#eatfortheplanet With Nil Zacharias

Elysabeth Alfano is the Co-Founder and CEO of VegTech™ Invest, an investment management company that advises the thematic ETF, VegTech™ Plant-based Innovation & Climate ETF, ticker: EATV. EATV invests in companies that are actively innovating with plants and plant-derived ingredients and that produce primary products that are animal-free. We believe these companies positively impact climate change, planetary health and sustainability, human health, and animal health. We also believe that we are on the cusp of a long-term secular trend that will result in the disrupting of the global food and materials supply chain for a more efficient, climate friendly and cruelty-free system. Show Page: https://eftp.co/Vegtech-Invest Newsletter signup: https://eftp.co/newsletter Follow us on Instagram Follow Nil Zacharias on Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Show Page: https://eftp.co/rachel-dreskin Newsletter signup: https://eftp.co/newsletter Follow us on Instagram Follow Nil Zacharias on Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Show page: https://eftp.co/omnifoods Newsletter signup: https://eftp.co/newsletter Follow us on Instagram Follow Nil Zacharias on Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Show Page: https://eftp.co/unovis Newsletter signup: https://eftp.co/newsletter Follow us on Instagram Follow Nil Zacharias on Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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.  Show Page: https://eftp.co/journey-foods Newsletter signup: https://eftp.co/newsletter Follow us on Instagram Follow Nil Zacharias on Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Show Page: https://eftp.co/srimu Newsletter signup: https://eftp.co/newsletter Follow us on Instagram Follow Nil Zacharias on Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Show Page: https://eftp.co/tech-to-table Newsletter signup: https://eftp.co/newsletter Follow us on Instagram Follow Nil Zacharias on Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Show Page: https://eftp.co/next-gen-foods Newsletter signup: https://eftp.co/newsletter Follow us on Instagram Follow Nil Zacharias on Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Show Page: https://eftp.co/new-york-city-mayor-eric-adams Newsletter signup: https://eftp.co/newsletter Follow us on Instagram Follow Nil Zacharias on Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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.  Show Page: https://eftp.co/louisa-burwood-taylor Newsletter signup: https://eftp.co/newsletter Follow us on Instagram Follow Nil Zacharias on Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shannon Falconer is the CEO and Co-Founder of Because, Animals, the only company developing cultivated meat for pets. Show Page: https://eftp.co/because-animals Newsletter signup: https://eftp.co/newsletter Follow us on Instagram Follow Nil Zacharias on Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Plantega is on mission to make plant-based food more accessible and equitable. We partner with innovative brands and provide a turnkey solution that empowers corner stores in urban hubs like New York City to earn revenue selling delicious and affordable plant-based foods. This interview first appeared on the This or Something Better Podcast. Show Page: https://eftp.co/plantega-story-so-far Newsletter signup: https://eftp.co/newsletter Follow us on Instagram Follow Nil Zacharias on Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Madeline Rotman is the Head of Sustainability for Imperfect Foods where she focuses on reducing waste across the company’s operational practices and the food supply system at large. Imperfect Foods is reimagining grocery delivery and on a mission to eliminate food waste and build a kinder, less wasteful world. They offer thoughtful eaters sustainable, affordable groceries that make the weekly chore of shopping an effortless and delightful experience. With scheduled weekly deliveries they help their customers save time, money, and the planet. Show Page: https://eftp.co/imperfectfoods Newsletter signup: https://eftp.co/newsletter Follow us on Instagram Follow Nil Zacharias on Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode I share a new model I have been exploring that tries to make sense of current debates and approaches to fixing our food system and how to spot opportunities for growth. Episode Transcript: https://eftp.co/news/2021/4/1/breakthroughs-adaptations Newsletter signup: https://eftp.co/newsletter Follow us on Instagram Follow Nil Zacharias on Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Balk is the vice president of farm animal protection for the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS). In addition, he is a co-founder of Eat Just, the food technology company that produces the Just Egg and sold the world’s first ever no-kill meat in Singapore. Topics covered on this podcast The state of the farm animal protection movement and its intersection with larger food system issues.  Whether the movement to improve the lives of farmed animals strategically compliments or is in conflict with efforts to transform the food system and make it more equitable and sustainable. How the plant-based foods movement has been influenced and impacted by the the work of the farm animal protection movement and how to strategically build both movements to help achieve the goal of ending factory farming. The failings of the environmental movement as it relates to addressing the devastating impact of industrial animal agriculture and its contribution to the climate crisis. Individual responsibility vs. cor

Tyler Mayoras is the Cofounder and CEO of Cool Beans. Tyler has spent more than 20 years in private equity investing and consulting, focused on sustainable food and agriculture. After adopting a plant-based lifestyle and seeing the incredible health benefits, he wanted to continue helping to create a sustainable future of food and worked with partners to create the 100% plant-based taste adventure that is Cool Beans. Topics covered on this episode: What is Cool Beans and why Tyler decided to focus on building a food company with beans at its core.  The challenge of building a new category based on the philosophy of using simple ingredients with minimal processing and with no oil and sugar added. Why taste matters and how Tyler and his team formulated the products to be packed with flavor, without compromising on their efforts to stay minimally processed.  Shifting the mainstream food media narrative from biotech to beans. The problem with monocultures and why we need more crop diversity in our food syst

Isha Datar is Executive Director of New Harvest, a nonprofit research institute that funds open, public cultured meat research.  Topics covered on this podcast What is New Harvest and how Isha got started in the field of cellular agriculture. The basics of growing food from cells and the interdisciplinary nature of this new scientific field. Safety concerns around cell-cultured meat and how they are being addressed. Should we fear the technology of creating meat from cells? The current state of of the technology and the industry, including progress made so far, as well as current infrastructure gaps. Importance of establishing systems of transparency and accountability, standards and norms, shared facilities, and training in this new field.  Potential paths to scale for cell-cultured meat (scientifically and as an industry). Private vs. Public R&D in this field and why it matters. Lessons cellular agriculture can learn from the history of GMOs and Monsanto. Why Isha is optimistic about the future of

Lasse Bruun is an advocacy expert in climate, sustainable agriculture and food systems. He leads 50by40, a collective impact organization working towards a fair, healthy and compassionate food system. He has led high-level international dialogues and campaigns in more than 20 countries, the EU Parliament, FAO, UNFCCC and International Whaling Commission. Topics covered on this episode: The role of Governments and regulations globally. Pros and cons of engaging with big meat companies to bring about the change we need. How all stakeholders, from Corporations to Governments to every day voters can play a role. Insights from the ongoing UN Food Systems Summit. Is industrial livestock production getting the spotlight it deserves in the mainstream narrative around climate change and climate action? Why it’s important for all factions in the food movement to stay committed to working together. Show Page: https://eftp.co/lasse-bruun Newsletter signup: https://eftp.co/newsletter Follow us on Instagram Follow

Bruce Friedrich is founder and president of the Good Food Institute, an international nonprofit that is reimagining meat production. With more than 100 team members across GFI's U.S. team and five affiliate offices, GFI is building a world where alternative proteins are the default choice. Questions explored on this episode: What problem(s) connected to the food system is the Good Food Institute trying to solve? What are the causes of the problems? Who is responsible/who bears the responsibility? What are the solutions? How can technological solutions tackle the problem with industrial animal agriculture without addressing those responsible (a handful of big meat and dairy companies)? What’s the evidence that alternative proteins are displacing animal proteins? Is it too early to know?  Can alternative proteins have a positive benefit even if nothing changes with corporate consolidation and control over the food system? Can the movement for alternative proteins coexist with parallel efforts in the goo

Michele Simon is a public health attorney, food policy expert, author, and thought leader in the plant-based foods industry. Questions explored on this episode: Can market-based solutions fix the problems with the food system? What can we learn from trends in the natural and organic foods industry? Are plant-based foods displacing animal-based foods?  What's the impact of acquisitions and consolidation in the plant-based foods industry? Are private label plant-based brands good for the industry? What are the strategic limitations of current approaches to ending factory farming? How do we fix the structural problems with the food system? Show Page: https://eftp.co/michele-simon-2021 Newsletter signup: https://eftp.co/newsletter Follow us on Instagram Follow Nil Zacharias on Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices