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Next Level Burger Expansion, Plant-Based Backlash, and the Future of Sustainable Fast Food

2025

#190 - Challenging Meat’s Dominance: From Counterculture to Systems Change with Alicia Kennedy

#189 - Winning the Consumer Mindset: Indy Kaur on Driving Plant-Based Adoption and Building Trust

#188 - Cultivated Meat and the American Dream: Sami Nabulsi on Innovation, Politics, and Progress

#187 - The Plant-Based Reset: Lessons, Challenges, and a Path Forward with Maisie Ganzler

2024

#186 - Meat, Culture, and the Identity of Food with Chef Palak Patel

#185 - Plant-Based Dreams, Blended Realities, and a Chicken-Beef Burger You Didn’t See Coming

#184 - Has Overthrow Hospitality Cracked the Code on Plant-Based Dining?

#183 - Cheese, Reimagined: Sorosh Tavakoli on Challenges and Change

#182 - Alternative Protein…a Big Nothing Burger? with Steve Molino

#181 - Plant-Based Brands: High on Purpose, Low on Vibes

2023

#180 - Zero Egg Meet The New, Great-Tasting, Cleaner-Label, Plant-Based Egg

#179 - Plantega Dispatch: Nudge Theory and Plant-Based Food

#178 - Climbing the Plant-Based Slope of Enlightenment

#177: Elena Devis (Deliveroo): The Unstoppable Rise of Plant-Based in Takeout and Food Delivery

#176: Strong Roots: Tasty, Plant-Based Food For Busy Lives

2022

#175 - Wildtype: Seafood Without Fishing or Fish Farming

#174 - Alexis Gauthier: A Michelin-Starred French Chef Embraces Vegan Food

#173 - Victory Hemp Foods: Developing Super-Nutritious Plant-Based Ingredients

#172 - Chef Palak Patel is Inspiring Change With Good Food

#171 - Sonalie Figueiras on Food Culture, Food Tech, and Systems Change

#170 - Pleese Foods: Authentic NYC-Style Pizza Cheese That’s Plant-Based and Allergen-Free

#169 - Target’s Inclusive and Interconnected Approach to Plant-Based

#168 - Buddy Gillespie: Why the Future is Bright for Plant-Based in Foodservice

#167 - Plant-Based Trends and Insights With Rodd Willis of Dot Foods

#166 - WayFare Foods: A Family's Health Journey Inspires the Creation of a Plant-Based Food Company

#165 - Plant Based World 2022: A Critical Moment for the Plant-Based Foods Industry

#164 - Matriark Foods: Creating Access From Excess

#163 - Karana: Meat From Whole Plants

#162 - Garett Broad: A New Vision of Food Tech Justice

#161 - Nowadays: Clean Label, Delicious, Nutritious Plant-Based Meat is The Future

#160 - VegTech: Impact Investing in Alternative Proteins

#159 - Rachel Dreskin: A Better (and Plant-Based) Food System Is Possible

#158 - David Yeung: How to Catalyze a Global Transformation in the Food System

#157 - Dan Altschuler Malek on Unovis Asset Management’s New Alternative Protein Fund

#156 - Journey Foods: Supply Chain and Food Science Meets Data

2021

#155 - SriMu: Do Life. NOT Cheese.

#154 - Tech to Table: Food Tech Innovators Disruption a $15 Trillion Industry

#153 - Next Gen Foods: Making Ridiculously Good Chicken From Plants

#152 - New York City’s Mayor Eric Adams on the Power of Plant-Based Food (2018)

#151 - Predicting the Future of Food: Trend Mapping with Louisa Burwood-Taylor

#150 - Because, Animals: The Problem With Pet Food and the Promise of Cultivated Meat

#149 - Plantega: The Story So Far

#148 - Imperfect Foods: Reimagining Grocery Delivery and Tackling Food Waste

#147 - Breakthroughs, Adaptations, and the Future of Food

#146 - Josh Balk: Can an Animal Protection Lens Create an Equitable and Sustainable Food System?

#145 - Tyler Mayoras: Crop Diversity and the Future of Plant-Based Food

#144 - Isha Datar: A New Narrative for Cellular Agriculture

#143 - Lasse Bruun: The Complex Global Effort to Tackle Big Meat’s Devastating Impact

#142 - Bruce Friedrich: From Alternative Proteins to Alternative Food Systems

#141 - Michele Simon: Addressing Structural Problems, not Symptoms of an Unjust and Unsustainable Food System

#140 - Gene Baur: Industrial Food, Alternative Proteins, and the Dream of Something Better

#139 - Jennifer Jacquet: Big Meat and Dairy’s Climate Reckoning

#137 & #138 - Errol Schweizer: We Won’t End Factory Farming Until We Dismantle The System

#136 - Pat Mooney: Two Different Futures for Food Systems

#135 - A Better paperclip Maximizer?

#134 - Ruth Richardson and the Global Alliance for the Future of Food

#133 - Confirmation Bias and Negative Externalities

#132 - Greg Steltenpohl: Lessons From a Sustainable Food Pioneer

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

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

#129 - From Food Chains to Food Sovereignty: A Reframing of the Food System with Sanjay Rawal

#128 - EFFECT Partners: Systemic Solutions to Environmental and Social Challenge‪s‬

2020

#127 - MamaSezz: Making Meal-Time Easy With Whole Food Plant-Based Staple‪s‬

#126 - Plantega: Improving Access to Delicious, Affordable Plant-Based Foo‪d‬

#125 - Renewal Mill: Fighting Climate Change With Upcycled Ingredient‪s‬

#124 - Lupii: Offering a New Perspective on Protei‪n‬

#123 - No Evil Foods: Purpose-Powered Food in the Age of Pandemics and Social Unres‪t‬

#122 - Madeline Haydon on Leading in a Time of Uncertainty and Speaking up About Diversit‪y‬

#121 - PowerPlant Ventures: Dan Gluck on Accelerating the Plant-Based Food Revolutio‪n‬

#120 - Miyoko Schinner on COVID-19 and the Unraveling of our Food Syste‪m‬

#119 - Hälsa Foods: Yogurts Made of Whole Grain Oats and Zero B‪S‬

#118 - Before The Butcher: Going Beyond the Plant-Based Burge‪r‬

#117 - Lettuce Grow: The Simple Way to Grow Healthy Food at Hom‪e‬

#116 - Rebellyous Foods: Making Plant-Based Meat Affordable for Al‪l‬

#115 - GEM: Simplifying Daily Health Habits with Real Food Product‪s‬

#114 - Mastering Diabetes: Robby Barbaro on How Food Can Save U‪s‬

#113 - Tyler Mayoras: Impact Investing and The Future of Sustainable Foo‪d‬

#112 - Akua: Carbon-Negative Foods Made From Ocean-Farmed Seagreen‪s‬

#111 - Dream Pops: Re-Imagining Ice Cream for the Next Generatio‪n‬

#110 - MUSE Global: Educating Tomorrow’s Changemaker‪s‬

#109 - TurtleTree Labs: Creating Cell-Based Milk and a Future Without Dairy Cow‪s‬

2019

#108 - Switch4Good: Olympic Medalist Dotsie Bausch’s Unstoppable New Missio‪n‬

#107 - Hodo Foods: Taste, Convenience, Transparency and the Re-emergence of Tof‪u‬

#106 - Abbot’s Butcher: Plant-Based Meats Crafted with Clean Ingredient‪s‬

#105 - Plant Based World Conference and Expo: Bigger, Better, and Bolder in 202‪0‬

#104 - Sweet Farm: Driving Systemic Impact via Education, Inspiration, and Innovatio‪n‬

#103 - The Future of Alternative Protein with Alison Rabschnuk of the Good Food Institut‪e‬

#102 - GlassWall Syndicate: Funding Companies That are Taking Animals out of the Supply Chai‪n‬

#101 - Unreal Deli: Mrs. Goldfarb’s Journey From her Kitchen to Whole Foods and Shark Tank‪!‬

#100 - The Eat For The Planet Cookboo‪k‬

#99 - Accelerating Plant-Based Retail Growth with Julie Emmett of Plant Based Foods Associatio‪n‬

#98 - Cena Vegan Plant Ranch: Changing the World One Taco at a Tim‪e‬

#97 - PlantBased Solutions: How to Get a Product out of the Kitchen and Into the Marke‪t‬

#96 - Embracing Humility and Fearlessness While Shaping the Future Food Syste‪m‬

#95 - Infinite Foods: How Plant-Based Protein Can be a Positive Catalyst for Change in Afric‪a‬

#94 - Health-Ade: How a Farmers’ Market Kombucha Startup Grew Into a Beverage Powerhous‪e‬

#93 - Eclipse Foods: Making Plant-Based Dairy Products that are Indistinguishable From Conventional Dair‪y‬

#92 - 50by40: On a Mission to Reduce Global Animal Protein Production and Consumptio‪n‬

#91 - Mylk Guys: Making it Absurdly Easy to Eat Plant Base‪d‬

#90 - Barùkas: The Perfect Nut For You and The Plane‪t‬

#89 - Your Super: Beating Cancer, Launching a Superfood Company and Spreading the Power of Plant‪s‬

#88 - How Chris Kerr and Chuck Laue Kick-Started Humane Investing and Helped Transform the Food Industr‪y‬

#87 - Beyond Meat: Seth Goldman on Turning a Mission Driven Business Into a Mainstream Revolutio‪n‬

#86 - Perennial: Sara Bonham is Using Food Tech 2.0 to Change the Conversation Around Healthy Agin‪g‬

#85 - Spero Foods: Reinventing Dairy and Eggs Without Compromising on Flavor or Nutritio‪n‬

#84 - Hungry Planet: Bending the Curve on Human and Planetary Health with Plant-Based Meat‪s‬

#83 - Fry’s: An Iconic Global Plant-Based Brand Finally Arrives in Americ‪a‬

#82 - Tashi Nyima: A Buddhist Monk's Perspective on How to Transform the Food Industry and Change the Worl‪d‬

#81 - No Evil Foods: An Indie Food Brand's Journey into the Mainstrea‪m‬

#80 - Chad Sarno: Evolution of a Plant-based chef and the road to Good Catch Food‪s‬

#79 - Plant Power Fast Food: Jeffrey Harris on Building a Vegan McDonald'‪s‬

2018

#78 - Meatless Monday: Peggy Neu on Turning a Simple Idea into a Global Movemen‪t‬

#77 - Pollution Studios: Asher Brown is Helping to Shape the Story of the Future of Foo‪d‬

#76 - Balanced: Audrey Lawson-Sanchez is Changing Menus Where it Matters Mos‪t‬

#75 - John Mackey on the Conscious Evolution of the Food Syste‪m‬

#74 - Ari Nessel on Why Perspective Matters if You Want to Change the Food Syste‪m‬

#73 - BlueNalu: Lou Cooperhouse on Growing Better Seafood to Save the Ocean‪s‬

#72 - Suzy Amis Cameron: On a Mission to Save the Planet – and Future Generations – One Meal at a Tim‪e‬

#71 - Ryan Bethencourt: Reinventing Pet Food and Building the Post-Animal Bio Econom‪y‬

#70 - How Can We Get Food Service Providers and Institutions to Add Plant-Based Foods to the Menu‪?‬

#69 - Victor Friedberg on Why We Need Moonshots For Better Food to Feed 10 Billion People by 205‪0‬

#68 - Josh Balk: Why the Fight for Farm Animal Welfare Is Far From Ove‪r‬

#67 - Jody Rasch: Investing in Vegan Food and Beyon‪d‬

#66 - Derek Sarno: Living in a Monastery, Loving Mushrooms, and Making Wicked Healthy Foo‪d‬

#65 - Plant Based World: Bringing the Plant-Based Movement to a Mainstream Audienc‪e‬

#64 - Victoria Moran Is Training the Next Generation of Vegan Changemaker‪s‬

#63 - Liz Dee on Leadership, Empowering Vegan Women, and Funding the Future of Foo‪d‬

#62 - Alpine Organics: The Missing Nutrients in a Plant-Based Diet and How Matt Tullman Found a Solutio‪n

#61 - The Good Food Institute: Building the Good Food Future With Bruce Friedric‪h‬

#60 - Chef Charity Morgan Is Changing the Game in the NFL with Plant-Based Foo‪d‬

#59 - What's the Best Diet for Everyone? Cardiologist Dr. Joel Kahn Shares the Keys to a Healthy Lif‪e‬

#58 - Outstanding Foods: Bill Glaser on Plant-Based Bacon Chips and Beyon‪d‬

#57 - Veestro: Plant-Based Food Delivered to Every Doorstep with Monica Klausne‪r‬

#56 - What is a Reducetarian? Brian Kateman Has the Answer and Explains Why it Matter‪s‬

#55 - Kristie Middleton: The Fight to Get Schools, Hospitals, and Other Institutions to Go Meatles‪s‬

#54 - The Most Sustainable Nut Milk? Exploring the Power of Macadamia Nuts with Jim Richards of Milkadami‪a‬

#53 - How to Grow Plant-Based with Michele Simon: The Policy Challeng‪e‬

#52 - The Essential Nutrient You’re Probably Deficient in: John Shegerian on Why You Need to Get SOM Slee‪p‬

#51 - REBBL: Sheryl O’Loughlin on the Perils of Entrepreneurship and the Power of Adaptogen‪s‬

#50 - Julie Piatt: Using Food as a Healer, and Turning Joy and Love Into Product‪s‬

#49 - Purple Carrot: Andy Levitt on Making Plant-Based Cooking Eas‪y‬

#48 - Dr. Michael Greger on Plant-Based Meats, Processed Foods, and How to Eat What You Love and Not Di‪e‬

#47 - Fora: Reinventing Butter and Getting Your Startup Off the Groun‪d‬

#46 - Rich Roll on Food Tribalism, Building an Authentic Brand, and Keeping it Rea‪l‬

#45 - Can Anyone Build a Food Company? Madeline Haydon and the Incredible nutpods Stor‪y‬

#44 - Women Chefs Shifting Power Dynamics and Changing the Conversation in the Food Worl‪d‬

#43 - The Eat For The Planet Book: The Inspiration, the Process, and the Change We Hope to See in the Food Syste‪m‬

#42 - The End of Animal Farming, Effective Altruism, and the Quest to Expand our Moral Circle with Jacy Rees‪e‬

#41 - Packaged Food Nutrition Basics for Food Manufacturers and Consumers with Dietician Brenda Davi‪s‬

#40 - Borough President Eric Adams Plans to Transform Brooklyn and the Nation With Plant-Based Foo‪d‬

#39 - Saving the World One Bite at a Time: The Eat For The Planet Boo‪k‬

#38 - How Social Media Influencers Are Shaping Our Food Culture With Jenné Claiborn‪e‬

#37 - Can Technology Save Us? Ela Madej on Capitalism, Artificial Intelligence, and the Race to Feed 10 Billio‪n‬

#36 - Next Level Burger: Redefining the American Burger Experienc‪e‬

#35 - So You Want to Disrupt the Food System? Lisa Feria Explains Ho‪w‬

#34 - Protein: The Good, the Bad, and the Scary with Kathy Fresto‪n‬

#33 – Chris Kerr, the Original Vegan Investor, on Shaping a New Food Industr‪y‬

#32 - Dr. Will Tuttle on Why You Should Question Your Cultural Food Programmin‪g‬

2017

#31 - The Politics of Meat and Dairy with Marion Nestl‪e‬

#30 - Paul Shapiro on Clean Meat and the Quest to End Factory Farming

#29 - Matthew Kenney on How Chefs Can Craft the Future of Food

#28 - Vegan Mayo Pioneer Bob Goldberg on How to Follow Your Heart and Not Sell Out

#27 - How Google Does Food: Scott Giambastiani On Upgrading to Plant Forward

#26 - Mark Bittman on Eating Less Meat, the Problem with Dietary Labels and Why Chefs Need to Go Away

#25 - How to Eat Healthy on a Budget: Gunnar Lovelace of Thrive Market Has the Solution

#24 - Let Them Eat Meat! Ethan Brown of Beyond Meat on Redefining Meat Using Plants

#23 - Sweet Earth Foods: Kelly Swette on Building a Modern Plant-Based Brand and Selling to Nestlé

#22 - Ocean Hugger Foods: Launching a Plant-Based Alternative to Raw Tuna with David Benzaquen

#21 - Art Meets Purpose: Designing Conscious Food Experiences With Ravi DeRossi

#20 - How Tofurky Stays Authentic as it Evolves: Jaime Athos on the Dawn of a New Era

#19 - Bite-Sized News: 3 Hot New Food Trends

#18 - A Food Entrepreneur's Journey With Miyoko Schinner, the Queen of Vegan Cheese

#17 - How Media is Shaping the Future of Food

#16 - Hope Springs Eternal in a Food Swamp, Thanks to Stephen Ritz of Green Bronx Machine

#15 - Califia Farms: Building the Food and Beverage Company of the Future with Greg Steltenpohl

#14 - Good Food Can Change the World: Craig Cochran on Growing a Restaurant Business in NYC

#13 - The Plant Based Foods Association: Michele Simon on the Fight to Create a Better Food System

#12 - The Rigged Economics of American Meat and Dairy With David Simon

#11 - Rules of Healthy Eating Decoded by Dr. Michelle McMacken

#10 - Can Seafood be Sustainable? Captain Paul Watson of Sea Shepherd on How to Save the Oceans

#9 - No Soil, No Sunshine, No Problem! Meet the Farmer of the Future, Growing Real Food Indoors – Rob Laing, CEO of Farm.One

#8 - A Broken Food System: How Does Conventional Animal Agriculture Impact Our World (Reducetarian Summit Panel)

#7 - Ripple Foods: Adam Lowry on Creating a Ripple in the Food System

#6 - David Bronner on Going Beyond Organic and Fighting the Industrial Food Machine

#5 - Secrets to Building a Plant-Based Food Empire with T.K. Pillan, Co-Founder of Veggie Grill

#4 - John Mackey of Whole Foods Market on the Healthiest Way to Eat for the Planet

#3 - The Future of Meat Without Animals: Bruce Friedrich on How Technologies Like Plant-Protein and Cellular Agriculture Are Making it Possible

#2 - Gene Baur Ends the Debate Between Vegans and Meat Eaters

#1- Khaled, the Vegan Saudi Prince on the End of Factory Farming and the Solution to Climate Change