Awesome Vegans with Elysabeth Alfano

The All-Star Roster of Fermented Proteins: Jevan Nagarajah of Better Dairy, Jason Rosenberg of Remilk, Hille van der Kaa of Those Vegan Cowboys, Inja Radman of New Culture and Bryan Tracy of Superbrewed join me on The Plantbased Business Hour to discuss the reality of cheese and milks without the cow. We are cracking the code for cheese and milk! Subscribe! For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out at [email protected]. For more information, visit ElysabethAlfano.com.

How will China feed its 1.4B people? David Yeung, Founder of Omnipork, now availble in Asia, the U.K and the U.S., talks about China's plant-based growth and what the rest of the world can expect as the global food supply system shifts to plant-based with China as a major player. Subscribe! For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out at [email protected]. For more information, visit ElysabethAlfano.com.

Can We Print Meat? Simon Fried of MeaTech3D Explains on The Plantbased Business Hour with Elysabeth Alfano. Join us to find out about the future of meat. Subscribe! For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out at [email protected]. For more information, visit ElysabethAlfano.com.

Don't know what Air Protein is? Dr. Lisa Dyson joins me on The Plantbased Business Hour to discuss just that and how protein made from CO2 could help to swiftly shift the global food supply system. Subscribe! For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out at [email protected]. For more information, visit ElysabethAlfano.com.

Matias Muchnick of NotCo and Michael Natale of Ingredion join The Plantbased Business Hour to discuss the success of their unlikely partnership, each company's path towards furthering plant-based business and their vision for the future. And, of course, we chat about AI platform/program, Guiseppe! Subscribe! For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out at [email protected]. For more information, visit ElysabethAlfano.com.

What is the State of Plant-based Business? Julie Emmett of the Plant Based Foods Association and Caroline Bushnell of Good Food Institute join me on The Plantbased Business Hour to discuss exciting new data around plant-based trends and innovations and if plant-based meat will be 10% of the meat market in 3 years. Subscribe! For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out at [email protected]. For more information, visit ElysabethAlfano.com.

How can we shift the food system to get animals out of the supply chain, right down to veganic farming? I talk to Nathaniel Salpeter of Sweet Farm about Tech Ag, his sense of purpose for helping to shift the food supply system and his work with Sweet Farm. Tune in! Subscribe! For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out at [email protected]. For more information, visit ElysabethAlfano.com.

CEO of Lightlife Foods and Field Roast, Dan Curtin and I discuss the history of the brands, the emergence of great tasting products, the Lightlife expansion plan, the power of a plant-based paycheck and our predictions. Subscribe! For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out at [email protected]. For more information, visit ElysabethAlfano.com.

LIVE FROM BUHLER, North American HQ! As the U.S. heads back to the office and socialization, I take the Plantbased Business Hour on the road to meet with Anshuman Bhatia, Plant Protein Product Line Manager at Cargill, Matt McGuffey, Manager of Savory Taste and Wellbeing at Givaudan, Bill Aimutis, Executive Director of the North Carolina Food Innovation Center and Andy Sharpe, CEO of Buhler North America for this episode of The Plantbased Business Hour. Subscribe! For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out at [email protected]. For more information, visit ElysabethAlfano.com.

Investor and Author of Moo's Law: The Investor's Guide to the New Agrarian Revolution, Jim Mellon, joins me on The Plantbased Business Hour to discuss his vision for the global shifting food supply chain. Tune in to hear this billionaire's predictions and top investment picks! Subscribe! For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out at [email protected]. For more information, visit ElysabethAlfano.com.

The plant-based Egg market is up 167% according to the Plant Based Foods Association. Arturo Elizondo, CEO of Clara Foods®, and I discuss the disruption happening in the egg market and the desperate need for a shift to eggs without the chickens...in our lifetime! Subscribe! Now! To the The Plantbased Business Hour with Elysabeth Alfano.

The Latest Advancements in Cellular Meat: Hear From The Founders Leading The Way. Patricia Bubner of Orbillion, Niever Martinez Marshall of Novel Farms, Benjamina Bollag of HigherSteaks, and Stephanie Michelson on Jellatech join me on the Plantbased Business Hour. Subscribe! For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out at [email protected]. For more information, visit ElysabethAlfano.com.

Kees Kruythoff, former President of North America of Unilver and Current Chairman and CEO, of The LIVEKINDLY Collective joins me to discuss if plant-based or cellular/cultivated meat will be the dominating force to shift the global food supply system. SUBSCRIBE! For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out at [email protected]. For more information, visit ElysabethAlfano.com.

Would you try Cultivated Meat? Let me know your answer on Linkedin! Until then, it's the Plantbased Business Minute, with the week's top headlines. Target joins the party. 88% of Gen Z is open to trying cultivated meat. U.S. considers funding for alternative proteins. For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out at [email protected]. For more information, visit ElysabethAlfano.com.

What will be the year NotCo IPOs? Tell me your guess...meanwhile here are the highlights from this week. Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine sues the U.S.D.A. Eleven Madison Park becomes more than a 10 for plant-based eaters thanks to Chef Daniel Humm. Hawaii is the first U.S. state to declare a climate state of emergency. California political hopeful John Cox makes a cox-less move by endangering people and animals on the campaign trail. Subscribe! For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out at [email protected]. For more information, visit ElysabethAlfano.com.

Grounded Foods CEO, Veronica Fil, joins me on the Plantbased Business Hour to discuss the hurdles of a start-up, scaling the products, packaging and shipping dilemmas communications with the consumer, what went wrong along the way, tips for start-ups for getting funding, her predictions for plant-based cheese. SUBSCRIBE! For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out at [email protected]. For more information, visit ElysabethAlfano.com.

Tom Mastrobuoni of Big Idea Ventures (and formerly CFO of Tyson Ventures) is on The Plantbased Business Hour with me to discuss a shifting food supply system. We discuss, The shifting landscape of farming, The innovations in plant-based food, precision fermentation and cellular agriculture, The failure of recycling programs, Can everyone just do whatever they want to the environment and animals because everyone should be allowed to do whatever they want, What is the critical role that banking plays in protecting the environment. How universities could be the bridge between rural communities and a progressive food supply system, And the continued abuse of chickens at industrial scale. Subscribe! For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out at [email protected]. For more information, visit ElysabethAlfano.com.

This week's Top Headlines on the Plantbased Business Minute are all about chicken! Eat Just, Inc. cellular chicken goes for home delivery with Food Panda. Purdue Chicken promotes the industry feeding chicken blood to chickens. @Atlas Monroe @Deborah Torres is set to be the world's largest producer of Vegan Fried Chicken. Rumor has it that Burger King will drop a plant-based Chicken Royale burger. For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out here.

The founders of Juicy Marbles Plant-based Steaks, Tilen Travnik, Maj Hrovat, Luka Sincek and Vlad Mickovic are on the Plantbased Business Hour to answer how they make the world's first plant-based steaks and what is the future of plant-based whole cut meats. Subscribe. For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out at [email protected]. For more information, visit ElysabethAlfano.com.

Jerry Gamez, former Meatless Farm Executive and Board Member and former CEO and Board Director at Le Pain Quotidien and its Board joins me on the Plantbased Business Hour to discuss what is happening outside the plant-based bubble. SUBSCRIBE! For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out at [email protected]. For more information, visit ElysabethAlfano.com.

It was fun to share breaking news on my Plantbased Business Minute this week. PLUS, what is the city that sells the most Tofurky Roast? The answer will surprise you. Share your guess with me on Linkedin. Here is this week's Top Three Headlines. 1. OmniPork debuts in the U.S. 2. Vejii agrees to buy Vegan Essentials 3. Saks Fifth Avenue commits to end the sale of fur. For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out at [email protected]. For more information, visit ElysabethAlfano.com.

Plant-based Consumer Research Expert and Co-Founder of Moonshot Collaborative Che Green discusses the growing flexitarian market and the finer points to effectively reach them. Subscribe! For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out at [email protected]. For more information, visit ElysabethAlfano.com.

Vegan Athlete and Brazilian Jujutsu competitor Will Brooks joins Elysabeth to discuss the philosophy of going vegan, the power of healing by going vegan and the power of health by going vegan. Plus, Elysabeth breaks down the news and Will shares his tips for getting protein, making the transition and eating like an athlete. It's this week's Plantbased Life & Style! For recipes, visit https://ElysabethAlfano.com/recipes .

Mainstream Burgers by Before the Butcher, one of the only plant-based items to reach price parity with analogue products, celebrated its exclusive availability on Vejii by teaming up with the on-line shopping platform and giving away free meals, burgers and swag in Austin. LiveKindly Collective raises $535M in its first year making it one of the top three highest funded and fastest growing plant-based companies. Grounded Foods has launched its line of cheeses from upcycles cauliflower and hemp seeds. Plus, the question of the week for plant-based brands: is plant-based enough.

Kory Zelickson, CEO and CO-Founder of Vejii Holdings Inc, set to be the largest on-line retailer of vegan goods, joins me on The Plantbased Business Hour to discuss the future of on-line shopping in a shifting and ever-complicated world. For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out at [email protected]. For more information, visit ElysabethAlfano.com.

Author and Dietitian Julieanna Hever shares the top five foods everyone should eat, her tips for starting a plant-based diet and the importance of micro-nutrients found in same. For recipes, for a free 5-day start-up guide go to starting a plant-based diet and for easy, can-do recipes, visit ElysabethAlfano.com/Recipes.

Dan Altschuler Malek of Unovis Capital joins me on the Plantbased Business Hour with tips for both entrepreneurs and investors. How To Pick A Winning Plant-based Start-Up? What valuations make sense? How important are numbers in a deck? We get into it all! We discuss what Dan looks for in a founder, why he doesn't invest in public markets and the key to building a successful company. For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out at [email protected]. For more information, visit ElysabethAlfano.com.

It's the Plantbased Business Minute with the week's top headlines. Barvecue breaks ground on the world's largest plant-based smokehouse. 2020 investment in plantbased innovation is 2x the amount from 2010-2020. Nabati, Meatech 3D and NotCo plan for IPOs. For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out at [email protected]. For more information, visit ElysabethAlfano.com.

It's the Plantbased Business Minute for the week ending March 12, 2021. 1. Juicy Marbles is in the house! The World's FIRST Plant-based Steak is here! Filet Mignon, no less! Look what Slovenia is up to! 2. Price parity for Cellular Meat by 2030. 3. The U.K. continues to top the charts with Oatly and OmniPork. Question of the week: Is it just 'crazy, stupid' investor money out there? Join me weekly Plantbased Biz Breakfast Clubhouse to discuss this and more on Fridays at 7:30a PT. For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out at [email protected]. For more information, visit ElysabethAlfano.com.

Plant-based Impact Investor Willem Blom joins me on The Plantbased Business Hour to discuss if the EU has stalled on plant-based initiatives, what European companies are kicking butt and taking names and how the Netherlands is the 'little country that could' in terms of plant-based innovation. Plus, Willem shares the products that he would like to see in the marketplace that aren't yet there. Tune in. For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out at [email protected]. For more information, visit ElysabethAlfano.com.

Clubhouse and Linkedin questions for the week: When will plant-based, fermented and cellular protein be the majority protein in the market? This week's news on the Plantbased Business Minute: 1) Ingredion Incorporated opens a monumental, state-of-the-art plant-based protein facility, 2) Smart Protein and ProVeg International's study from Nielsen data shows that European plant-based sales are up 49% for the last 2 years and 3) VegTech: The Global Vegan Impact and Innovation Index hits the market tracking 21 companies that are innovating to take animals out of the supply chain. For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out at [email protected]. For more information, visit ElysabethAlfano.com.

CMO of Change Foods, Irina Gerry, joins me on The Plantbased Business Hour. Does the consumer understand technology in their food? How do we communicate in a way that is appetizing, while also conveying that tech in our food is not new and not bad? Tune in! It's all about the language of (food) love. For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out at [email protected]. For more information, visit ElysabethAlfano.com.

Love Cuban food, but don't want gobs of meat? Raydel Hernandez joins me on The Awesome Vegans Influencer Series! Hear his incredible cholesterol drop story and weight loss journey as he switched all his favorite Cuban recipes to vegan Cuban recipes and lived (healthier!) to write and tell! Listen in and subscribe! For more recipes, visit https://ElysabethAlfano.com/Recipes and https://VeganCubano.com

CEO of Atlast Food Co. and Co-Founder of Ecovative, Eben Bayer discusses the true power of the mushroom. There might be hope for the world after all. It's the Plantbased Business Hour with Elysabeth Alfano. Tune in to learn how mushrooms can be used to create eco-friendly packaging materials, foam leather, and whole cuts of meat. Could leaning into biology create solutions to the world's largest environmental problems? We discuss: -Mycellium as the original internet. (Yes, you'll want to hear this.) -Mushroom are not plants or animals -Mushrooms are naturally repellent and strong, able to withstand and create pressure, thus making them building blocks -Mushrooms as scaffolding for cellular agriculture -Solid State Fermentation -The efficiency of vertical farming of mushrooms for 'meat' as compared to animal agriculture. -MyBacon, the Atlast Food Co's company MyEats produces the first MyBacon products out this year. -Living Off the Grid -Our favorite mushroom joke. Enjoy! For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out to ElysabethAlfano.com

Question: As more companies add plant-based product lines to their meat and dairy product lines, at what point do they become part of the solution and no longer part of the problem? It's the weekly wrap up of headlines on the Plantbased Business Minute. 60 Minutes, Bill Gates, Anderson Cooper and Thomas Jonas of Nature's Fynd. Moonshot Collaborative, David Benzaquen and Che Green share critical learnings. Hershey's Kisses, Nestlé, Herseys, BMW Group, Adidas all get a vegan make-over which a certain MSNBC reporter has trouble understanding. For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out at [email protected]. For more information, visit ElysabethAlfano.com.

If it's Friday, it is the Plant-based Business Minute. Oatly, Aleph Farms and VFChave all made the week's top headlines. In addition, I have added a new section- The Question of the Week - at the end, inspired by pal and respected colleague Paul Shapiro. So let me know your thoughts everyone: if plant-based consumption is soaring, why is global meat consumption still growing? For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out at [email protected]. For more information, visit ElysabethAlfano.com.

Former Co-CEO of Whole Foods, Walter Robb, discusses the state of today's grocery stores in a potentially post Covid world on the Plantbased Business Hour. Tune in to hear if DTC is here to stay, if grocery stores will reallocate real estate to vegan brands and if the consumer will ever be ready to accept cellular meat. For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out at [email protected]. For more information, visit ElysabethAlfano.com.

Trying Plant-based? Fell off the wagon after Veganuary? Christian Madsen (an actor like his Dad and Aunt) has got your ticket! Tune in for tips for keeping it real and staying plant-based after Veganuary has gone! It's the Awesome Vegans Influencer Series! For plant-based brands looking to raise brand awareness and navigate the plant-based press and marketing landscape, reach out to Elysabeth at ElysabethAlfano dot com .

Fellow Consultant, Gerrit Scuhlmann of Bright Green Partners joins me (Plant Powered Consulting) on the Plantbased Business Hour to discuss the path forged by large scale companies in the plant-based arena. We discuss 1) the increase in B2B plant-based supplies, 2) the role governments play in shifting supporting new technologies and 3) should meat companies cannibalize their product lines with plant-based lines? Hint: Ask Apple. For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out at [email protected]. For more information, visit ElysabethAlfano.com.

Each week I break down the top headlines. Let's get into it. Beyond Meat + Pepsico = BM stock soars Dandies Marshmallows heads to the U.K. (Children cheer!) Eat Just gets a new outcome under pressure and the egg industry gets an egg in the face. For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out at [email protected]. For more information, visit ElysabethAlfano.com.

Is cultivated meat the answer to peace in the Middle East? Didier Toubia, CEO of Aleph Farms, joins me to discuss 1) the process of cultivated meat, 2) why making food for a growing planet is 'missing the point', 3) making food for life in space, 4) designing emotions, not food and 5) the importance of humility. Oh, and peace in the Middle East. New episodes every week. Subscribe! For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out at [email protected]. For more information, visit ElysabethAlfano.com.

On this episode, hear BBQ Master Brian Rodger's extreme weight loss story with a plant-based. In addition, Dietitians Dahlia and James Marin of Married to Health, join us to discuss a healthy gut biome. New episodes every week. Subscribe!

It is the Plantbased Business Minute. Here are the headlines. 1. Vejii Holdings Inc disrupts a major pain point for vegans by offering over 3000 lifestyle and food brands in one place such as Barvecue, No Evil Foods, Dear Self Skin Care and Vegan Wines. 2. Lightlife Foods ups their investment in plant-based food production and jobs! 3. Before the Butcher takes on price parity to beef with their Mainstream Burgers. 4. It turns out vegan wines work for everyone! For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out at [email protected]. For more information, visit ElysabethAlfano.com.

CEO of The Better Meat Co. and author of the Clean Meat: How Growing Meat Without Animals Will Revolutionize Dinner and the World, Paul Shapiro joins me to discuss 1) why blended plant-based/meat hybrid products make sense, 2) the future of cultivated meat and fermented proteins and 3) the business models that will win out in the end. Subscribe. New episodes every week. For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out at [email protected]. For more information, visit ElysabethAlfano.com.

How Can We Support the VegEconomy? vKind! Star Simmons and Michon Javelosa Join Elysabeth Alfano on Awesome Vegans. Get with the program and learn about vKind and supporting other vegans through the VegEconomy! For more information, visit https://vKind and https://ElysabethAlfano.com .

The Future of Food Is Here! CEO and Co-Founder of Perfect Day Foods, Ryan Pandya, joins me on The Plantbased Business Hour to discuss dairy without the cow. Yes. The future of food IS here. We discuss 1) precision fermentation, 2) is dairy made without the cow or the cows' actual DNA plant-based and/or healthy, 3) how do we communicate this to the consumer and 4) collaborations for the future. PBH airs news episodes every week. Subscribe! For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out at [email protected]. For more information, visit ElysabethAlfano.com.

Fab friend Stefanie Ignoffo From Plantspiration Brings the Hope For EXTREME WEIGHT. She and her family lost 250 pounds. They can do it and so can you! Here's how! Reach out to Stefanie at http://Plantspiration.org or me at http://ElysabethAlfano.com/Recipes for help transitioning to a Plantbased diet so you can take back YOUR health!

It's the Plantbased Business Minute. Each Week I break down the top three headlines each in a minute or less. Potential Oatly IPO in 2021 Cultivated Meat Company Aleph Farms signs a Memorandum of Understanding with Mitsubishi Food Industry Group. Impossible Foods lowers prices, Pret a Manger brings in plant-based meatballs and more! New episodes every week! Subscribe! For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out at [email protected]. For more information, visit ElysabethAlfano.com.

I breakdown my Top Ten (um, 13!) predictions for 2021. Happy New Year! 2020 is over! New episodes every week. Subscribe! For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out at [email protected]. For more information, visit ElysabethAlfano.com.

Can You Be Religious or Spiritual and Eat Animals? Pastor Rob Munro Explains on the Awesome Vegans Influencer Series with me. TUNE IN if you have ever had doubts about holding ethical standards in a place of worship, but then walking out and eating tortured and slaughtered animals.