Eat For The Planet

Eat For The Planet with Nil Zacharias

Science EN ↓ 200 episodes

Eat For The Planet features conversations with food industry leaders, health and sustainability experts, as well as entrepreneurs and creative minds who are redefining the future of food.

Author

Eat For The Planet

Episodes

#74 - Ari Nessel on Why Perspective Matters if You Want to Change the Food System 14.11.2018 1:08:29

Ari Nessel is an investor and philanthropist who is on a mission to transform the way we relate to our food and one another by funding companies and projects that are actively working to disrupt factory farming. Show notes for this episode: https://eftp.co/ari-nessel Newsletter signup: https://eftp.co/newsletter Follow us on Instagram Follow Nil Zacharias on Twitter Learn more about your ad choice...

#73 - BlueNalu: Lou Cooperhouse on Growing Better Seafood to Save the Oceans 07.11.2018 1:01:08

Considering the state of our oceans with overfishing driving fish stocks to the point of collapse, rising sea temperatures, ocean acidification, and plastic pollution infiltrating even the most remote and pristine waters of the world, we desperately need to find a viable alternative to wild caught and farmed fish. Seeing this gap, Lou, along with his co-founders, launched BlueNalu and set out to f...

#72 - Suzy Amis Cameron: On a Mission to Save the Planet – and Future Generations – One Meal at a Time 24.10.2018 1:07:42

Suzy Amis Cameron is a noted environmental advocate, former actor and model, and mother of five. In addition to founding MUSE School with her sister Rebecca Amis, she has founded a number of environmental organizations, including Cameron Family Farms (together with her husband, director James Cameron), Plant Power Task Force, Food Forest Organics, and Red Carpet Green Dress. In this conversation w...

#71 - Ryan Bethencourt: Reinventing Pet Food and Building the Post-Animal Bio Economy 10.10.2018 1:27:18

Ryan Bethencourt is a scientist, entrepreneur, and biohacker. He is the CEO of Wild Earth, an innovative company that’s reinventing pet food as well as a Partner at Babel ventures, which helps fund emerging biotech companies. Ryan also co-founded IndieBio, an accelerator that helps scientists become entrepreneurs, which helped launched Memphis Meats, Clara Foods, New Wave Foods and more. Show note...

#70 - How Can We Get Food Service Providers and Institutions to Add Plant-Based Foods to the Menu? 03.10.2018 56:13

This episode features a recording of a panel discussion from the Reducetarian Summit, held in Los Angeles at the end of September 2018. The goal of the summit was to spark solution-driven conversations and inspire action that can help individuals and communities decrease meat consumption. I had the pleasure of moderating a panel called “Transforming Food Service” that focused on how can we encoura...

#69 - Victor Friedberg on Why We Need Moonshots For Better Food to Feed 10 Billion People by 2050 26.09.2018 1:05:58

Victor Friedberg is the Co-Founder & Managing Director of S2G Ventures, a multi-stage food and agriculture venture fund investing in entrepreneurs whose products and services meet the shifting demands for healthy and sustainable food. He is also the Founder and Chairman of FoodShot Global, a new non-profit investment platform that aims to catalyze breakthrough scientific and technological solution...

#68 - Josh Balk: Why the Fight for Farm Animal Welfare Is Far From Over 19.09.2018 1:11:20

Josh Balk is Vice President of Farm Animal Protection for the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS). Show notes for this episode: https://eftp.co/josh-balk Newsletter signup: https://eftp.co/newsletter Follow us on Instagram Follow Nil Zacharias on Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

#67 - Jody Rasch: Investing in Vegan Food and Beyond 12.09.2018 1:05:18

Jody Rasch is the Managing Trustee of VegInvest, an investment fund that provides early-stage capital and guidance to companies striving to replace the use of animals in food as well as lab research and testing. Show notes for this episode: https://eftp.co/jody-rasch Newsletter signup: https://eftp.co/newsletter Follow us on Instagram Follow Nil Zacharias on Twitter Learn more about your ad choice...

#66 - Derek Sarno: Living in a Monastery, Loving Mushrooms, and Making Wicked Healthy Food 05.09.2018 1:24:48

Derek Sarno is the Executive Chef and Director of Plant Based Innovation at Tesco. He is also the co-founder of Wicked Healthy, a plant-based food blog that he co-founded with his brother Chad Sarno, and is a co-founder of Good Catch Foods, an innovative company making plant-based seafood. If that wasn’t enough to catch your attention, he also served as the Senior Global Executive Chef of Recipe a...

#65 - Plant Based World: Bringing the Plant-Based Movement to a Mainstream Audience 31.08.2018 1:01:27

Ben developed the idea for Plant Based World Conference and Expo as a result of his own drastic transition to a plant-based lifestyle and earnest desire to make the world a better place. The expo is set to take place in June of 2019 and will serve as a place where plant-based product manufacturers, food service providers, retailers, entrepreneurs, investors, healthcare professionals and consumers...

#64 - Victoria Moran Is Training the Next Generation of Vegan Changemakers 22.08.2018 1:03:03

Victoria Moran is a renowned author, speaker, vegan lifestyle coach and educator, and the host of the popular podcast, Main Street Vegan. Victoria has been vegan for over three decades and has dedicated her career to helping people eat plant-based themselves and remove cruelty from every aspect of their lives. But she does much much more than tell people why they should go vegan and how to do it....

#63 - Liz Dee on Leadership, Empowering Vegan Women, and Funding the Future of Food 15.08.2018 1:14:41

Liz Dee is the Co-President and Co-Owner of Smarties Candy Company, CEO of Baleine & Bjorn Capital, a firm that’s committed to investing in companies creating superior plant-based and cultured products, and Founder of Vegan Ladyboss, a global collective that works to empower and support vegan women in advancing their careers and animal advocacy. Show notes for this episode: https://eftp.co/liz-de...

#62 - Alpine Organics: The Missing Nutrients in a Plant-Based Diet and How Matt Tullman Found a Solution 08.08.2018 58:39

Matt Tullman is the CEO of Alpine Organics, a company on a mission to provide every individual who eats plant-based with the knowledge about, and access to, the essential nutrients required to thrive. Their first product, Complement, is a nutrient spray packed with B-12, Vitamin D3, and the omega-3 fatty acids DHA and EPA. Show notes for this episode: https://eftp.co/matt-tullman Newsletter signup...

#61 - The Good Food Institute: Building the Good Food Future With Bruce Friedrich 01.08.2018 1:05:43

Bruce Friedrich is the Executive Director and Co-Founder of the Good Food Institute or GFI, a non-profit that is working to transform animal agriculture by promoting the development of innovative alternatives to meat and seafood. Bruce has been a guest on episode three of the #EatForThePlanet podcast and introduced us to GFI’s work with plant-based meat companies and cellular agriculture, or clea...

#60 - Chef Charity Morgan Is Changing the Game in the NFL with Plant-Based Food 25.07.2018 1:11:36

Charity Morgan is a plant-based chef who runs a meal service for NFL players. Chef Charity is married to Tennessee Titans outside Linebacker, Derrick Morgan, and their family’s decision to transition to a plant-based diet was largely inspired by Derrick. After trying out a plant-based diet and finding it cured some of her own health problems, Charity instantly knew she wanted to use her culinary s...

#59 - What's the Best Diet for Everyone? Cardiologist Dr. Joel Kahn Shares the Keys to a Healthy Life 18.07.2018 1:01:43

Dr. Joel Kahn is a practicing cardiologist, a Clinical Professor of Medicine at Wayne State University School of Medicine and an Associate Professor at Oakland University/Beaumont Hospital medical schools. He has authored 5 books and has made appearances on Dr. Phil and The Doctors Show. Suffice it to say, Joel is a reveered professional in his field, but what sets him apart from most is his dedic...

#58 - Outstanding Foods: Bill Glaser on Plant-Based Bacon Chips and Beyond 11.07.2018 1:03:22

Bill Glaser is the CEO and founder of Outstanding Foods, a plant-based food company that is about to launch their premiere product, bacon chips, under the brand Pig Out. Show notes for this episode: https://eftp.co/bill-glaser Newsletter signup: https://eftp.co/newsletter Follow us on Instagram Follow Nil Zacharias on Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

#57 - Veestro: Plant-Based Food Delivered to Every Doorstep with Monica Klausner 28.06.2018 1:03:07

Monica Klausner is the Co-Founder and CMO of Veestro, a plant-based meal delivery service that uses organic ingredients and is completely preservative and GMO-free. Show notes for this episode: https://eftp.co/monica-klausner Newsletter signup: https://eftp.co/newsletter Follow us on Instagram Follow Nil Zacharias on Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

#56 - What is a Reducetarian? Brian Kateman Has the Answer and Explains Why it Matters 20.06.2018 1:01:55

Brian Kateman is the co-founder and president of the Reducetarian Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to reducing consumption of meat, eggs, and dairy to create a healthy, sustainable, and compassionate world. Show notes for this episode: https://eftp.co/brian-kateman Newsletter signup: https://eftp.co/newsletter Follow us on Instagram Follow Nil Zacharias on Twitter Learn more about y...

#55 - Kristie Middleton: The Fight to Get Schools, Hospitals, and Other Institutions to Go Meatless 13.06.2018 41:06

Kristie Middleton is managing director of Farm Animal Protection for The Humane Society of the United States, or the HSUS, and working with food service providers in schools is a big part of her job. Show notes for this episode: https://eftp.co/kristie-middleton Newsletter signup: https://eftp.co/newsletter Follow us on Instagram Follow Nil Zacharias on Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Vi...

#54 - The Most Sustainable Nut Milk? Exploring the Power of Macadamia Nuts with Jim Richards of Milkadamia 06.06.2018 59:05

Jim Richards is the CEO of Milkadamia. While surely there are a number of companies who are just looking to make a fast buck in the plant-based milk space, for Jim, producing macadamia-based dairy alternatives is about so much more. Show notes for this episode: https://eftp.co/jim-richards Newsletter signup: https://eftp.co/newsletter Follow us on Instagram Follow Nil Zacharias on Twitter Learn mo...

#53 - How to Grow Plant-Based with Michele Simon: The Policy Challenge 30.05.2018 40:40

Michele Simon is the executive director of the Plant Based Foods Association. She has a background as a public health lawyer and there are few people who understand the nuances of the challenges and opportunities in the plant-based food space better than she does. Our conversation today centers around policy issues, which tend to often get ignored in favor of all the positive news around new produ...

#52 - The Essential Nutrient You’re Probably Deficient in: John Shegerian on Why You Need to Get SOM Sleep 23.05.2018 1:19:48

John Shegerian is the co-founder and CEO of SOM Sleep, a company that makes an all natural, vegan, non-GMO, allergen free, non-habit forming beverage that is formulated to help individuals achieve better sleep. Show notes for this episode: https://eftp.co/john-shegerian Newsletter signup: https://eftp.co/newsletter Follow us on Instagram Follow Nil Zacharias on Twitter Learn more about your ad ch...

#51 - REBBL: Sheryl O’Loughlin on the Perils of Entrepreneurship and the Power of Adaptogens 16.05.2018 55:55

Sheryl O'Loughlin is the CEO of REBBL, a company that makes plant-based super herb beverages. In this far-ranging and fascinating conversation, Sheryl and I dive into why she decided to jump in head on as the CEO of REBBL. Show notes for this episode: https://eftp.co/sheryl-oloughlin Newsletter signup: https://eftp.co/newsletter Follow us on Instagram Follow Nil Zacharias on Twitter Learn more abo...

#50 - Julie Piatt: Using Food as a Healer, and Turning Joy and Love Into Products 09.05.2018 1:22:14

Julie Piatt aka “SriMati” is an author, podcast host, plant-based chef, motivational speaker, meditation guide, yoga teacher, and singer. At the core of all of Julie’s offerings is an opportunity for an expansion of our perspectives; a gain of cosmic view so that we all may realize our divine blueprint or life purpose. Show notes for this episode: https://eftp.co/julie-piatt Newsletter signup: htt...