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PLANT CEO

As more people adopt plant-based diets or cut back on meat, innovative start-ups are rising to meet the demand for sustainable alternatives to traditional animal products. Anant Joshi, the show host, explores the entrepreneurs behind this movement, reimagining meat, dairy, seafood, fashion, health and beauty in eco-conscious ways. The audience will hear the inspirational stories of these pioneers building the next generation of compassionate companies. The show features exclusive one-on-one

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00:25:57

Empowering Kids Through Vegan Stories: A Chat with...

PLANT CEO ·

2024/03/28

In this episode, we chat with Tina Newman, Author of Vivi the Supervegan. Her own children inspired her to create the characters in her series of books. The books aim to empower children to be "superheroes" by living compassionately, not exploiting animals for food, and to be more sustainable.Tina discusses the challenges her vegan daughters face at their non-vegan school, like wearing stickers identifying their vegan meals. She hopes her books can counter the normalisation of animal

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00:37:13

Billionaire Jim Mellon's Futuristic Fermentation...

PLANT CEO ·

2024/03/18

In this episode, we welcome back Jim Mellon, Chairman of Burnbrae Group, for an insightful discussion on his latest investments and ventures. Mellon provides an update on Liberation Labs, a groundbreaking precision fermentation contract facility being constructed in Indiana, US. With a capacity to produce 600,000 litres of cruelty-free milk or egg protein, this facility promises to be a game-changer in the industry.Mellon shares insights into other cutting-edge companies he has invested in

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00:49:09

Creating a Tempeh Category: Better Nature || PLANT...

PLANT CEO ·

2024/03/11

In this episode, we dive into the world of plant-based proteins with the co-founders of Better Nature Tempeh - Christopher Kong (CEO) and Elin Roberts (CMO).This dynamic team is on a mission to create a new protein category by introducing tempeh, a traditional Indonesian food made from fermented soybeans, to the Western market. High in protein and with a firm, dense texture, tempeh offers a unique and nutritious alternative to meat. The journey began when Elin introduced Chris to the benefits of

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00:41:49

Addressing AI's blind spots: Speciesism bias || PLANT...

PLANT CEO ·

2024/03/02

In this important episode, we interview Sam Tucker, Executive Director at Open Paws, an open-source non-profit AI organization. Sam explains how current AI systems exhibit bias towards factory farming and discrimination against non-human species, effectively promoting "speciesism". To counter this, Open Paws collaborates with the AI industry to remove such bias and works with animal welfare groups to ethically analyse their data to operate at a foundational level regarding AI training.Sam

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00:50:39

Matthew Glover: Vegan Food Group Acquisition News ||...

PLANT CEO ·

2024/02/27

Returning guest Matthew Glover - Chief Mission Officer at The Vegan Food Group announces his latest acquisition and lays out future plans for the company. The group comprises several plant-based food companies, including VFC® (Vegan Fried Chick*n), Meatless Farm and Clive's Purely Plants.As the plant-based food segment has seen recent declines in sales, we reflect on potential reasons and discuss strategies to regain growth momentum. We discuss effective marketing to omnivores and how

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00:59:21

Conversation with Director: You Are What You Eat - A...

PLANT CEO ·

2024/02/18

In this insightful episode, we sit down with Louis Psihoyos, the documentary filmmaker behind projects like "The Game Changers," returning to discuss his latest hit Netflix documentary series "You Are What You Eat." The film follows an experiment with 21 sets of identical twins, where one twin from each pair adopts a whole food, plant-based diet and the other sticks to a standard healthy omnivore diet for 8 weeks. The published results showed stunning improvements among the

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00:40:56

THIS reveals future plans for new range || PLANT CEO #86

PLANT CEO ·

2023/12/22

In this compelling episode, we sit down with Andy Shovel, Co-Founder & Co-CEO of THIS, a trailblazing plant-based UK company at the forefront of redefining the future of food. Join us as we embark on a journey through Andy's entrepreneurial path, exploring the inception of THIS, the challenges faced, and the pivotal moments that have shaped the company's trajectory. Andy unveils a sneak peek into the innovations that will set new standards in the industry with his new clean label range

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00:54:58

From Ocean Waves to Plant-Based Plates: Salmon...

PLANT CEO ·

2023/12/08

Dive into the fascinating world of food technology with our latest episode as we sit down with Chris Bryson, the visionary Founder and CEO of New School Foods. In this insightful conversation, Chris shares the incredible journey of recreating sustainable, plant-based salmon that mirrors the taste, texture, and flakiness of the real deal. Discover the ingenious approach taken by New School Foods, delving into multiple research projects at universities to address various challenges. Learn how

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00:59:17

Hollywood Stuntman Reveals Performance Secrets ||...

PLANT CEO ·

2023/11/10

In this captivating episode, we sit down with Jack Jagodka, an accomplished Vegan Stuntman and Actor with an impressive portfolio including roles in renowned productions such as Indiana Jones: Dial of Destiny, Star Wars – Rogue One, Eternals, Wonder Woman, Fast X, The Legend of Tarzan, and Game of Thrones. Jack takes us on a journey through his personal evolution in dietary choices, sharing the pivotal moments that led him to embrace a vegan lifestyle. His commitment to optimal health is

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00:45:02

Tofurky Acquisition with Founder Seth Tibbott ||...

PLANT CEO ·

2023/02/17

In this episode we talk to Seth Tibbott Founder, The Tofurky Company. Seth has an amazing story to tell of how he created his family run business 42 years ago when nobody knew what tempeh or even veganism was. He found success with his hero product, the Tofurky holiday roast - the tasty alternative to the Thanksgiving/Christmas Turkey Roast. The company then went on to create multiple products from deli slices, sausages, burgers etc. They also spawned out a diary-free sister company called Moocho

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00:44:10

Tailoring plant based food across Europe: Heura Foods...

PLANT CEO ·

2023/01/30

In this episode we talk to Bernat Ananos Martinez, Chief Social Movement Officer & Co-Founder, Heura Foods. Rooted from the social justice movement and animal activism, hear the start-up story of how Heura Foods has become a leader of plant based food in 22 countries across Europe. With their large range of products from plant based chicken/beef/pork to the recently launched plant based fish. We also get Bernat's thoughts from the COP27 summit where he contributed to the discussions

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00:47:10

Untapped Climate Opportunity in Alternative Proteins...

PLANT CEO ·

2022/09/27

In this episode we talk to Bjoern Witte, CEO of Blue Horizon and Malte Clausen, Partner and Associate Director at Boston Consulting Group. Together both companies launched a report called “The Untapped Climate Opportunity in Alternative Proteins”. We dive into the report to focus on the main highlights. Alternative proteins have the potential to eliminate up to 6.1 Gigatons of emissions. We discover that Plant Proteins have the highest CO2e savings when compared to other investments. We talk about

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00:50:00

Kate Strong - her life and new challenges || PLANT...

PLANT CEO ·

2022/09/07

In this episode we talk to Kate Strong about her life as a vegan triathlete. How she then went on to be a 3x world record holder in cycling when she rode a static bike made out of bamboo for 24 hours. Her next challenge is a tour around the circumference of wales, an impressive 1,000k in 7 days in order to raise money for a mental health charity. We discuss why she is stepping away from records & championships and into collaborative sports events. She also has a strong passion for Reiki healing

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00:57:02

Sam Dennigan showing his Strong Roots || PLANT CEO #79

PLANT CEO ·

2022/08/03

In this episode we talk to Samuel Dennigan CEO and CCO of Strong Roots. Sam is on a mission to feed people more sustainability by using plant crops that can help. Freezing veg as soon as it is picked locks in the nutrients and helps towards reducing food waste. With his product range widely available in supermarkets in the UK, US, Netherlands, Australia, France, Iceland, UAE, Hong Kong and Singapore, the frozen food leader McCain Foods saw the opportunity and made a large investment of $55m to help

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00:39:33

Veggie Grill's new concepts for growth || PLANT CEO #78

PLANT CEO ·

2022/01/24

In this episode we talk to T.K. Pillan Chairman and Founder of Veggie Grill. Veggie Grill is the largest fast casual plant based restaurant chain with 33 locations across the US. They have launched two new concepts which they are planning to role out further this year. The first is 'Stand Up Burger' a traditional burger and shake restaurant and 'Más Veggies Vegan Taqueria' a Mexican delivery and pickup only offering. With all three offering tasty, cruelty-free and sustainable convenience food. We

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00:42:54

Deborah Meaden on being plant-based || PLANT CEO #77

PLANT CEO ·

2022/01/17

In this episode we talk to Deborah Meaden, Investor and Entrepreneur. Deborah talks about her journey going plant based, why she did it and the effect it has had on her health. She also sets out how she approaches the topic with her fellow dragons and friends about it. We discuss what she thinks of plant based companies and what she considers to be gaps in the market. Making ethical investment decisions is important to her and she describes what she does to help make her investments even more

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00:23:56

Agronomics: Investor in cultivated meat & alternative...

PLANT CEO ·

2022/01/13

In this episode we talk to Anthony Chow Co-Founder of Agronomics. Agronomics invests in cultivated meat companies in order to disrupt the animal farming industry due to its impact to the environment and animal welfare. Following on from the chat with Jim Mellon, Executive Director of Agronomics we get key insights and updates from Anthony. We discuss what they look for when deciding which cultivated meat companies to invest in and how they tell the difference between real scientific innovation and

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00:30:24

Crackd: The No-Egg Egg - Cracked || PLANT CEO #75

PLANT CEO ·

2021/12/14

In this episode we talk to Rik Roberts General Manager of Crackd. The global market for egg replacement products is starting to shape up. The Crackd product is a liquid egg replacement that can be used in cooking to make scrabbled eggs, omelettes, pancakes and cakes for example. The existing competition in this space comes from powered egg replacement companies so this start up is paving its way into a new category. Having already been listed in The Vegan Kind, M&S, Selfridges, Morrisons they

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00:43:16

Ex-pharmacists with a sense of humour create gummy...

PLANT CEO ·

2021/11/29

In this episode we talk to John Rushton and Abdul Sharief Co-Founders of Vegums. The pair came together whilst working at the same hospital in Burnley, England. They wanted to follow their same vegan ethics and decided to create a supplements company with John's children's health in mind. Their first product was a multivitamin in the shape of a gummy bear and it's now not just for kids. In the UK most people are deficient in B12 and Vitamin D, so we discuss these and the need for other essential

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00:35:16

Eat Just paving success for other cultivated meat...

PLANT CEO ·

2021/11/18

In this episode we talk to a returning guest Josh Tetrick CEO & Co-Founder of Eat Just. We pick up on some of the points from our first interview with Josh back in the summer of this year. We get to speak about the current climate for IPO's - is it the right time for plant based and cultivated meat companies to get listed. We discuss how some companies are trendsetters, taking the analogy of electric cars and TESLA paving the way for companies like Rivian with their recent IPO. The same can be

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