Best Edible Gold Podcasts (2025)

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The Incredible, Edible… Pea? How Meala is Using Biotech to Render Eggs Obsolete 28:35

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If you've ever checked the ingredients on a baked good, you know how ubiquitous eggs are. They bind, they lift, they emulsify, they hold moisture — they're simply the structural engineers of cookies, cakes, and muffins everywhere. But they're also volatile: prices spike, supply chains break, and for anyone with an egg allergy or who's avoiding eggs…

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Our Story – From Dream to Food Forest 35:28

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How do two women from Brazil and a gringo from the US end up building a food forest revolution together in Uruguay? This is more than a "how-we-met" story; it's a story about life redirecting you toward your purpose, one chance encounter at a time. Lorena and Randy pull back the curtain on their personal journey -- from what they did before plantin…

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Food Forests 101 – How to Grow an Edible Ecosystem 52:14

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Planting Change is MORE than just a podcast for homesteaders, organic gardeners, and farmers… it's for ANYONE with a passion for a greener future! In our debut episode, join hosts Lorena and Randy recording from Las Bandurrias Food Forest and Homestead in Uruguay, as we break down the "edible ecosystem"—what it is, why it's nature's ultimate climat…

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From Oil Wells to Oak Trees: Ben Dell's Half-Billion-Dollar Pivot to Carbon Offsetting 30:50

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What if planting trees could be not just good for the planet, but also a profitable business? In this episode, I'm talking with Ben Dell, the founder and CEO of Chestnut Carbon — a company that's raised nearly $400 million, including $250 million of that in 2025, to turn farmland back into thriving native forests across the United States. And he's …

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Planting Change: A New Way to Grow [Podcast Trailer] 1:14

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Our food system is broken. But at Las Bandurrias Food Forest & Homestead in Uruguay, we're not just complaining... we're building the alternative! Since 2021, we've planted thousands of trees to create a Syntropic Food Forest—a living, breathing ecosystem that produces food, medicine, wood, and a biodiverse oasis that provides much needed habitats …

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Ready for a Carpet Made of Human Hair? This Entrepreneur Turns Salon Waste into Textiles 35:37

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What if one solution to fashion's waste problem is literally growing on our own heads? Every day, salons around the world toss out millions of pounds of freshly cut human hair — a clean, protein-rich, renewable resource that mostly ends up in landfills or incinerators. But what if that so-called waste could become the next sustainable textile? My g…

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From Fashion Model to Fission Mission: Isabelle Boemeke's Nuclear-Powered Future 43:15

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When you hear the word nuclear, does your mind flash to mushroom clouds, Chernobyl, or maybe the glowing three-eyed fish from The Simpsons? Well, what if nuclear electricity — far from being an environmental villain — is actually one of the safest, cleanest, and most land-efficient energy sources we have? It turns out that former fashion model Isab…

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Fungi-Filled Diapers: How Plastic-Eating Fungi May Change Child-Rearing 40:36

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If you've ever changed a diaper, you might've wondered what happens to it after it goes in the trash. The answer, unfortunately, is that it'll sit in a landfill for hundreds of years—certainly longer than the baby who briefly wore it will live. In fact, every diaper you wore when you were a baby is still sitting around, at best in a landfill, or pe…

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Raising Capital for Alt-Protein in the Midst of the Winter 33:54

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Recently Alex Shandrovsky had me as a guest on his show, the Investment Climate Podcast to talk about The Better Meat Co.'s recent funding round. When it came out, more than one Business for Good listener heard it and told me they thought it would make a good episode to release to our audience too, so this episode is simply the conversation Alex an…

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Bottling the Sky: Aircapture's Carbon Capture Breakthrough 47:34

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When you think about climate change solutions, your mind might go to renewable energy, electric vehicles, or eating less meat. These are all of course important. But even if we stopped all emissions today, we'd still have too much CO2 in the atmosphere and would need to pull a lot of our emissions out of it. That's the bold mission of Aircapture, a…

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Inside Mighty Earth: Glenn Hurowitz on Transforming the Meat Industry 43:47

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What if the biggest environmental culprits were hiding in plain sight—right on our dinner plates? While most environmental organizations train their sights on the energy sector, Mighty Earth has taken a bold, and often lonely, stand in confronting the meat industry's massive role in climate change, deforestation, and biodiversity loss. In this epis…

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Turning Waste into Bioplastic Gold with Genecis CEO Luna Yu 34:09

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It's rare that we contemplate where all the plastic we throw out goes, but rest assured that nearly none of it is being recycled. Simply put, it's usually cheaper to make new plastic than to recycle old plastic, even the plastic you put in the recycling bin. Because it takes plastic centuries to break down, this means for each one of us you could b…

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Turning Plants into Plastic-Free Packaging: The Xampla Story 39:12

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Plastic pollution is one of the defining environmental challenges of our time—microplastics are now found in our oceans, our soil, our drinking water, and even in our bloodstreams. But what if we could make high-performance materials that look, feel, and function like plastic—without being plastic at all? Enter Xampla. Born out of the University of…

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Microbial Might: Can MicroHarvest Replace Animals in Pet and Livestock Feed? 45:16

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What if we could grow nutritious, sustainable protein—not in months or weeks—but in just one day? This episode's guest is doing just that. Rather than going big with animal agriculture, MicroHarvest is going small with microbial agriculture. A huge number of animals are used to feed both our pets and the animals we raise for food. Kate Bekers, the …

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There's no Eighth Continent to Farm: Mike Grunwald on Feeding Ourselves without Frying the Planet 58:30

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In this episode, I'm joined by one of America's most thoughtful national journalists: Mike Grunwald. You may know him from his work at Time, Politico, or The Washington Post, or from his critically acclaimed books about the Obama administration and the history of the Everglades. He's also now a contributing columnist at the New York Times. But for …

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Trash into Treasure: ChainCraft Is Converting Food Waste into Sustainable Chemicals 38:47

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What if we could turn the mountains of food waste we generate every day into high-value chemicals that replace fossil fuels and palm oil—two of the most environmentally destructive inputs in our economy? That's exactly what this episode's guest is doing. Marc den Hartog is the CEO of ChainCraft, a Dutch biotechnology company using fermentation to c…

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Unstoppable Entrepreneurs: Lori Rosenkopf on the Many Paths to Startup Success 37:32

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This episode's guest is someone who's spent her career studying—and championing—entrepreneurs who don't always fit the Silicon Valley mold. Dr. Lori Rosenkopf is the Vice Dean of Entrepreneurship at the Wharton School and the author of the new book Unstoppable Entrepreneurs: 7 Paths for Unleashing Successful Startups and Creating Value through Inno…

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The Crazy Rock Lady: How Eion is Turning Crushed Rocks into Climate Gold 39:41

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You've heard of carbon capture machines, but what if one of the most powerful tools for removing CO₂ from the atmosphere isn't high-tech at all—just crushed rock and rain? Meet Ana Pavlovic, CEO of Eion and the self-described "Crazy Rock Lady." Her company is pioneering a process called enhanced rock weathering, which uses the natural properties of…

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Vedge of Glory: How Two Plant-Based Restaurateurs Have Survived for Decades 45:51

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In the restaurant world, infant mortality is the norm. Nearly two-thirds of new eateries shut down in their first year. Only one in five lives to see its fifth birthday. So when a restaurant—not just any restaurant, but a plant-based fine-dining spot—thrives for decades, it's not just impressive. It's almost mythic. Enter Rich Landau and Kate Jacob…

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The Venture Capitalist Who Wants You to Donate More to Charity 50:11

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Nick Cooney is one of the most prolific investors in food and ag tech. As the founder of Lever VC, he's helped deploy nearly $80 million from his first fund and has now closed more than $50 million toward his second $100 million fund. He's backed companies across the spectrum of sustainable protein—plant-based meat, cultivated meat, fermentation-de…

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No Palm, No Problem: Fermenting the Future of Fat 36:44

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Palm oil is everywhere—from food to cosmetics to biofuels—but its production is a leading cause of deforestation, habitat destruction, and greenhouse gas emissions. What if we could have all the benefits of palm oil without the downsides? Enter NoPalm Ingredients, a Dutch biotech startup using fermentation to produce a sustainable alternative to pa…

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Turning Air Into Butter: Savor's Revolutionary Approach to Alternative Fats 49:23

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What if the fat in your butter, cheese, or even burger could be made without animals, without plants, without fermentation, and without agriculture at all? That's exactly what Savor is doing. Using a groundbreaking process that transforms compounds like CO₂ and elements like hydrogen into rich, animal-free fats that can mimic what animal fat does, …

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Cleaner Air from Better Plants: The Neoplants Story 49:26

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We spend about 90 percent of our lives indoors, yet the air inside our homes and offices is often far more polluted than the air outside. Volatile organic compounds—better known as VOCs—are constantly emitted by furniture, cleaning products, and even the very walls around us. Formaldehyde, benzene, toluene—these chemicals sound like something you'd…

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Helping Alt-Protein Startups Survive the Winter: Ahimsa's Consolidation Approach 52:43

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It's no secret that the alternative protein startups are struggling these days. A combination of lower revenue, intense competition, and less available venture capital is leading to a contraction in the sector, with countless alt-meat and dairy companies conducting layoffs, declaring bankruptcy, and even folding altogether. Enter Ahimsa Companies, …

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Subtracting the Bean from Coffee: The Minus Story 33:31

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Did you know that it takes 140 liters of water to make a single cup of coffee? Turns out that coffee, as far as plant crops are concerned, has a fairly heavy footprint on the planet. And it's getting harder to farm, with climate change altering where and how many coffee beans can even be grown. You've heard of making meat without chickens, and milk…

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Can a Problem as Big as Climate Be Solved by a Solution as Small as a Microbe? 37:23

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In this episode we're diving deep into the fascinating world of carbon recycling with a trailblazer who's reshaping how we think about waste and sustainability. Our guest is Dr. Jennifer Holmgren, CEO of LanzaTech—a company on a mission to transform our biggest environmental challenge into an economic opportunity. LanzaTech is pioneering a process …

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From Harvard Business School to Rural Africa: Nicole Poindexter's Journey to Advance Clean Energy Access 35:29

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In this episode we're taking you on a journey to some of the most remote corners of West Africa, where energy access is scarce, and innovation is changing lives. Our guest is Nicole Poindexter, the founder and CEO of Energicity, a company that's bringing clean, reliable solar power to off-grid communities in countries like Sierra Leone, Benin, and …

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From Korea to the US: UNLIMEAT Puts its Signature on the Plant-Based Meat Movement 50:20

1y ago50:20

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Most plant-based meats in the US have centered around American staples like hamburgers, hot dogs, chicken nuggets, and sausages. But there's a world of meat consumption out there, and some of the most popular meat dishes are ones many Americans may have never even tried. In recent years, South Korea has seen great success exporting its culture arou…

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Bringing Clean Energy to African Businesses 37:00

1y ago37:00

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Imagine trying to run a small business without a constant supply of energy. With electricity intermittency, you may not have access to wifi, a phone, a computer, a way to service your customers and more. One way to solve this problem is to have constant access to fossil fuels to run diesel generators, but this is an expensive and dirty way to opera…

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One Good Human: Eric Schulze on Cultivated Meat's Past and Future 49:17

1y ago49:17

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Eric Schulze loves the intersection of science and food so much that after many years as an FDA regulator, he decided in 2016 to leave the federal government to join the then-nascent Memphis Meats (now UPSIDE Foods). He'd go on to spend the next seven years working to advance the cultivated meat pioneer's science, technology, communications, and ul…

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Chocolate without Cocoa Farming: The California Cultured Journey 41:05

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We all know chocolate is sweet. The way that it's made—not so much. From deforestation and climate change to child labor and heavy metal contamination, cocoa farming leaves a lot to be desired. But what if we could make cocoa powder without having to chop down the rainforest and engage in so many other unsavory practices? That's what California Cul…

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Will Pets Be the First European Consumers of Cultivated Meat? Meatly is Betting on It 42:58

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If you follow the world of cultivated meat, you probably know that a few companies have gotten historic regulatory approval and have sold some limited quantities of product both in the US and Singapore. But earlier this year, Meatly—a company founded only in 2021 and with just a few million British pounds in their pocket—succeeded in getting regula…

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Investing in an Animal-Free Food System: Milk & Honey Ventures 41:07

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Around the time his son was born in 2011, Beni Nofech saw a video that changed his life. After listening to an argument about the need to move away from the view that animals are mere commodities for humanity to use however we like, Beni adopted a vegan diet and soon found himself attending animal movement and alt-protein conferences. From there, h…

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Can Bacteria Make Better Leather than Cows? Polybion Says So 53:34

1+ y ago53:34

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You've heard of fruit leather, but what about making leather from fruit? Or more precisely, feeding fruit waste like mango pulp to bacteria which then convert those sugars into a leather-like material that can be useful for all types of purposes? That's exactly what Polybion, a startup in Central Mexico, is doing. Co-founded in 2015 by two brothers…

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Are Chickpeas the Future of Alt-Protein? NuCicer is Working On It 47:55

1+ y ago47:55

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Alt-meat today is typically made from soybeans, yellow peas, wheat, or some combination of those three crops. But there's a whole world of plants out there, and maybe some of them can be harnessed to widen the world of ingredients available to manufacturers, perhaps even offering better functionality and flavor. One of the problems though, is that …

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Better than the Reel Thing: How Oshi is Redefining Seafood 47:32

1+ y ago47:32

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Seafood consumption is going up around the world, including in the US, with salmon being the fish species Americans love to eat the most. (The only seafood Americans eat more is shrimp, who of course are crustaceans, not fish.) The biggest wave of alt-meat so far has focused on beef replacement like burgers and sausages, given how many consumers al…

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Turning the Tide on Fossil Fuels: Is Eco Wave Power the Future of Clean Energy? 41:25

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Not everyone gets a second chance of life. But Inna Braverman got just that, and is using her second chance to try to solve one of humanity's most pressing problems. Born in Chernobyl, Ukraine, Inna was only two weeks old when the nuclear disaster nearly took her life. When her mom found Inna blue and unresponsive from the pollution spewed from the…

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From Home-Made Smoothies to $200 million in Revenue: Daily Harvest's Journey 46:15

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Imagine thinking it would be a good idea to try to help people eat more fruits and vegetables, so you start making whole foods smoothies for your friends and family. Soon you're selling them to more people than you personally know. Next thing you know, you're running an all-vegan frozen meal company with hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue, …

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Novel Proteins for Pets: Omni is Helping Animal Lovers Feed Their Pets Fewer Animals 50:36

1+ y ago50:36

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If America's roughly 180 million meat-loving dogs and cats formed their own nation, they'd reportedly be the fifth biggest meat-consuming country in the world. As pet-keeping has exploded in the developed world, so too has demand for all the chickens, fish, pigs, and cows to feed those pets. There's even been a trend toward human-grade meat in pet …

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Maisie Ganzler Dishes on When and How Corporate Animal Welfare Policies Work 51:33

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Maisie Ganzler has never worked at an animal welfare charity nor an alt-protein company. Yet she's in the upper echelon of effectiveness when it comes to reducing the suffering of farmed animals. That's because she's served as an executive of a national food management company supplying 1,000 schools and corporate dining facilities, Bon Appetit Man…

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Which Came First: The Chicken or the Potato? 36:21

1+ y ago36:21

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Many listeners of this show will be familiar with precision fermentation, or turning microbes into factories to produce proteins like those proteins that have historically been produced inside of chickens and cows. Think of companies whose founders we've had on, like Perfect Day and The Every Company. But, what if instead of using microbes as prote…

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Premature Obituaries? Bruce Friedrich's Optimism for Cultivated Meat 59:41

1+ y ago59:41

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Upon reading his obituary, Mark Twain reportedly wrote that "the reports of my death are greatly exaggerated." Whether Twain actually wrote this or not, the reality remains that today the reports of the death of cultivated meat are indeed quite real. Yet Bruce Friedrich, the president of the Good Food Institute, is here to tell you that he believes…

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Defying the Odds: Orbillion Bio Raising Capital for Cultivated Meat in 2024 47:47

1+ y ago47:47

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If you follow the cultivated meat sector, you know that the last couple years have been tough. Some companies have gone under, others have gone into hibernation, and others have shed staff in cash-conserving layoffs. Major publications have published opinion column obituaries for this industry, yet the work goes on. Part of that work is that of Obi…

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The Past, Present, and Future of Cultivated Meat with UPSIDE Foods' Uma Valeti 55:05

1+ y ago55:05

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No cultivated meat company has raised more capital than UPSIDE Foods. In 2022, after having already raised about $200 million in previous rounds, the company raised another $400 million in a Series C round with a company valuation north of the coveted $1 billion unicorn status. No company in the space has garnered more media attention, both positiv…

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Fishing for Progress in Asia: Avant Meats 37:06

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Asia is leading the world when it comes to semiconductors, solar panels, wind turbines, and other technologies critical for the future. In a time when several US states are seeking to ban the sale of cultivated meat, Asia seems to be leaning into the technology, and one of the most mature companies in the space there is Avant Meats. Founded in Hong…

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Fishing for High-Margins in Cultivated Seafood: BlueNalu's Path to Scale 42:49

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BlueNalu is one of the better-funded companies when it comes to cultivated meat. Having raised more than $100 million, including about $35 million toward the end of 2023—a notoriously difficult time to fundraise—their founder and CEO Lou Cooperhouse is optimistic about their path to success. But as you'll hear in this episode, Lou isn't working to …

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Is the Future of Cultivated Meat in Thailand? Aleph Farms is Betting on It 33:10

1+ y ago33:10

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When you think about cultivated meat, Thailand isn't exactly the first country that comes to mind. Sure, you may think about the US, Netherlands, Israel, and Singapore. But the Southeast Asian kingdom is where Israeli cultivated meat juggernaut Aleph Farms recently announced its first commercial factory will be. Having just received Israel's first …

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Flying Cars or Electric Cars? Isha Datar's Thoughts on Where Cultivated Meat Tech Stands Today 42:27

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When the New York Times recently ran an opinion column declaring the infant fatality of the cultivated meat industry, Isha Datar, CEO of New Harvest, was quoted as saying of the sector, "this is a bubble that is going to pop." Given that New Harvest is intended to promote and advance the field, what did Isha mean by this? She expounded on that thou…

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Mark Post, A Decade After the First Cultivated Burger 39:42

1+ y ago39:42

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In 2013, Dr. Mark Post shocked the world when he debuted the world's first-ever burger grown from animal cells. Weighing in as a quarter-pounder, the burger carried a price tag of a mere $330,000—all of which was funded by Google co-founder Sergey Brin. A decade later, what does Mark think about the movement and the industry he helped birth? When h…

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Are Smaller Cultivators the Answer for Cultivated Meat's Success? Niya Gupta Thinks So 34:15

2y ago34:15

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Some of the companies in the cultivated meat space are betting that massive stainless steel cultivators—think 100,000L to 250,000L—are the path to commercialization. Niya Gupta, CEO of Fork and Good, is thinking smaller. She argues that there may be a more realistic path using a larger number of smaller tanks, void of the impellers that agitate the…