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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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00:39:57

PLANT CEO #32 - Burger King made me a vegan & create...

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2020/12/05

In this episode we speak with Rich Kelleman, Founder and CEO of Bond Pet Foods. Rich spent most of career in the Ad industry and whist he was working with Burger King and learning more about the meat industry he decided to go vegan. Researching and reading books like 'Eating Animals' also helped him make the decision. After he became a dog owner and realised the impact the pet food industry makes on sustainability and animal welfare he wanted to do something about it. He searched for a year to find

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00:44:40

PLANT CEO #31: Climate crisis & animals at the heart...

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2020/12/02

In this episode we speak with both Kunal Sethi, Managing Partner and Alexandra Clark, General Partner of S CAP. The climate crisis and animals is at the heart of their decision making in the choice of companies in which to invest in. Those companies being later stage series B that are plant-based, cellular agriculture or ingredient tech firms. By focusing on institutional investors they have already reached their investment goal within 6 months of launching. In order to invest at the earlier seed

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00:42:52

PLANT CEO #30 - Damoy Robertson from The Vegan Review

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2020/11/29

In this episode we speak the with remarkable Damoy Robertson, the Founder of The Vegan Review. Damoy's new publication is for vegans and non vegans. His aim is to breakdown the barriers to veganism and describes his content as a cross between The Guardian and Vice Media. Of Jamaican heritage we discuss how the Rastafarian belief system of Ital revolves around eating a plant-based diet. Damoy is also quite spiritual himself and believes that animals shouldn't be used as food. Basketball is another

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00:54:53

PLANT CEO #29 - Main Street Vegan with Victoria Moran

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2020/11/17

In this episode we speak with the incredible Victoria Moran, Founder and Director of Main Street Vegan. Victoria is an Author, Director, Vegan Lifestyle Coach & Educator. We discuss the Main Street Vegan Academy where she has created a certification program in which individuals who are already vegan learn to teach and counsel others. We touch on her extensive knowledge on Yoga, Spirituality and Ayurveda. Lastly we speak about her two inspiring appearances on

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00:47:50

PLANT CEO #28 - Get Vegan Grub: the cruelty-free...

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2020/11/15

In this episode we talk with Prashant Kumbhat, Founder and CEO of Get Vegan Grub. Get Vegan Grub is on a mission to help foodies find vegan food easily. They work with independent food businesses and help them sell vegan food online. Prashant is driving his business based on ethics and sustainability, even down to the third party companies he choses to work with. They are a cruelty-free alternative to Deliveroo, Just Eat, and Uber Eats. Already operating in Manchester UK and they have their sights

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00:35:39

PLANET CEO #27 - Veganuary helping transition to a...

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2020/11/10

In this episode we speak with Ria Rehberg CEO of Veganuary. Veganuary has helped transition over 1m people towards a vegan diet. With her background in business and intercultural communications and having worked in animal equality/protection it was a great fit for her to join the founders of the UK Charity Veganuary in 2019. The aim of Veganuary is to get people to eat a plant-based diet for the month of January, with them ideally sticking to it afterwards. All whilst reducing animal suffering,

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00:39:54

PLANET CEO #26 - EXCLUSIVE: Could dairy & animal...

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2020/10/30

Undercover investigator reveals his latest investigation to what he and other experts believe could cause the next global pandemic. A look at how diary cows are being passed off as organic and could have untraceable diseases, purely for financial gains. A fascinating insight into the minds of the workers and their motivations. The workers are clearly mirroring the working conditions and treatment that they themselves are enduring. Full investigation video link below (some viewers may find the

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01:03:17

PLANT CEO #25 - George Gill CEO of The Vegan Society

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2020/10/27

In this episode we speak with George Gill the CEO of The Vegan Society. George's grandmother laid down an ultimatum and told him to give up meat otherwise she wouldn't talk to him again. That inspired him to make healthy choices and he joined the The Vegan Society the first and oldest vegan association in the world. With his background in brand licensing helped The Vegan Society's Trademark become widely used as it is today. About The Vegan Society https://www.vegansociety.com New Campaign site:

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00:54:20

PLANT CEO #24 - Adam Hanft - brand marketing expert...

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2020/10/22

In this episode we speak with Adam Hanft, Founder and CEO of Hanft Projects. Adam has had an interesting career ranging from comedy writing in Hollywood to running a creative agency that he sold to WPP. He spotted the early trend of plant-based foods and invested in Eat Just Inc. Today he works with Siddhi Capital, Undertone and also has board positions at Scotts Miracle Grow and 1-800 Flowers. We talk about his career in marketing, his other investments and where he sees the plant-based market

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00:30:45

PLANT CEO #23 - Jay Karandikar - Venture Partner at...

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2020/10/13

In this episode we talk to Jay Karandikar Venture Partner at New Crop Capital. When Jay was at college he learnt about the 'Earning to give' concept which came from the philosophy of Effective Altruism and was intrigued by this idea. In order to to maximise the amount of good you can do in the world, one way is to earn money and use that for a cause you care about. He chose farm animals as his cause. After spending time in finance within hedge funds and then also quantitative trading. He then saw

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00:50:34

PLANT CEO #22 - Clara Foods: Alternative egg protein...

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2020/10/06

In this thought provoking chat we sit down with Arturo Elizondo, CEO of Clara Foods. In his early years he grew up in Mexico and the USA. He had first hand experience working in Washington DC for the US Department of Agriculture. Which regulates all the slaughter houses in the country with the Food Safety Inspection Service. It blew his mind that over 1m animals are slaughtered every hour in the US alone, to feed less than 5% of the population. Ultimately all coming without improvements to human

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00:27:02

PLANT CEO #21 - EXCLUSIVE: Ryan Bethencourt and...

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2020/09/29

In this exclusive launch chat we speak with Ryan Bethencourt and Mariliis Holm Co-Founders of Sustainable Food Ventures. The husband and wife duo's mission is to support founders developing sustainable food products and scaling profitable companies in the global $12 Trillion food and grocery retail market. They back early stage founders building leading food companies that are plant-based, cell-based or recombinant. SFV will not invest in any companies involved in animal

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00:44:03

PLANT CEO #20 - Dairy farmers do have an alternative...

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2020/09/22

In this episode we talk with Geraldine Starke, CEO & Founder of Refarm'd. Refarm'd is providing Dairy Farmers with alternative way of life - to meet with the growing demand of plant based milk. Dairy Farmers can then use their farm as an animal sanctuary. Refarm'd provide all the necessary equipment, recipes, ingredients and customers to convert their dairy farm to produce Oat Milk instead. Consumers would subscribe via Refarm'd website and choose their farm with a local drop off location

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00:23:43

PLANT CEO #19 - Urban farming with GrowSquares

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2020/08/28

GrowSquares is a new breed of company which is combining nature and technology to help you successfully grow the best plants. By using data points from your mobile phone GrowSquares builds up a picture of your environment using data science. It will then rank and recommend the best types of plants to grow. They then deliver you personalised soil with seeds to fit your defined outdoor space. Zachary Witman the CEO of GrowSquares describes his new startup and tells us his

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00:35:45

PLANT CEO #18 - Camembert cheese made from fermented...

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2020/08/21

Perseverance is what is needed for successful start-ups and Veronica Fil CEO of Grounded Foods has plenty of it. She took the leap together with her partner and Co-Founder Shaun Quade to make the move from Australia to follow their mission. They decided to come across to the US to launch their alternative cheese food brand. This came about after chef Shaun was making plant-based dishes in his restaurant in Australia and stumbled upon creating a great tasting camembert cheese made from fermented

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00:30:53

PLANT CEO #17 - Cell Based Milk from Cows and Human...

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2020/08/14

In this episode we speak with Fengru Lin CEO and Max Rye Chief Strategist from TurtleTree Labs in Singapore. They are on a mission to create sustainable lab grown milk. Having securing a large seed round, they are looking at cracking the baby formula milk market as their first product. The product will recreate the nutritional value of real human milk and will be used to enhance formula milk that is ultimately healthier for the baby. Between both founders they have technology backgrounds from

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00:41:21

PLANT CEO #16 - Just a another manic Monday... for...

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2020/08/03

In this episode we talk to David Yeung the CEO of Green Monday, OmniFoods and Green Common. With Green Monday he is making an impact in Hong Kong with his social enterprise that has gained great awareness by helping people reduce meat consumption. Pork is the highest meat being consumed in China, therefore creating a luncheon alternative with OmniPork will dramatically reduce the cruelty being caused by people making the switch. With OmniFoods he has also recently launched a new range in ALDI. Green

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00:22:41

PLANT CEO #15 - Honey, created without bees

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2020/07/25

In this episode we speak with Darko Mandich CEO of MeliBio, an exciting new startup which is on a mission to recreate honey from plants using biotech. Darko mentions in the interview that 2bn people consumer honey everyday. Bees are wonderfully adapted to pollinate, helping plants grow, breed and produce food. They do so by transferring pollen between flowering plants and to keep the cycle of life turning. But bees are in trouble as they are declining more than ever before. This decline is caused by

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00:19:32

PLANT CEO #14 - Protein shakes with a twist

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2020/07/21

In this episode we speak with Vivek Kothari Co-Founder of CurcuBlast. After studying bio-medical science and then working for a pharmaceutical company he decided in 2017 to create a sports supplement company. The twist that includes curcumin, the active ingredient in turmeric root. Which studies have shown to have health benefits such as anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, effective fat loss and mood enhancer etc. With a current range of two flavours, Tiramisu and Mango, hear about his plans to expand

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00:49:17

PLANT CEO #13 - Potential of Algae: the blue colour...

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2020/07/10

In this episode we speak with Leonard Lerer Founder of Back of the Yards Algae Sciences. Leonard and his scientist colleague made an accidental discovery in Paris when researching the creation of algae. They found a way to extract a natural blue colourant. So genius that Leonard is, he shipped off to Chicago to go pitch it to Mars for them to use it for their blue M&M's. As Mars are looking to adopt more sustainable and natural ingredients. Hear his story and how he has now relocated and built a

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