Sustainability Episodes

March 23, 2023

Can You Make (Good) Chocolate Without Cocoa and Coffee Without Beans?…

Adam Maxwell and Kelsey Tenney are almost polar opposites. What makes them such a formidable pair of co-founders is the one thing they do have in common. They are both downright obsessed with the science behind food. That mind meld …

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March 17, 2023

When Will Fake Meat Taste Like Real Meat (Part 2)? A Conversation wit…

Tyler Huggins, CEO and Co-Founder of Meati joins the podcast. Meati - which makes plant-based meat from mushrooms - appears to be a raging success...it's backed by celebrity chefs, it just entered a partnership with Sprouts and it's building a …

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Dec. 1, 2022

"Can We Innovate Our Way Out of Global Hunger, Part 2"

Ben Chesler, co-founder of Imperfect Foods, joins us to chat about the seeds of the company, what he learned on his journey and how he helps entrepreneurs today.

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April 7, 2022

Can We Innovate Our Way Out of Global Hunger (Part 1)?

On the face of it, the problem James Rogers was trying to solve for as a grad student is pretty simple: how can you get produce to last longer? Once the materials science PhD student started digging, he found out …

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Feb. 24, 2022

Can You Do Good and Make Money at the Same TIme?

Lindsey Hoell is the founder of Dispatch Goods which aims to make the oceans cleaner by getting restaurants - and their customers - to switch to reusable packaging. The sharp, opinionated, inquisitive, and action-oriented founder joins us to talk changing …

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Jan. 26, 2022

Are Vertical Farms a Need or a Want? An Interview With Matt Barnard, …

Matt Barnard is the co-founder of Plenty (a Softbank-backed vertical farming company that seeks to feed the world in the most sustainable way possible. He speaks to us about creating, at scale, autonomous farms run by robots, to produce the …

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Jan. 26, 2022

Can you Make Milk Without the Cow? An Interview with Perfect Day

We're joined by Ryan Pandya and Perumal Gandhi, the co-founders of Perfect Day, a company that makes the proteins you find in milk in a lab using a method called fermentation.

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