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Episode 75 with Guest Bryan Voltaggio May 17, 2017

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Voltaggio is the executive chef and owner of six restaurants including VOLT, Lunchbox, Family Meal, RANGE, and two locations of AGGIO. As a finalist on Top Chef Season 6 and Top Chef Masters Season 5, Voltaggio is the first chef to compete on both Top Chef and Top Chef Masters. The James Beard Foundation Award finalist co-authored the cookbook, VOLT.Ink, with his brother, Michael, and is set to release a new title HOME in 2014. As a father and chef, Voltaggio is a passionate philanthropist and supports Share Our Strength (SOS) in their fight against childhood hunger. He has raised over half a million dollars over the last five years to support innovative school breakfast programs, meals for achievement, and the national No Kid Hungry campaign. He lives with his wife, Jennifer, and their three children Thacher, Piper and Ever Maeve in his hometown of Frederick, MD. Please donate to his great cause here! http://join.nokidhungry.org/site/TR/PFR/General?pg=entry&fr_id=1411

Episode 74 with Guest Patrick O'Neil May 08, 2017

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Patrick O’Neill is the Founder and CEO of Amp Your Good. After graduating from West Point and serving on active duty in the US Army, he began a private sector career focusing upon real estate, energy, technology and social enterprise. He has founded, co-founded and led several companies and has served on the board of directors of for profit, not for profit, public and private companies. His mission driven work began in his local church while growing up, continued at West Point, in the US Army, through his support of various non-profit organizations during his career and through youth sports coaching and mentoring. Amp Your Good combines Pat’s passion for disruptive technology, health and for making a difference in the lives of others. He is married and has four children - 2 boys and twin girls. He enjoys skiing, science fiction, youth sports and cooking.

Episode 73 with Guest Ron Finley Apr 25, 2017

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Ron Finley began his career by creating his first collection called the Dropdead Collexion in his own garage. It ended up being popular with commonly known and high-end stores such as Saks Fifth Avenue, Nordstroms, and Neiman Marcus.[10] Celebrities soon became attracted to his original ideas and designs. Ron Finley also collects memorabilia of Black Entertainment which has allowed him to own a collection of his own preservation of history. His collection includes movie posters that enable the audience to see the progression of Black people in the movie industry. Finley is also known as a proponent of healthy eating and gardening. He is co-founder of Los Angeles Green Grounds, a company that plants gardens at low-income homes in the Los Angeles area as a part of a recovery system to transform neighborhoods.[12] In early 2013, Finley gave a TED talk on his progress as a "guerrilla gardener," the dangers of food deserts, and the potential for his program to improve quality of life. He said in the talk, "If kids grow kale, kids eat kale; if they grow tomatoes, they eat tomatoes."[8] The talk has received over two million views on the TED web site,[9] and attracted attention from numerous celebrities and collaboration proposals from corporations.[13] After his TED talk, Finley developed a gardening training facility under the name of The Ron Finley Project.[14] His guerilla gardening efforts have had modest success in persuading city officials to cooperate, but remain officially illegal under city code.[15][16] In 2016, The Ron Finley Project was told they had to buy the property hosting their garden for $500,000, or it would be shut down. A fundraising campaign ensued.[17][7] The campaign got the attention of natural food companies, and the original $500,000 goal was surpassed.[18][19] Finley has appeared in several documentary films about urban farming, including Urban Fruit[20] and Can You Dig This.[21] Finley refers to himself as a "gangsta gardener", explaining, "Gardening is gangsta. Drugs, robbing—that’s not gangsta. Building community—that’s gangsta. I’m changing the vernacular."[6]

Episode 72 with Guest Jonathon Wolfson Apr 25, 2017

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Jonathan S. Wolfson is the Executive Chairman and co-founder of TerraVia Holdings, Inc., and co-founded and served as Chief Executive Officer at its predecessor, Solazyme, Inc. He served as Chief Executive Officer of TerraVia until 2016. Prior to TerraVia, Mr. Wolfson was Vice President of Finance and Business Development for 7thOnline, Inc., a supply chain software company. Immediately prior to that he co-founded InvestorTree, a SaaS/Internet based financial services company and was an adjunct faculty member in the Economics department at Hunter College (CUNY). Jonathan has directed TerraVia’s overall strategy and execution since inception, leading Forbes to name him one of the “12 Most Disruptive Names in Business”. The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) named Jonathan the recipient of its 2015 George Washington Carver Award, Biofuels Digest named him the #1 CEO in the top 100 people in the Bioeconomy, Emory University selected him as one of its “history makers”, the Clinton Global Initiative recognized him with its “Green Leap” award and he led TerraVia’s international selection as a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer. Mr. Wolfson has been an active participant in advisory groups including the Center for American Progress (CAP) Clean Tech Council and is a member of the board of directors of the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) where he sits on the governing board of the Industrial and Environmental Section. Mr. Wolfson also sits on the supervisory board of Avantium N.V., a renewable chemicals company. Mr. Wolfson obtained a law degree from New York University (NYU) School of Law and an M.B.A. from NYU Stern School of Business. He has served as a member of our board of directors since inception and continues in an active leadership role as Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors.

Episode 71 with Guest Jeff Moyer Apr 19, 2017

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Jeff Moyer is a world renowned authority in organic agriculture. His expertise includes organic crop production systems with a focus on weed management, cover crops, crop rotations, equipment modification and use, and facilities design. Jeff is perhaps most well-known for conceptualizing and popularizing the No Till Roller Crimper for use in organic agriculture. In 2011, he wrote Organic No-Till Farming, a publication that has become a resource for farmers throughout the world. Jeff brings a farmer’s perspective and approach to issues in organic agriculture. He is a past chair of the National Organic Standards Board, a founding board member of Pennsylvania Certified Organic, the Chairman of the Board of Director of The Seed Farm, part of the Green America Non-GMO Working Group, a Project Member of The Noble Foundation’s Soil Renaissance project, and a Board Member of PA Farm Link. In September 2015, Jeff was appointed as Executive Director of Rodale Institute after spending the last four decades at the Institute, helping countless farmers make the transition from conventional, chemical-based farming to organic methods.

Episode 70 with Guest Jason Wachob Apr 10, 2017

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JASON WACHOB is the Founder and CEO of mindbodygreen, the leading independent media company dedicated to health and happiness with 15 million monthly unique visitors. He has been featured in The New York Times, Entrepreneur, Fast Company, and Vogue. Jason has a BA in history from Columbia University, where he played varsity basketball for four years. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife, and loves German Shepherds, Chuck Taylors, and guacamole.

Episode 69 with Guest JP Sears Apr 06, 2017

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JP Sears is an emotional healing coach, YouTuber, author, international teacher, speaker at events, world traveler, and curious student of life. His work empowers people to live more meaningful lives. JP is the author of “How To Be Ultra Spiritual,” (Sounds True Publishing, release date of March 7th, 2017). He is very active with his online videos where he encourages healing and growth through his humorous and entertainingly informative videos, including his hit Ultra Spiritual comedy series, which has accumulated over 100 million views. You can learn more about JP and his work at AwakenWithJP.com.

Episode 68 with Guest Roz Savage MBE Apr 01, 2017

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Rosalind "Roz" Savage MBE FRGS (born 23 December 1967) is an English ocean rower, environmental advocate, writer and speaker.[1] She holds four Guinness World Records for ocean rowing, including first woman to row solo across three oceans: the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian.[2] She has rowed over 15,000 miles, taken around 5 million oarstrokes, and spent cumulatively over 500 days of her life at sea in a 23-foot rowboat. She was awarded the MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in the Queen's Birthday Honours 2013 for services to environmental awareness and fundraising. She was awarded an honorary degree (Doctor of Laws) from Bristol University in 2014. Roz Savage is a United Nations Climate Hero,[3] a trained presenter for the Climate Reality Project, and an Athlete Ambassador for 350.org.[4] She is on the board of Adventurers and Scientists for Conservation,[5] and a Blue Ambassador for the UK-based BLUE Project. She promotes plastic-free communities as co-patron of the Greener Upon Thames campaign for a plastic bag free Olympics in 2012, and as a Notable Coalition Member of the Plastic Pollution Coalition.[6] She also supports the work of the 5 Gyres Institute,[7] and is an Ambassador for Plastic Oceans[8] and MacGillivray Freeman's One World One Ocean project. Her voyages take place under the auspices of the Blue Frontier Campaign.[9] She is also a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, a Fellow of the Explorers Club of New York, and has been listed amongst the Top Twenty Great British Adventurers by the Daily Telegraph and the Top Ten Ultimate Adventurers by National Geographic. In 2011 she received the Ocean Inspiration Through Adventure award. She has been inducted into the International Green Industry Hall of Fame and was a recipient of a Yale World Fellowship. In 2010 she was named Adventurer of the Year by National Geographic.

Episode 67 with Guest Michael La Cour Mar 20, 2017

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Michael la Cour As of September 1, 2013, Managing Director of IKEA FOOD Services AB Work Experience 2009-2013 Business area manager, IKEA of Sweden 2007-2009 Store manager, IKEA USA 2004-2007 Deputy trading area manager, IKEA South East Asia 2000-2004 Country manager, IKEA Indonesia 1998-2000 Sales manager, DAT SCHAUB Denmark 1996-1998 Purchasing & Marketing manager, ISO supermarkets Denmark 1993-1996 Purchasing manager ALDI Denmark 1990-1993 Store and sales manager, ALDI Germany/Denmark 1987-1990 Trainee fruit & vegetables market, Copenhagen Denmark Education Master in Business Administration (MBA), specialized in international management, Aalborg Business Academy, Denmark Personal Living in Copenhagen Denmark. Enjoys running, cooking and movies. Born in October 1967 in Denmark. Married and have three children, two girls and one boy.

Episode 66 with Guest Arjan Stephens Mar 15, 2017

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Arjan Stephens is propelling the organic movement forward as the Executive VP of Sales and Marketing for Nature’s Path Foods. In his role, Arjan is responsible for leading Nature’s Path’s strategic direction in regards to product development, communications, sales, advertising, and packaging. In addition to the invaluable life-lessons learned from his grandfather, organic farmer Rupert Stephens, and his parents Arran and Ratana Stephens (founders of Nature’s Path), Arjan holds a Bachelor’s degree in History from Queen’s University and an MBA from the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago. Looking to champion Nature’s Path as a trusted name in quality organic foods, Arjan has led his team through integrated consumer awareness campaigns, grassroots organic gardening programs, an expansion into the European market, and the acquisition of Que Pasa Mexican Foods. This is in addition to wider issue-related projects such as the presenting sponsorship of the award winning documentary GMO OMG, and backing of mandatory GMO labeling initiatives at the state and National levels. In support of the belief that everyone has the right to quality organic foods Arjan and his wife Rimjhim spearheaded Nature’s Path’s “Bite4Bite” initiative, through which for every bag of Love Crunch granola purchased another is donated to Food Banks, up to $1million annually. In 2012 Arjan was named one of Business in Vancouver’s Top 40 under 40. In his spare time Arjan volunteers at a local meditation and ecology center where he leads a team of volunteers as a garden coordinator in an effort to feed an average of about 80 people in the community every week.

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