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#139 - Jennifer Jacquet: Big Meat and Dairy’s Climate Reckoning May 05, 2021

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Jennifer Jacquet is an Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental Studies at NYU. She is co-author of a recent study exploring the climate responsibilities of industrial meat and dairy producers.

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#138 - Errol Schweizer: We Won’t End Factory Farming Until We Dismantle The System (Part 2) Apr 21, 2021

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A native of The Bronx, NY, Errol Schweizer is a 25+ year veteran of the food system, with experience in retail, food service, cooperatives, farmers markets, urban agriculture, community organizing and food policy. He has worked nearly every retail and service sector job, from grill cook and dishwasher, to stock clerk and purchasing manager. As the former V.P. of Grocery for Whole Foods, he spent over a decade bringing more than 6,000 products to market.

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#137 - Errol Schweizer: We Won’t End Factory Farming Until We Dismantle The System (Part 1) Apr 21, 2021

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#136 - Pat Mooney on Two Different Futures for Food Systems Apr 13, 2021

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Pat Mooney is the co-founder and executive director of the ETC Group, and is an expert on agricultural diversity, biotechnology, and global governance with decades of experience in international civil society. Since 1977, ETC group has focused on the role of new technologies on the lives and livelihoods of marginalized peoples around the world. In March 2021, the International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems (IPES-Food) released a new report in collaboration with the ETC Group: 'A Long Food Movement: Transforming Food Systems by 2045'. In this report, IPES-Food and the ETC Group map out two very different futures for food systems, people and planet.

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#135 - A Better Paperclip Maximizer? Apr 02, 2021

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Are we trying to transform the food system or build better paperclip maximizers?

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#134 - Transforming Food Systems: Ruth Richardson and the Global Alliance for the Future of Food Mar 29, 2021

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Ruth Richardson is Executive Director of the Global Alliance for the Future of Food, a strategic alliance of philanthropic foundations working together and with others to transform global food systems now and for future generations.

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#133 - Confirmation Bias and Negative Externalities Mar 19, 2021

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Confirmation bias is the tendency to process information by looking for, or interpreting, information that is consistent with one's existing beliefs. This biased approach to decision making is largely unintentional and often results in ignoring inconsistent information.

A negative externality exists when the production or consumption of a product results in a cost to a third party.

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#132 - Greg Steltenpohl: Lessons From a Sustainable Food Pioneer Mar 16, 2021

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Greg Steltenpohl, Founder of Califia Farms and plant-based pioneer passed away on March 11, 2021 at the age of 67. Greg founded Odwalla., which was acquired by Coca-Cola in 2001. He also co-founded the Interra Project in 2000, Adina for Life in 2004, and Califia Farms in 2010.

Topics Covered:

Why plant-based foods are a solution to our climate crisis.
Greg’s thoughts on design as it applies to Califia’s product packaging.
Building an impactful brand and a company culture that supports it.
What’s next in the plant-based food industry and food culture.
Greg’s vision for the food system in 2050.

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#131 - Helena Norberg-Hodge: A New (and Ancient) Vision for the Future of Food Mar 13, 2021

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HELENA NORBERG-HODGE is a pioneer of the new economy movement and recipient of the Alternative Nobel prize, the Arthur Morgan Award and the Goi Peace Prize for contributing to “the revitalization of cultural and biological diversity, and the strengthening of local communities and economies worldwide.” She is author of the inspirational classic Ancient Futures, and Local is Our Future, and producer of the award-winning documentary The Economics of Happiness. The impact of the global market on food and farming has been a focus of Helena’s work for almost 40 years.

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#130 - Eat The Change: Seth Goldman on Beyond Meat, Innovation, and Scaling Mar 07, 2021

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Seth Goldman is Founder of Eat the Change®, a platform to inform and empower consumers to make dietary choices aligned with their concerns around climate and health. Seth is also the Co-founder of PLNT Burger, Honest Tea and Chair of the board of Beyond Meat.

Topics coveredBeyond Meat's partnerships with McDonald's, Yum! Brands, and PepsiCo.
Launch of the new brand and platform, Eat The Change.
Seth Goldman's theory of change.
Decentralized, local food economies vs. centralized, global food supply chains.
Technology innovation in food: benefits and pitfalls of making decisions driven by efficiency and scale.
Effectiveness of market solutions vs. policy solutions.
Cell-based meats vs. plant-based.
Beyond Meat’s efforts to improve on products and make them nutritionally superior, without compromising taste.
What gives Seth hope and his vision for the food system in 2050.

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