Awesome Vegans with Elysabeth Alfano

It's a Chinese (Plant-based) Revolution: Albert Tseng and Tao Zhang join me on the #PlantbasedBusinessHour to discuss creating the Next Good Food Generation, growing a crop of innovation entrepreneurs and a pre-destined (do the numbers!) plant-based China! Points of note are 1) are female executives entering the plant-based space? 2) why Dao focuses on China rather than Asia as a whole and 3) are investors waiting in the wings to support plant-based innovation. For more information, visit ElysabethAlfano.com and DaoFoods.com. I want to thank two great companies that I believe in for their support: Rich and Decadent ForA: Butter (get yours at ForaFoods.com) and Plant Power Fast Food which offers delicious vegan meals on the run with drive-by options available during Covid! Find a PPFF near you: PlantPowerFastFood.com!

Alicia Robb of Next Wave Impact and I get into it on the Plantbased Business Hour. Should plant-based businesses sell to big meat and dairy? It's a bitter pill - should we take it? We also talk about the dearth female and minority investors and how she is building a platform at Next Wave Impact to grow a new and diverse crop of investors and entrepreneurs! Tune in and comment! For more information, http://ElysabethAlfano.com and http://NextWaveImpact.com

Animal Activist, Director and Actress: FAB Fia Perera is on #AwesomeVegans with Elysabeth Alfano,. She discusses finding her passion to bring her volunteerism and sense of social justice to her work as a director and producer, including her film Mermaid. For more information, visit http://elysabethalfano.com

Here are my Top Ten Tips for Trimming Your Waistline! Want more tips? Join me at my on-line class on June 20th: Jumpstart Your Plant-based Life for nutrition tips, cooking tips, menu planing tips, reversing choronic disease with nutrition and more! Join me! http://ElysabethAlfano.com

The woman, the myth, the legend! Victoria Moran in on #AwesomeVegans with Elysabeth Alfano to dish on veganism in the time of BLM, Coronavirus and #BoycottMeat. Listed among VegNews magazine's "Top 10 Living Vegetarian Authors", Victoria Moran has written thirteen books, including the iconic Main Street Vegan. Featured twice on Oprah, Moran hosts the award-winning Main Street Vegan podcast. TUNE IN. Awesome Vegans Influencer Series airs #Live every Wednesday at 1p PT. For more information, visit http://MainstreetVegan.net and http://ElysabethAlfano.com .

Gwenna Hunter, Founder of Vegans of LA FB Page, and documentary filmmaker, Jasmine Leyva, creator of the Invisible Vegan break open Black Lives Matter for whites and blacks alike. From their take on recent events, to where we are going in the future, to weeding out the toxic - we get into it all. More information, http://elysabethalfano.com

Got questions about ethical investing? Prolific investor Chris Kerr hops on to talk about what he looks for in a company before he invests. Valuations, exit strategies and product extensions: we get into it all. Learn all about impact investing to make a difference. For more information, https://www.unovis.vc and http://ElysabethAlfano.com .

Here are my TOP TEN Reasons to Re-Think Meat (and Stop Eating It.) It's time. More info: http://ElysabethAlfano.com

World renowned plant-based Chef Matthew Kenney of Double Zero, Althea, and Plant + Food + Wine talks about the Food Future Institute and how YOU can be a part of it! Plus MK gives his tips for budding restaurateurs. Tune in! https://www.matthewkenneycuisine.com and http://ElysabethAlfano.com for more information. I want to also thank a great company that I believe in for their support: Rich and Decadent ForA: Butter. Get yours at ForaFoods.com.

What if DefaultVeg was the norm? Professor, Founder of Farm Forward and DefaultVeg and Co-Author of the Eating Animals screenplay and collaborator with Jonathan Safran Foer, Dr. Aaron Gross joins me on the Plantbased Business Hour. We discuss the lack of social distancing in factory farms, how they are breeding grounds for Pandemics -Swine Flu and Asian Bird Flu- and the oppression of animals, workers and farmers by multinational "farming" corporations. We also discuss the disempowerment of consumers by the system that supports these wealthy corporations with subsidies and legal protections at the expense of all of our health and well-being. Are you angry yet? Hold on...there's a solution: DEFAULT VEG! For more info, visit http://ElysabethAlfano.com and Defaultveg.com. SUPPORT with Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/AwesomeVegans .

I will be doing a Top Tips short pod every week with healthy and fun tips for your and your family...startig with my Top Ten Vegan Snacks! For more information, visit http://ElysabethAlfano.com

AWESOME VEGANS! The Parent Trap's Elaine Hendrix has not only starred on the silver screen for almost 30 years, but she has been rescuing animals and bring awareness to their plight for half as long. Beautiful in and out, tune in to hear this the glam girl's tips on health, beauty and helping animals. I open the show with some news. If you would like to sign the petition to halt further Animal Ag bailouts, click here: https://mymfa.mercyforanimals.org/page/18494/petition/1?_ga=2.96197594.795185395.1589932778-882976727.1482472743 SUBSCRIBE now to this channel! The Plantbased Business Hour airs every Tuesday and Thursday, and Awesome Vegans Influencer Series airs every Wednesday at 1p PT on my Elysabeth Alfano Radio Show and Awesome Vegans Podcast FB page. SUPPORT with Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/AwesomeVegans. I want to thank two great companies that I believe in for their support: Rich and Decadent ForA: Butter (get yours at ForaFoods.com) and Plant Power Fast Food which offers delicious vegan meals on the run with drive-by options available during Covid! Find a PPFF near you: PlantPowerFastFood.com!

What's The Skinny on Vegan London? The Vurger Co. Founders Rachel Hugh and Neil Potts weigh in on London-town, reinventing themselves during social distancing, their commitment to sustainability and zero plastics and their predictions for the future. Grab your burger and settle in - The Plantbased Business Hour with Elysabeth Alfano heads to London! The Plantbased Business Hour airs every Tuesday and Thursday, and Awesome Vegans Influencer Series airs every Wednesday at 1p PT! Subscribe to the podcasts on iTunes and watch all full episodes on www.ElysabethAlfano.com Please review and subscribe to the Awesome Vegans Podcast and SUPPORT with Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/AwesomeVegans . I want to thank two great companies that I believe in for their support: Rich and Decadent ForA: Butter (get yours at ForaFoods.com) and Plant Power Fast Food which offers delicious vegan meals on the run with drive-by options available during Covid! Find a PPFF near you: PlantPowerFastFood.com!

PBH: What will the future be like for Beyond Meat? Chuck Muth, Chief Growth Officer, talks about expanding to China, protecting IP, building relationships in Europe, price parity with meat, and new products. If you are watching the Beyond Meat stock, you will want to listen in. For more information, visit http://BeyondMeat.com and http://ElysabethAlfano.com/PBH.

Chef AJ tells her incredible weight loss story and how this catapulted her life to books, media and the ultimate in happiness: feeling great! Tune in for some great tips in the kitchen and to get some encouragement if you are on a weight loss journey. For more information, visit http://ChefAjWebsite.com and http://ElysabethAlfano.com .

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams gives a powerful interview on the public health benefits of a plant-based diet, the public health issues with NYC's wet markets and what is takes to be a leader in a time of crisis. Raw, humble and direct, Adams talks about curing his type 2 diabetes and partial blindness with a plant-based diet and the economic impact of implementing plant-based lifestyle nutrition in hospitals and in schools. He is known for putting vegan meal options in schools, hospitals and prisons and implementing #MeatlessMondays in 1700 public NYC schools. This is a do-not-miss interview. For more information, visit http://ElysabethAlfano.com and https://www.brooklyn-usa.org/plant-based-nutrition/

FROM AUSTRALIA! Mad Scientists or Creative Geniuses? Jim Fuller and Chris McLoghlin of Fable Food Co are making braised beef from mushrooms and its delish! The two discuss the business hurdles of getting global distribution, solid investors and reliable manufacturing partners.. and the intelligence of mushrooms! Of course, we also eat Braised Beef over Noodles and Braised Pork with BBQ Sauce! For more information, visit Http://FableFood.co and http://ElysabethAlfano.com I want to thank two great companies that I believe in for their support: Rich and Decadent ForA: Butter (get yours at ForaButter.com) and Plant Power Fast Food, which offers delicious vegan meals on the run with drive-by options available during Covid! Find a PPFF near you: PlantPowerFastFood.com!

Get your Plant-Strong on! Rip Esselstyn of Plant-Strong by Engine 2 is on The Awesome Vegans Influencer Series, which is also a pre-tape for my radio show. We dish on what to eat for a healthy gut, how to take a firefighting engine team vegan, the beauty of not overthinking things and Rip's testicles (not kidding!) Check out PlantStrong.com for the May 15-17 Plant-Strong Primer summit and ElysabethAlfano.com for recipes. I want to thank two great companies that I believe in for their support: Rich and Decadent ForA: Butter (get yours at ForaButter.com) and Plant Power Fast Food, which offers delicious vegan meals on the run with drive-by options available during Covid! Find a PPFF near you: PlantPowerFastFood.com!

Seth Goldman, Former Executive Chairman of Beyond Meat, Founder of Honest Tea and Founder of Eat The Change, and Jonah Goldman, Co-Founder of PLNT Burger, talk about conscious capitalism, #planetdelicious and plant-based meats having price parity with meat! EXCITING! Plus, tips for entrepreneurs entering the marketplace and for millennials looking to change their future and save the planet. Listen in! For more information, visit ElysabethAlfano.com, PlntBurger.com and EatTheChange.com.

Tune in and Get Healthy! Plantbased BBQ expert Brian Rodgers talks about his incredible transformation of losing 140 pounds on a plantbased diet. Plus, we dive into his line of Plantbased BBQ sauces and rubs and recipes for BBQ! For my segment, The Doctor Is Dialed In , James and Dahlia Marin of Married to Health join me to discuss gut health on the Awesome Vegans podcast and radio show.

On the Plantbased Business Hour, Michiel Van Deursen joins me to discuss the three "F"s of investing. Tune in to hear his incredible life-affirming come back story that turned his world around and put him on the path to vegan investing. An early investor in The Vegetarian Butcher, as well as many established brands, Michiel shares the one thing he's waiting for that isn't yet to market. For more information, visit http://ElysabethAlfano.com and https://veganinvestor.vc . I want to thank two great companies that I believe in for their support: Rich and Decadent ForA: Butter (get yours at ForaButter.com) and Plant Power Fast Food, which offers delicious vegan meals on the run with drive-by options available during Covid! Find a PPFF near you: PlantPowerFastFood.com!

Team USA Volleyball Champ Dustin Watten shares his failures and successes, how he remains zen on the court and in life, and the plant-based diet that gives him the competitive edge. What does this champ eat for breakfast and before practice? Watch to find out! Plus Dustin talks about how changing his diet allowed him to let go of anger and change who he is as a man. He sends a message for other men to follow. Veteran and Registered Nurse Bill Muir joins in to share his current work in hospitals during Covid-19. For more information, visit ElysabethAlfano.com

Legal Eagle Carissa Kranz Talks U.S. Wet Markets, her legal petition in support of banning NY wet markets and her company BeVeg, which certifies companies as vegan in order to standardize the market. Carissa has been vegan since birth and, before becoming a lawyer and CEO of her own company, was a performing ballerina. For more information, visit BeVeg.com and ElysabethAlfano.com

One of the most influential and dedicated figures in the Plantbased Business arena, Sebastiano Cossia Castiglioni, joins me on the Plantbased Buniness Hour to discuss inefficient meat and dairy operations, solutions for change and feeding a growing population. We also discuss working alongside meat and dairy to replace their product lines with plantbased alternatives and supporting vegan businesses and sanctuaries during Covid-19. For more information, visit ElysabethAlfano.com .

This week explorer, endurance athlete and ten-time world-record-holder Colin O'Brady, the first to walk unaided and unassisted across the land mass of Antarctica, joins Elysabeth to talk about his expertise with isolation (coronavirus pep talk!) and the diet that fueled his accomplishment. Plus Dr. Angie Sedeghi dials us in to the benefits of a plant-based diet for avoiding cancer. http://ElysabethAlfano.com

Can one app change the world? CEO Vikas Garg of ABillionVeg joins me on the Plantbased Business Hour to discuss how, through reviews, the direct feedback from customers to restaurants about their vegan options allows restaurants to do more and better vegan dishes, thus growing the market. ABillionVeg app also donates $1 per review to animal sanctuaries and allows consumers the chance for their voice to be heard while doing what they love most: taking pictures of food. For more information, visit: ABillionVeg.com and ElysabethAlfano.com .

Founder of Tofurky, Seth Tibbott, dishes with me on the The Plantbased Business Hour on Meat and Dairy bailouts, Tofurky's booming plantbased business, their new factory strategy during #Covid-19, the delay of the Moocho cheese launch and his book, In Search of the Wild Tofurky. Plus, Felipe Alvalos of Big Love Catering joins us to talk feeding first responders vegan meals from the kindness of his heart. For more info, visit ElysabethAlfano.com.

Rebecca Mink, Founder/Designer of Mink Shoes shares how she crafts her vegan luxury shoes in Italy, the passion behind the craft and how the Florence leather market is opening to vegan leather! Rebecca makes vegan shoes for the stars and, in a step ahead of the markets, she is takng her luxury shoes direct to consumers with her custom boutique. Get your shoe fetish on! It's Mink Shoes on the PlantBased Business Hour. For more info, visit ElysabethAlfano.com.

Happy Earth Day! Rock Star Richard Marx and Model/Business Woman Daisy Fuentes, a couple totally aligned and uncensored, give tips for couples going vegan together and pitfalls and tricks they learned along the way. Completely unfiltered, Daisy and Richard also talk about the traumatic indivdual circumstances that lead them both to stop eating fish. The two also share what they have learned about the food and fashion industries from their vegan journeys and Daisy's pivot to compassionate clothing. Listen in! It's vegan royalty on The Awesome Vegans Influencer Series! Visit http://ElysabethAlfano.com for more information.

Slaughterhouse shutdowns, Burger King law suits, Physician Committee for Responsible Medicine takes on U.S. Wet Markets, The Mile High Vegan Network and the So Flo Vegan Summit. With coverage from JaneUnChained News Network and Vegconomist, I break down the vegan news w/ Courtney Garza VegWorld Magazine on THE PLANTBASED BUSINESS HOUR. Visit http://ElysabethAlfano.com and http://VegWorldMag.com for more information.

Awesome Vegans Influencer Series: Incredible candor from world renowned violinist Rachel Barton Pine about how she has been vegetarian since birth and largely lactose intolerant. When she researched veganism while pregnant, she cut out dairy in-full and raised her daughter vegan for both of their health and stamina. The two play an incredible duet, around 40:00. NOT TO BE MISSED! Check out http://RachelBartonPine.com and http://SylviaPine.com and http://ElysabethAlfano.com

THE PLANTBASED BUSINESS HOUR: Who is eating the most plant-based jerky around the country? It isn't cowboys! CEO and Founder of It's Jerky Y'all, Brett Christoffel, shares the pitfalls for entrepreneurs and power of being mission driven. Get your Texan on, It's Jerky Y'All !! For more information, visit ItsJerkyYall.com and ElysabethAlfano.com

AWESOME VEGANS is back! Dr. Joel Kahn, America's Healthy Dr and founder of the Kahn Longevity Center, gives his Top 5 Tips for Boosting Your Immune System. We discuss the progressing Coronavirus across the U.S. and what the medical community has learned, if anything, from Covid-19. Most importantly, will there be another epidemic? For more information, visit DrJoelKahn.com and ElysabethAlfano.com

The Plantbased Business Hour: 2020 is the year of Vegan Chicken! Mechanical Engineer and CEO or Rebellyous Foods, Christie Lagally, explains how she takes on the largest sector of the meat industry (Chicken) by creating a delicious chicken nugget that can scale up in volume and scale down in price to truly replace chicken production. She talks food and engineering the machinery for large scale production. Fascinating! For more information, visit Rebellyousfoods.com and ElysabethAlfano.com

THE PLANTBASED BUSINESS HOUR: A NASA research gig turns into a discovery of a lifetime....will microbes feed the world? CEO of Nature's Fynd, Thomas Jonas explains how all protein comes from plants and microbes and that microbes will become our efficient, nutritious, and prolific food supply of the future. For more information, visit http://Naturesfynd.com and http://ElysabethAlfano.com

Co-CEO and Co-Founder of GoodDot (India), Abhishek Sinha joins me on the PLANTBASED BUSINESS HOUR to discuss veganism in India, the cultural pros and cons to embracing same and GoodDot's exploding business beyond Asia. For more information, visit here.

Is it enough to buy plant-based items when your tax dollars support meat and dairy subsidies? If meat and dairy is propped up by subsidie giving them unfair competitivie advantage, are we really a capitalist economy? Connie Spence of Agriculture Fairness Alliance and the Vegan Justice League Explains. For more information visit Http://ElysabethAlfano.com and click on Awesome Vegans tab.

Jeffrey Harris, Co-CEO and Co-Founder of Plant Power Fast Food joins me on the PLANTBASED BUSINESS HOUR to talk about sales during Coronavirus, the beauty of a dedicated, loyal customer base and what he does in the face of fear. For a dose of inspiration and motivation, listen in! For more information, visit http://ElysabethAlfano.com and http://PowerPlantFastFood.com

THE PLANTBASED BUSINESS HOUR: Lisa Feria of Stray Dog Capital joins me on the Plantbased Business Hour to discuss plantbased bacon, vegan foods tasting better than their counterparts and the most important skill for an entrepreneur. Listen in and for more information, visit ElysabethAlfano.com and click the Awesome Vegans tab.

THE PLANTBASED BUSINESS HOUR: Miyoko Schinner of Miyoko's Creamery joins me to discuss health and cruelty issues with dairy and the struggling dairy industry. Â In addition, we discuss Miyoko's NEW CHEDDAR, how she got her start in veganism and what prompted her to start a cheese dynasty! To inform, the USDA that you do not want dairy to be recommended as a health food on its nutritions 2020-2025 guidelines, visit http://bit.ly/2Qp1SU6 Visit Miyokos.com and ElysabethAlfano.com for more information.

THE PLANTBASED BUSINESS HOUR (A New Awesome Vegans Interview Series): Ryan Bethencourt, Founder of Wild Earth Pet Foods and Co-Author of The Clean Pet Food Revolution: How Better Pet Food Will Change the World, joins me to discuss how our pet food industry props up factory farming and how much of the pet food consists of dead, diseased, disabled and dying animals contributing to the spread of disease. We also talk about the changing landscape of investing in plant-based start-ups. Finally, Dr. Jeff Schaider, Former Chariman of the Department of Emergency Health at one of the largest emergency rooms in the country, Cook County in Chicago, talks about Coronavirus, testing and managing supplies. For more information, visit http://ElysabethAlfano.com

April 1 PLANTBASED BUSINESS HOUR, an Awesome Vegans Series: What's the next Big (Plantbased) Idea? Andrew Ive, General Partner and Founder of Big Idea Ventures shares the secret, but here's a hint: it isn't food. Watch and listen in to find out! For more information, visit http://ElysabethAlfano.com

THE PLANTBASED BUSINESS HOUR, March 31: Lou Cooperhouse, CEO and President of BlueNalu, joins me to discuss the impending reality of cellular aquaculture, changing consumer habits and demands, the waste, inefficiency, cruelty and environmental biproduct of fishing and fish farms and the worldwide rising demand for fish. This is the future! Listen in. For more information visit, http://ElysabethAlfano.com and http://BlueNalu.com

Back by popular demand! From Althea Restaurant in Chicago, my favorite nutrition nerd of Nutrition Facts.org, Dr. Greger talks Coronavirus, How Not to Diet and his 21 tweaks for staing strong and healthy. This is a not to be missed episode - CLASSIC Dr. Greger. For more information, visit http://ElysabethAlfano.com

How are vegan restaurants surviving during the COVID-19 crisis? Andrew Kalish of Sam & Gertie's and Kalish and Jennie Plasterer of Kitchen 17 are two of very few Chicago vegan restaurants which are still open...in fact they have reinvented themselves, forging ahead with new business models to keep vegan food, their businesses and hope alive. Tune in to listen to these two business leaders who are braving the frontlines of the Coronavirus. For more information, visit http://ElysabethAlfano.com

On The Plantbased Business Hour with Elysabeth Alfano (A Special Awesome Vegans Series) , Dr. Dean Ornish, Father of Lifestyle Medicine and author of UnDo It explains how hospitals are coping with Coronavirus, how to boost your immune system with a plant-based diet and if we can change the healthcare system to be in the business of promoting health, rather than sickness. Turn to http://Ornish.com and http://ElysabethAlfano.com for more info.

The Plantbased Business Hour, along with my radio The Elysabeth Alfano show - the only radio show in the nation, is now part of the Awesome Vegans Podcast! PBH airs weekdays at 1p PT during Shelter at Home, Live on Facebook.com/JaneVelezMitchell. Tune in! Grammy Award Winning Baritone Lucas Meachem is back on on surviving as a performer when all performances are cancelled. Plus, he compares Coronavirus to the Spanish Flu on 1918 and talks about the increasing demands of opera: you have to do more than just sing! For more information, visit http://ElysabethAlfano.com

IMPOSSIBLE FOODS is CHANGING THE WORLD! Firecracker and Smart Lady, Rachel Konrad joins me on The Plantbased Business Hour, a special series within Awesome Vegans. From Impossible Pork, to our public health, to the environmental call and the horrible feeling we all share from eating animals...Rachel gets into it all. Stay informed and listen in as this truly insightful interview! For more information, visit http://ElysabethAlfano.com

Claire Smith of Beyond Investing and Beyond Animal joins me to discuss the hurdle of not enough bank loans for plantbased businesses, their reliance on private equity and being at the mercy of private equity's need for liquidity. We also discuss a shifting market place towards plantbased. The Plantbased Business Hour airs weekdays during 'home stay' on Facebook.com/JaneVelezMitchell . It is archived on ElysabethAlfano.com and the Awesome Vegans Podcast.

The Coronavirus came from eating animals. No one is talking about this. So I have started a Special Series Running on Awesome Vegans (in addition to same) during 'Safer at Home' Coronavirus times: The Plantbased Business Hour. This series talks about the solution to pandemic viruses (Corona, SARS, Ebola, Mad Cow, Swine Fever, Asian Bird Flu, etc.), which is plant-based meat alternatives. I will talk with the leaders in the field who are focused on the solution for real change. Otherwise, we will go back to business as usual and find ourselves right back here with another pandemic in short order. This series is focused on the solution. Founder of Before the Butcher and Current Presiplant of #UnCut Burgers, Danny O'Malley joined Elysabeth to discuss how being acquired has helped the company weather the Coronavirus, if grocers are considering plant-based meats when meat supplies have run out, and if we have come to a saturation point for plant-based burgers. For more information, http://ElysabethAlfano.com .