Episode 89: Michele Simon On The Plant Based Industry
The Checkout · Errol Schweizer
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Show Notes
Episode #89 Notes
1:00 - What is your motivation?
2:30 - Why did you start the Plant Based Foods Association (PBFA)?
5:00 - What are some of your proudest accomplishments at PBFA?
8:00 - Since you’ve left PBFA, what thoughts and concerns do you have for plant based foods?
11:30 - Why won’t ‘the marketplace’ fix the food system?
15:30 - On plant based food’s company advocacy.
19:00 - On greenwashing and cellular agriculture.
26:30 - On food tech and experiments gone awry.
35:30 - What happened to health as a core value in veganism?
43:00 - Book Recommendations!
Winners Take All, Anand Giridharadas
Billion Dollar Burger, Chase Purdy
A Foodie’s Guide To Capitalism, Eric Holt-Gimenez