| Producer: | John Darnielle |
| Next Title: | Bitter Melon Farm |
| Next Year: | 1999 |
Protein Source of the Future...Now! is the first in a three-part series of compilations by the Mountain Goats, released in 1999 by Ajax Records. The two compilations that follow Protein Source of the Future...Now! are Bitter Melon Farm and Ghana.
The album's title is derived from the book The Book of Tofu: Protein Source of the Future...Now! by William Shurtleff and Akiko Aoyagi.