Awesome Vegans with Elysabeth Alfano

Host Elysabeth Alfano gives her perspective of the State of Plant-based Investing for 2022 and beyond in this podcast episode. Subscribe right now to never miss this podcast! For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out at elysabeth@elysabethalfano.com . For more information, visit ElysabethAlfano.com. Connect with Elysabeth on Linked in here: https://www.linkedin.com/i...

I am joined by Ingredion's Kimberly Frey, Ingredion's Chef Nelson Serrano Bahri, The Hatchery's Dani Zuchovicki and Chef Huan Xia of Alchemeat to discuss Chicago as the new Plant-based Hub and Ingredion's most recent Plant-based BBQ Cook-off! Subscribe right now to never miss this podcast! For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out at elysabeth@elysabethalfano.com. Fo...

Larissa Zimberoff Author of "Technically Food: Silicon Valley's Mission to Change What We Eat" is on The Plantbased Business Hour with Elysabeth Alfano . We discuss how the Plant-based Foods and Alternative Proteins Industry has been under attack from the press on health claims, repurchasing numbers and its strength and viability for the growth. Are the critics right or is this a mask of negative...

Want to know all things chickpea?  CEO Taly Nechushtan of Innovopro is on The Plantbased Business Hour with Elysabeth Alfano. We discuss the world of chickpeas and how this ingredient is going to change the landscape of the plant-based protein industry. Subscribe right now to never miss this podcast! For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out at elysabeth@elysabethalf...

When will plant-based milks be 50% of the milk category?  Greg Steltenpohl of Califia Farms calls it on the Plantbased Business Hour.  We also discuss 1) the necessary creativity in plant-based foods, 2) the hurdles he didn't see coming, 3) the synergy between plant-based production and the eco-system and 4) what he wished he knew 10 years ago.  Subscribe right now to never miss this podcast! For...

CEO of Liberation Labs, Mark Warner, discusses the scaling potential of novel, fermented proteins on this episode of The Plantbased Business Hour. Subscribe right now to never miss this podcast! For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out at elysabeth@elysabethalfano.com. For more information, visit ElysabethAlfano.com. Connect with Elysabeth on Linked in here: https:/...

CEO of Plant Power Fast Food, Jeffrey Harris, joins The Plantbased Business Hour to discuss the company's newest pricing move and how plant-based burgers stack up to inflation. Subscribe right now to never miss this podcast! For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out at elysabeth@elysabethalfano.com. For more information, visit ElysabethAlfano.com. Connect with Elysab...

Moviefone Co-Founder Adam Slutsky is the plant-based market's newest big investor. Current Managing Partner of Gather Ventures, hear Adam's 1) investing strategy, 2) his take-aways from being a 3x tech entrepreneur, 3) his mentorship plan and 4) his predictions for the next 3-5 years of plant-based opportunities on The Plantbased Business Hour with Elysabeth Alfano. The Plantbased Business Hour ai...

LIVE from Uzwil/Zurich Switzerland, I visit Buhler Group's Start-up Tent at Networking Days 22, stopping at 6 start-up booths: Jellatech, Pearlita, Veggie Victory, No Palm Ingredients, Hooked and Napiferyn Biotech. I meet with founders of plant-based meats, alternative proteins and cultivated seafood. It's the future of food served up from pivotal plant-based player, Buhler Group, at it's global h...

Investment Director of FootPrint Coalition , Manuel Waenke and Sushmita Venkatraman , Director of Marking and Swami Srinivas, Director of Organism Engineering at Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc. join me at the Future Food-Tech for a discussion on the growth of the Plant-based Innovation Sector.  It's another episode of The Plantbased Business Hour from the road. This time I hit NYC! Subscribe right now to ne...

Director of Engineering, Next Gen Ag, David Ziskind of Black and Veatch answers this hot question: if plant-based products are so popular, why aren't there more of them? Tune in to the Plant-based Business Hour with Elysabeth Alfano. Subscribe right now to never miss this podcast! For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out at elysabeth@elysabethalfano.com. For more in...

Jerry Gamez, former Meatless Farm Executive and Board Member and former CEO and Board Director at Le Pain Quotidien and its Board joins me on the Plantbased Business Hour to discuss what is happening outside the plant-based bubble.  SUBSCRIBE! For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out at elysabeth@elysabethalfano.com. For more information, visit ElysabethAlfano.com....

Sunny Kumar of Black Sheep Foods joins me on The Plantbased Business Hour with Elysabeth Alfano to discuss the world first and only plant-based lamb products, how they get that authentic flavor and just how (planet) healthy great taste can be. Tune in right here! and always subscribe to never miss a show. For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out at elysabeth@elysabe...

Thomas Schumann, Sustainability Pioneer, explains how you can invest in water in this 'Water Century' to impact critical life on the planet. We discuss how Plant-based Innovation and Alternative Proteins positively impact U.N. Sustainable Development Goals 2, 3, 6, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, with perhaps its biggest impact on 6: Clean Water and Sanitation. Subscribe right now to never miss this podcas...

Four-decade owner, Jeff Stanford gives me a tour of the gorgeous Stanford Inn and Resort - all vegan - in Mendocino, CA! A dream get-away! We discuss the growing interest in vegan and eco-friendly hospitality from the Stanford Inn farm.  Subscribe to The Plantbased Business Hour now to never miss an episode. Archive only. VegTech™ LLC ceased providing investment‑advisory services, and the EATV ETF...

Is cultivated fish possible? If so, what will it take to make enough fish from cells to feed the world? Find out from Co-Founder Arye Elfenbein of Wildtype! Specifically, we discuss 1. The benefit of cultivated fish over wild-caught or commercially farmed fish, 2. How Wildtye procures its cell lines? 3. What is the medium used to grow the cells? 4. How hard is it to scale, and 5. Is FDA approval p...

Having just interviewed Jim Mellon on a Food Innovation & Invement Summit panel, I thought it would be a good idea to re-run this interview. Investor and Author of Moo's Law: The Investor's Guide to the New Agrarian Revolution, Jim Mellon, joins me on The Plantbased Business Hour to discuss his vision for the global shifting food supply chain. Tune in to hear this billionaire's predictions and top...

Former CEO of VFC , Matthew Glover, is on The Plantbased Business Hour to discuss the recent video that takes on KFC's claims of humane animal treatment. We also discuss Matthew's long, long history in the vegan movement with Veganuary, Million Dollar Vegan and Veg Capital. Subscribe right now to never miss this podcast! For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out at e...

Former Co-CEO of Whole Foods, Walter Robb, discusses the state of today's grocery stores in a potentially post Covid world on the Plantbased Business Hour. Tune in to hear if DTC is here to stay, if grocery stores will reallocate real estate to vegan brands and if the consumer will ever be ready to accept cellular meat. For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out at el...

What will it take for cultivated meat to succeed? CEO Eric Jenkusky, of cultivated meat scaffoliding biotech company Matrix F.T. , is on The Plantbased Business Hour.    Subscribe right now to never miss this podcast! For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out at elysabeth@elysabethalfano.com. For more information, visit ElysabethAlfano.com. Connect with Elysabeth on...

CEO of Boosh Plant-based Brand s, Jim Pakulis discusses if plant-based consumption will catch up with skyrocketing plant-based investing on this edition of The Plantbased Business Hour. Subscribe right now to never miss this podcast! For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out at elysabeth@elysabethalfano.com. For more information, visit ElysabethAlfano.com. Connect wi...

Live! A guided tour of The Better Meat Co. with Paul Shapiro on The Plantbased Business Hour. After the tour, it is a taste test of bacon, burgers, sausages and more! Subscribe right now to never miss this podcast! For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out at elysabeth@elysabethalfano.com. For more information, visit ElysabethAlfano.com. Connect with Elysabeth on Lin...

LIVE FROM FUTURE FOOD TECH: Anuj Maheshwari, Head of Agri-Food Investing at Temasek discusses their strategy for plant-based innovation and alternative proteins throughout the supply chain. Subscribe right now to never miss this podcast! For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out at elysabeth@elysabethalfano.com. For more information, visit ElysabethAlfano.com. Connec...

Beyond Meat's Head of Communication, Shira Zackai Discusses Beyond's nutritional and planetary impact on The Plantbased Business Hour. Subscribe right now to never miss this podcast! For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out at elysabeth@elysabethalfano.com. For more information, visit ElysabethAlfano.com. Connect with Elysabeth on Linked in here: https://www.linkedi...

Nil Zacharias of Plantega is creating plant-based deli menus for bodegas across New York. What has the field marketing taught this Co-Founder about plant-based consumption, repeat purchases and the adoption curve?  Subscribe now to never miss an episode. For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out at elysabeth@elysabethalfano.com. For more information, visit ElysabethA...