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...

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 informat...

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 J une 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 I...

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 a...

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, wor...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 Elysabet...

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...

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 i...

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 me...

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 business...

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://Elysabet...