Eat For The Planet with Nil Zacharias

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#159 - Rachel Dreskin: A Better (and Plant-Based) Food System Is Possible Apr 06, 2022

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Rachel Dreskin is the CEO of the Plant Based Foods Association, the first and only trade association representing the nation’s leading plant-based food companies, as well as the Plant Based Foods Institute, PBFA’s sister nonprofit dedicated to driving transformation to a plant-based food system.

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#158 - OmniFoods: David Yeung on How to Catalyze a Global Transformation in the Food System Mar 07, 2022

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David Yeung is the Co-founder & CEO of Green Monday Group, a multi-faceted social venture with the mission to take on the world’s most pressing crises of climate change, food insecurity and public health. With the global sustainability movement initiated by Green Monday Foundation, the revolutionary food technology innovation in OmniFoods and OmniPork, the market-transforming plant-based retail, dining and distribution network in Green Common, and the impact investment arm in Green Monday Ventures, Mr. Yeung has pioneered a one-of-a-kind integrated platform that engages and empowers millions of people, along with public and private sectors, towards green awareness, action and economy.

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#157 - Dan Altschuler Malek on Unovis Asset Management’s New Alternative Protein Fund Jan 26, 2022

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Dan Altschuler Malek is a Managing Partner at Unovis Asset Management, a global investment firm that provides early-stage funding to entrepreneurs developing plant-based and cultured meat alternatives to foods derived from conventional animal agriculture including beef, chicken, pork, dairy, egg, fish, and shellfish products. Through its fund, New Crop Capital and NCAP II, the team has invested in more than 50 companies including Beyond Meats, Memphis Meats, BlueNalu, Good Catch, Nova Meats, Alpha Foods, Zero Egg, Aleph Farms, and Miyoko’s. As Managing Partner, Dan heads the firm's activities in North America and Israel exploring deal- flow, creating strategic opportunities, and working with founders to solve daily challenges and evaluate strategic decisions.

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#156 - Journey Foods: Supply Chain and Food Science Meets Data Jan 05, 2022

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Riana Lynn is the founder of Journey Foods, a food tech company that supports cutting-edge product management and data services for food businesses. A biologist turned serial entrepreneur, Riana has developed high-growth, nationally recognized technology, and food businesses. Her accomplishments have been featured on MIT 35 under 35, CNBC, Forbes, USA Today, Wired, TechCrunch, Entrepreneur Magazine, Food Tank and more. Journey Foods’ portfolio intelligence and lifecycle management software for food development and innovation helps companies address and manage the complete lifecycle of products from ideation to the marketplace.

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#155 - SriMu: Do Life. NOT Cheese. Dec 23, 2021

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Julie Piatt aka “SriMati” is a mystic mother, musician, artist, chef, author and healer who has lived her life immersed in devotion and expansive creativity. She is also the creator of SriMu, a company that makes artisanally crafted NOT cheeses made with plant based ingredients. Julie is is a powerful living example of how to love ourselves more so that we can live our unique design in full and expansive self expression.

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#154 - Tech to Table: Food Tech Innovators Disrupting a $15 Trillion Industry Dec 21, 2021

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Richard Munson is the author of Tesla: Inventor of the Modern, and his latest book—Tech to Table: 25 Innovators Reimagining Food—was released in September 2021. Other publications include From Edison to Enron that recounts the history of electricity. Cardinals of Capitol Hill traces the machinations of congressional appropriators who control government spending, and Cousteau: The Captain and His World examines the ocean explorer and filmmaker.

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#153 - Next Gen Foods: Making Ridiculously Good Chicken From Plants Nov 15, 2021

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Andre Menezes is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Next Gen, the parent company of TiNDLE. Next Gen is a Singapore-based food tech company with a mission to create delicious and satisfying food products, all with the power of plants.

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#152 - New York City’s Mayor Eric Adams on the Power of Plant-Based Food (2018) Nov 03, 2021

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Eric Adams is New York City’s Mayor-Elect and the city’s first plant-based mayor to hold office. This episode was recorded and originally published in February 2018.

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#151 - Predicting the Future of Food: Trend Mapping with Louisa Burwood-Taylor Oct 30, 2021

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Louisa Burwood-Taylor is the Chief Editor of AgFunderNews where she covers food and agriculture, with a focus on new technology and startup investment. Her career spans over 10 years and involves a variety of different beats, mostly financial, including time at the Financial Times Group and Euromoney in Asia. She turned her attention to agriculture over seven years ago as the founding editor of Agri Investor, the first publication dedicated to investment in the sector.

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#150 - Because, Animals: The Problem With Pet Food and the Promise of Cultivated Meat Oct 21, 2021

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Shannon Falconer is the CEO and Co-Founder of Because, Animals, the only company developing cultivated meat for pets.