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The Plantbased Business Hour

Focused on the innovation companies working in food systems transformation, tune into The Plantbased Business Hour with Elysabeth Alfano to hear from venture capitalists, CEOs, investors, analysts, entrepreneurs, and start-ups who are launching new initiatives for sustainable and profitable food companies. The world is set with a daunting task: make more food in a shorter amount of time that is more nutritious while using fewer resources and while creating less planetary and personal health damage. What are the innovations that will get us there? Grab a front row seat to the profitable and solution-oriented business arena of Sustainable Food Systems on The Plantbased Business Hour.

Business News Business News Interviews
Update frequency
every 8 days
Average duration
47 minutes
Episodes
100
Years Active
2022 - 2025
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James Robinson: Who Is Eating Plant-based Options?

James Robinson: Who Is Eating Plant-based Options?

While traveling in India, Elysabeth asks her friend James Robinson about his plant-based journey and what products he enjoys to get insights into what consumers like him want out of the sector.

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00:21:32  |   Thu 15 Feb 2024
Biodiversity Loss Even In Sri Lanka

Biodiversity Loss Even In Sri Lanka

Elysabeth recaps her time visiting Sri Lanka. She discusses all the incredible animals she saw but also the devastating effects of biodiversity loss due to climate change.

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00:18:01  |   Thu 08 Feb 2024
Greg Steltenpohl, CEO of Califia Farms

Greg Steltenpohl, CEO of Califia Farms

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…

01:14:29  |   Thu 01 Feb 2024
How Do We Fight for the Planet? George Monbiot Weighs In

How Do We Fight for the Planet? George Monbiot Weighs In

George Monbiot, author, journalist, and environmental activist, joins Elysabeth on the Plantbased Business Hour to discuss how to best fight for the planet and how to take no prisoners when it comes …

01:03:43  |   Thu 18 Jan 2024
Food Systems Predictions for 2024 with Sonalie Figueiras of Green Queen

Food Systems Predictions for 2024 with Sonalie Figueiras of Green Queen

Sonalie Figueiras, Founder of Green Queen, and I discuss sustainable food systems predictions for 2024: the good, the bad and the ugly. We get into it. Join us and bring your questions. The Plantbase…

01:10:49  |   Thu 11 Jan 2024
2023 Recap and Beyond

2023 Recap and Beyond

This week on the Plantbased Business Hour, Elysabeth recaps 2023 and shares her predictions for 2024.

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00:19:30  |   Thu 04 Jan 2024
Can We Have A Sustainable Future? With Roger Spitz of Techistential

Can We Have A Sustainable Future? With Roger Spitz of Techistential

Roger Spitz (M.Sc., FCA, APF) is an international bestselling author, a celebrated futurist, the president of Techistential (Climate & Foresight Strategy), and the chair of the renowned Disruptive Fu…

01:16:57  |   Thu 21 Dec 2023
COP28: A Focus on Food Systems Shift

COP28: A Focus on Food Systems Shift

In this episode, Host Elysabeth Alfano recaps her time at COP28. This was the first COP to focus on food systems transformation, connecting the food system to climate change. Elysabeth shares all the…

01:10:20  |   Thu 14 Dec 2023
What is the BioP2P Network? With Mathias Cousin of Monitor Deloitte

What is the BioP2P Network? With Mathias Cousin of Monitor Deloitte

Managing Director of Monitor Deloitte, Mathias Cousin, shares the advancements of the BioP2P network that is ensuring the health of the bio-manufacturing sector for sustainable food systems transform…

01:00:18  |   Thu 30 Nov 2023
Protecting Biodiversity with Glenn Hurowitz, Founder of Mighty Earth

Protecting Biodiversity with Glenn Hurowitz, Founder of Mighty Earth

Glenn Hurowitz of Mighty Earth shares one of the best ways to protect the earth's biodiversity: alternative proteins. How? Why? When? We get into it all on The Plantbased Business Hour with Elysabeth…

00:59:22  |   Thu 16 Nov 2023
Recap of Retuers' Food Transformation USA 2023

Recap of Retuers' Food Transformation USA 2023

This week Elysabeth recaps Retuers' Food Transformation USA 2023 conference. This small conference of around 120 people included those from many legacy food companies and pharmaceutical companies dis…

00:19:03  |   Thu 09 Nov 2023
Plant Transformation: What Is It and How Will It Impact Your Food? With Mary Fernandes

Plant Transformation: What Is It and How Will It Impact Your Food? With Mary Fernandes

Mary Fernandes, President of Solis Agrosciences, discusses, Plant Pipeline as a Service (PPaaS), plant transformation, gene editing and the future (or the now?) of food on today's episode of The Plan…

00:45:47  |   Thu 02 Nov 2023
Decarbonizing Fashion: Lewis Perkins from Apparel Impact Institute

Decarbonizing Fashion: Lewis Perkins from Apparel Impact Institute

Lewis Perkins, President of the Apparel Impact Institute discusses decarbonizing the fashion industry on the Plantbased Business Hour with Elysabeth Alfano.

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00:59:13  |   Thu 19 Oct 2023
Dan Buettner of Blue Zones Connects Food to Longevity

Dan Buettner of Blue Zones Connects Food to Longevity

What food will add four years to your life?  What are the top five foods everyone should eat?  What do all recipes for longevity have in common?  From the Four Seasons-Santa Barbara, Blue Zones Found…

00:38:12  |   Thu 12 Oct 2023
Thierry Duvanel of Buhler Shows Us What Sustainability Looks Like

Thierry Duvanel of Buhler Shows Us What Sustainability Looks Like

Thierry Duvanel, Director of Innovation at Buhler gives real-world examples of sustainability goals being met and measured in scopes 1, 2, 3 by the Buhler Company. A beacon for other supply chain com…

01:07:04  |   Thu 05 Oct 2023
The Download from the Good Food Conference

The Download from the Good Food Conference

In this episode Elysabeth gives a recap on the Plant Based World Expo 2023 and the Good Food Conference 2023. In the last half of the episode she is joined by Founding Partner at Alwyn Capital, Heath…

00:39:32  |   Fri 29 Sep 2023
The State of Plant-based Ingredients

The State of Plant-based Ingredients

Mike Natale, Global Leader of Plant-based Protein, Ingredion, Yadu Dar, Director of Global Development, Ingredion and Jeremy Jones, Founder of SunDrip, discuss the highlights of the recent Ingredion …

01:03:12  |   Thu 07 Sep 2023
The State of Plant-based Innovation Investing with Jen Bartashus

The State of Plant-based Innovation Investing with Jen Bartashus

Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Analyst Jen Bartashus gives us the up-to-the-minute analyses on the Plant-based Innovation sector in the public markets, including Beyond Meat and Oatly on this episode …

00:45:31  |   Thu 31 Aug 2023
Impact Investing for Vegans Webinar on August 24th

Impact Investing for Vegans Webinar on August 24th

Join us for the VegTech™ Invest free Impact Investing for Vegans webinar on August 24th at 1:30p ET.

In this webinar, we will discuss

-What is impact investing in the public markets?

-How can we impa…

00:10:47  |   Tue 22 Aug 2023
Can Cultivated Meat Succeed? Pavle Stojkovic of OMeat

Can Cultivated Meat Succeed? Pavle Stojkovic of OMeat

Chief Strategy Officer of OMeat, Pavle Stojkovic gets down and dirty about cultivated meat. Can it scale? Can it reach cost parity? Will the consumer eat it? How much energy does it use anyway...will…

00:47:01  |   Thu 10 Aug 2023
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