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.
- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 47 minutes
- Episodes
- 100
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
Live Tour of Triton AI Plant + Tasting In San Diego
Dave Schroeder, Director of Regulatory and Corporate Affairs at Triton AI, discusses being the little engine that could, outlasting the economic downturn and takes us through the magic of algae at th…
CEO of Black Sheep Foods, Sunny Kumar
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 j…
Can Regen Ag & Plant-based Innovation Work Together in Food Systems Transformation?
Joel Stone, Executive Director of Climate Systems Solutions, joins me on The Plantbased Business Hour to discuss how regenerative ag and plant-based innovation can work together...if at all. It gets …
How Protein from a Lemna Leaf Could Chance the Alternative Protein Space with Plantible's Morgan Keim
Chief Commercial Officer of Plantible Foods, J. Morgan Keim Keim, is on The Plantbased Business Hour with Elysabeth Alfano today at a special time for a special tour of the company's Lemna Leaf (AKA …
Recap of the Sun Valley Forum
In this new episode of the Plantbased Business Hour, Elysabeth recaps her time at the Sun Valley Forum in Idaho. She shares her thoughts on the conference, the kinds of sustainability conversations p…
Update from the Road
In this new episode of the Plantbased Business Hour, Elysabeth recaps the past 5-6 weeks of her travels around Europe. She shares insights into how other people in the finance world view the food sys…
Billionaire Investor, Jim Mellon
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 …
The Production Board and the All In Podcast's Sultan of Science: David Friedberg
The podcast I have been waiting years to record!
The All In Podcast's Sultan of Science: David Friedberg is on The Plantbased Business Hour with me to discuss how AI can impact the Plant-based Innova…
Peter Singer: Animal Liberation Now
Princeton BioEthics Professor and famed author of over 25 books including The Life You Can Save, the Most Good You Can Do and Animal Liberation, Peter Singer joins me on The Plantbased Business Hour …
How Is China, and Asia as a Whole, Impacting the Global Food Systems Shift? Michal Klar
How Is China, and Asia as a whole, impacting the Global Food Systems Transformation? Michal Klar of Better Bite Ventures and the Founder of the Future Food Now Newsletter joins me to discuss innova…
Plant Chompers on the Business of Health: Chris MacAskill
Mr. Plant Chompers, Chris MacAskill, joins me on The Plantbased Business Hour with Elysabeth Alfano to share why he created the super popular YouTube Channel Plant Chompers.
Often getting over 100k v…
Lewis Bollard of the Open Philanthropy Project: Is Animal Welfare Part of ESG
Senior Program Officer for the Open Philanthropy Project, Lewis Bollard, discusses if Animal Welfare is growing in recognition as an ESG investing principle. Join us today #live and bring your questi…
Can We Get To Climate+Positive? Ian Monroe of Etho Cap
Ian Monroe, President and CIO of Etho Capital joined me on the VegTech Invest Inside & Impact series and also The Plantbased Business Hour. We discuss impact investing to go from climate negative to…
The REAL Data Behind Plant-based Growth: It's More Than a Trend. Jen Bartashus of Bloomberg
Bloomberg's Senior Research Analyst Jen Bartashus breaks down the REAL numbers (not the click-bait story) of the Plant-based Innovation trend.
We crack open the GFI State of the Industry Report for a…
Author of Plant-based On A Budget: Quick & Easy and Influencer Toni Okamoto
Author of Plant-based On A Budget and influencer Toni Okamoto discusses her new book, Plant-based On A Budget: Quick and Easy, and her business plan for influencership. It's a thing.
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Scaling Food Solution for Local and Global Impact: Christensen Global
Aimée Christensen, CEO of Christensen Global, discusses scaling food solutions for local and global impact on today's episode of The Plantbased Business Hour with Elysabeth Alfano.
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A Summation of the Plant-based Business World's First Quarter of 2023
In this solo episode of the Plantbased Business Hour, Elysabeth shares tales of her latest travels to different food and tech conferences including Expo West, the Digital Animal Summit, and Future Fo…
How Can ESG Frameworks Assist Plant-based Businesses? Sharyn Murray of GFI
Sharyn Murray, Investment Engagement Manager at the Good Food Institute discusses how ESG Frameworks can assist plant-based businesses in communicating their positive impact data to the outside world…
Next Level Investing: When You Want More Than Just Returns
Can you invest for the whole person? What happens when you want more than just returns? Elysabeth Alfano speaks with Bob DePasquale of Initiate Impact on The Plantbased Business Hour.
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Grilling Deena Shanker of Bloomberg on Plant-based Meats As Trend or Fad
We've all seen the Bloomberg article declaring plant-based meats a fad. Author of the article and long-time food reporter, Deena Shanker, joins Elysabeth Alfano on today's Plant-based Business Hour.
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