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Animal Liberation Now: Peter Singer on The Plantbased Business Hour

Princeton BioEthics Professor and famed author of over 25 books including The Life You Can Save, the Most Good You Can Do and Animal Liberation, Peter Singer joins Elysabeth Alfano on The Plantbased Business Hour to discuss his newest book, Animal Liberation Now. Specifically, they discuss, Speciesism: what is it and how could its adoption change society? Have we progressed in the 50 years since the publication of Animal Liberation? Should animals have rights, be considered equals or be considered at all? What are the moral questions that would determine the answer? How has Charles Darwin helped to shape animal rights and our understanding of animals? His predictions for the global shifting food supply system away from animals.  Below is a short clip and transcript from their conversation. Podcast …

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Cooking for Inflationary Times. Plant-based on a Budget’s Toni Okamoto on The Plantbased Business Hour

Author of Plant-based On A Budget and influencer Toni Okamoto discusses her new book, Plant-based On A Budget: Quick and Easy, and her business plan for influencership. It’s a thing.   It’s a special Plantbased Business Hour with Elysabeth Alfano for inflationary times. Specifically, they discuss, The business of being an influencer. How she came to grow an audience of 600k followers by being true to herself and becoming best-selling author. Why she decided to focus on the topic of ‘plant-based on a budget.’ Below is a short clip and transcript from their conversation. Podcast here. Display content from YouTube Click here to display content from YouTube. Learn more in YouTube’s privacy policy. Always display content from YouTube Open “Bloomberg Intelligence Researcher, Jen Bartashus, Says The Plant-based Foods Sector Is A Trend” directly …

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Bloomberg Intelligence Says Plant-Based is Long-Term Trend: Jen Bartashus on The Plantbased Business Hour

Bloomberg’s Senior Research Analyst Jen Bartashus breaks down the REAL numbers (not the click-bait story) of the Plant-based Innovation trend.  Plus, we crack open the GFI State of the Industry Report for added understanding.  It’s another episode of Plant-based Business Hour with Elysabeth Alfano. Specifically, they discuss, Is the Plant-based Sector a trend or a fad? The GFI State of the Industry Report results. The problem with and what’s missing with the IRI numbers. The importance of indicators like the Biden BioTech and BioTech Manufacturing Goals and How does the growth of tech chips in the U.S. impact the growth of plant-based innovation?  Below is a short clip and transcript from their conversation. Podcast here. Display content from YouTube Click here to display content from YouTube. …

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Scaling Food Solutions for Local and Global Impact: Aimee Christensen of Christensen Global

Aimee Christensen, CEO of Christensen Global, discusses scaling food solutions for local and global impact on The Plantbased Business Hour with Elysabeth Alfano. Specifically, they discuss, Local and global food solutions for impact. Idaho’s work for a circular food economy. Regenerative farming practices and the power of legumes. The potential for local and global food systems to work together.  Below is a short clip and transcript from their conversation. Podcast here. Display content from YouTube Click here to display content from YouTube. Learn more in YouTube’s privacy policy. Always display content from YouTube Open “Aimée Chirstensen Explains How She Works With Companies on Their Climate Strategies” directly Elysabeth: What about reaching out to corporations? So, we talked about how this local community fits into the larger …

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ESG Frameworks for Plant-based Innovation: GFI’s Sharyn Murray

Sharyn Murray, Investment Engagement Manager at the Good Food Institute, discusses how ESG frameworks can assist plant-based businesses in communicating their positive impact data to the outside world.  It’s a tactical knowledge drop today on the Plantbased Business Hour with Elysabeth Alfano. Specifically, they discuss, What are the ESG frameworks exactly and what have GFI and FAIRR set out to do with the frameworks? Why does the sector need ESG reporting? Who does the framework serve/benefit? Is employing the framework an offensive move for companies or a defensive move? How hard are the ESG frameworks to employ? How long do they take to implement and how expensive are they to implement?  Below is a short clip and transcript from their conversation. Podcast here. Display content from YouTube …

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Methane, Nitrous Oxide and the Impact of Chicken Factories: David Meyer of Food System Innovations

CEO of Food System Innovations, David Meyer, joins Elysabeth Alfano on The Plantbased Business Hour to discuss the global food systems transformation towards sustainability, optionality, and efficiency, along with increasing animal welfare and human and planetary health. What will move the needle the most? Policy? Technology? Consumer Demand? Industry Sustainability?  Specifically, they discuss The issues plaguing the plant-based sector and the solutions needed to evolve the industry such as making open-source research and resources available, lowering ingredient costs and more, The growth patterns emerging for the sector, The importance of engaging China in alt proteins, The role policy and government investment plays in growing the sector. Below is a short clip and transcript from their conversation. Podcast here. Display content from YouTube Click here to display …

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Billionaire Investor Jim Mellon: ‘The Dairy Industry Will Completely Blow Away’ on The Plantbased Business Hour

Investor and Author of Moo’s Law: An Investor’s Guide to the New Agrarian Revolution, Jim Mellon, joins Elysabeth Alfano on The Plantbased Business Hour to discuss his vision for the global shifting food supply chain. Jim and Elysabeth discuss, Jim’s strong support for cultivated meat, How long will it be for cellular meat to A) get to market with B) griddle parity? Will there be carbon pricing? How are the companies being valued? Will most companies be bought by meat companies, the emerging vegan Unilevers or go IPO? Who should fund research: governments, public markets, or private markets? How does the Agrarian Revolution play out for farmers and jobs? Will the consumer get on board with tech in their food? Bugs as a novel protein source. …

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Is Plant-Based a Fad or a Long-Term Trend?  Elysabeth Alfano Interviews Bloomberg’s Deena Shanker

We’ve all seen the Bloomberg article declaring plant-based meats a fad. Author of the article and long-time food reporter, Deena Shanker, joins Elysabeth Alfano on Plant-based Business Hour…and they get into it. Specifically, they discuss Do the grocery store sales figures from 2022 represent the whole sector?  What about food service numbers? Do plant-based foods claim to be healthy or healthier and is a healthier option meaningful for the consumer? Should we consider the environmental benefits that will push adoption and government investment? What about food insecurity and national security benefits that will push government investment and adoption? Is it too early to announce fad vs. trend? Below is a short clip and transcript from their conversation. Podcast here. Display content from YouTube Click here to display content …

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The Beginning of Plant-based Gen 3: Jonathan Berger of The Kitchen Hub

CEO of Israel’s incubator, The Kitchen Hub, Jonathan Berger discusses Israel’s leadership in plant-based innovation, what we can expect to see in 2023 in the sector globally and the role government plays in fostering innovation. It’s another great episode of The Plantbased Business Hour with Elysabeth Alfano. Specifically, they discuss What is the Kitchen Hub and what is unique about it?  Why is Israel leading the world in investments in plant-based innovation and alternative proteins? What is the Kitchen Hub working on now and when will we see Plant-based 3.0?  Why are governments around the world starting to invest in Plant-based Innovation? Predictions for the sector in 2023-2030.  Below is a short clip and transcript from their conversation. Podcast here. Display content from YouTube Click here …

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How to Humanize VegTech, Food Tech and Alt Proteins: Dr. Maha Tahiri on The Plantbased Business Hour

Maha Tahiri, Founder of Nutrition Sustainability Strategies, joins Elysabeth Alfano on The Plantbased Business Hour to discuss sustainability and health goals for corporations and brands and what the years ahead will be for clean, short, healthy labels and ingredients. Specifically, they discuss Are people registering Planetary Health along with Personal Health? Where does Maha see the idea of personalized health going? What kind of growth/push/expansion of food as medicine will we see and how will it become apparent? Is there anticipated growth in the prebiotics, probiotics, fungal, microbial, fermented foods category? What is needed to best make the healthy foods sector grow? Below is a short clip and transcript from their conversation. Podcast here. Display content from YouTube Click here to display content from YouTube. Learn more …

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Can Making Your Corporate Cafeteria Plant-Based Help Your Company’s Carbon Footprint? Greener By Default and LinkedIn Share Results

Anna Bohbot, Global Food & Beverage Manager for LinkedIn, and Katie Cantrell, CEO of Greener by Default, discuss a great way for your company – and you! – to get in Climate Shape. Things get green and carbon footprints get low on The Plantbased Business Hour with Elysabeth Alfano. Specifically, they discuss Why did LinkedIn want to take its San Francisco cafeteria 2/3 plant-based and how did it come to have this idea? With the help of Greener By Default, what was the program to do this?  How difficult was it to execute? How expensive was it to execute? How did you communicate this to employees? How did you prep the chefs? and What were the results and are more companies doing this? Below is a short clip and transcript …

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Is Food Service the Key to Plant-Based Growth? Andre Menezes of TiNDLE, Next Gen Foods.

How does one of the most exciting upstarts of The Great Food Systems Shift see the future for alt protein and sustainable food consumption? Andre Menezes of TiNDLE Foods, Next Gen Foods and Elysabeth Alfano take a deep dive into how 2022 went down and their visions for the last half of 2023. They also discuss the disruption of the chicken market on The Plantbased Business Hour.  Specifically, they discuss How celebrity chefs can help drive a foodservice business model by elevating the food and educating the consumer, Why the chicken market will be disrupted, The health risks of chicken, The importance of a scale-up plan and slowing growth for a long runway, Plus, their big $100M raise. Below is a short clip and transcript from …

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What Does the S-Curve Tell Us About Mass Adoption of Plant-based Innovation? Catherine Tubb of Synthesis Capital

Catherine Tubb, Director of Research at Synthesis Capital and Co-Author of Rethinking Food & Agriculture 2020-2030, shares her projections for Plant-based Innovation & Alternative Proteins mass adoptions on The Plant-based Business Hour. Specifically, they discuss Why an S-Curve is a more accurate depiction of Plant-based Foods mass adoption and when this will be, When price parity for productions costs and a tipping point will happen, The Animal Agriculture Death Spiral, and What would throw off this predicted trajectory and how other sectors will be impacted. Below is a short clip and transcript from their conversation. Podcast here. Display content from YouTube Click here to display content from YouTube. Learn more in YouTube’s privacy policy. Always display content from YouTube Open “Catherine Tubb of Synthesis Capital Shares Her Plant-based …

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Bloomberg: The Final Word With Elysabeth Alfano, Irina Gerry and Jenny Stojkovic

Elysabeth Alfano is joined by the CMO of Change Foods, Irina Gerry, and the founder of the Vegan Women Summit, Jennifer Stojkovic, to discuss the state of the plant-based foods and innovation Industry and respond to Bloomberg once and for all with the final word.  It’s another episode of The Plantbased Business Hour.  Specifically, they discuss Why is there so much negative press?  When did it start? Is there any truth to it? What is the media getting wrong on consumer adoption, behavior and perception, and environmental impact and food insecurity issues that the plant-based industry solves? Where is the sector headed and what is needed? Predictions for the next 5-10 years. Below is a short clip and transcript from their conversation. Podcast here. Display content …

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2023 is the Year of Plant-based Deli Meats.  Kimberle Le of Prime Roots.

CEO of Prime Roots, Kimberlie Le, joins Elysabeth Alfano on The Plantbased Business Hour to discuss the magic of whole-food, Koji fungi (best pâté ever!) and taking over the deli counter. Specifically, they discuss: How Koji can be meats from fungi Distribution and taking over deli counters. Prime Roots Koji bacon and pate, and The environmental impact and efficiency of using microbes for food production. Below is a short clip and transcript from their conversation. Podcast here. Display content from YouTube Click here to display content from YouTube. Learn more in YouTube’s privacy policy. Always display content from YouTube Open “How is Koji Being used to Create Fungi-Based Pate and Deli Meats?” directly Elysabeth: Help us understand what you’re doing with mushrooms because when I first read- …

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