On a long trip to COP27 in Egypt to speak on a call for investing from the public and private markets in Plant-based Innovation and Alternative Proteins, Elysabeth shares her thoughts from Q3 & 4 in the sector from her final destination: Dubai. There she attended the Alternatives Investment Summit to discuss the growth of the Plant-based Innovation sector. Subscribe right now to never miss this podcast! For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out at elysabeth@ely...
Dec 01, 2022•28 min
Live From COP27 with Raphael Podselver of ProVeg International LIVE from COP27 with the ProVeg International Director of UN Affairs, Raphaël Podselver and I discuss the COP27 recap. Have food systems finally been put on the UN's negotiations list? 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:...
Nov 22, 2022•28 min
This week The Plantbased Business Hour heads to the Cultured Meat Symposium. Hear about the growing infrastructure of cultivated meat from the Co-Founder and CEO of OceanTastes Inc., Peter Nesaei, and Founder and CEO of Micro Meat, Dr. Anne Sophie-Mertgen. 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 her...
Nov 17, 2022•40 min
MycoTechnology is Alt Protein's Secret Giant: Marketing Director, Jonas Feliciano & Senior Director, Strategy, Lisa Wetstone share MycoTechnology's approach to growth, raising and communicating with the consumer about the mighty mushroom's new fermented frontier. 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 Li...
Nov 10, 2022•1 hr 4 min
CEO of Prime Roots, Kimberlie Le, joins me on The Plantbased Business Hour to discuss the magic of microbes-a whole food, Koji mushroom pate and taking over the deli counter. 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/in/elysabeth-alfano-8b370b7/ For more PBH, visit Elysa...
Oct 27, 2022•58 min
Dr. William Aimutis, Executive Director of the North Carolina Food Innovation Lab and Celia Homyak UC Berkley Alt Meat Lab discuss what innovations are happening at the U.S.'s most premiere labs. Tune in! 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/in/elysabeth-alfano-8b37...
Oct 20, 2022•54 min
The Executive Director of Cruelty-Free Investing, Dave Brett Wasser, joins me on the Plantbased Business Hour to discuss the state of effective altruism, and cruelty-free and plant-based innovation investing. 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/in/elysabeth-alfano-...
Oct 13, 2022•34 min
Rodd Willis of Dot Foods and Danny O'Malley from Before the Butcher join me on The Plantbased Business Hour to discuss the state of plant-based foods from a food service and white label perspective. These areas of the plant-based business sector are often overlooked and they are major drivers showing growth. 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 Elysabe...
Oct 06, 2022•1 hr
Actor James Cromwell joins the Plantbased Business Hour with Elysabeth Alfano to discuss Hollywood taking on plant-based content and what that looks like. Also, how do YOU combine your skillset to have a meaningful career and make an impact? Want to find YOUR truth?We get into it! 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 E...
Oct 04, 2022•1 hr 8 min
Barb Stuckey, Chief Innovation & Marketing Officer at Mattson, details the whitespaces in the plant-based sector, how to communicate to the new plant-based consumer and the marketing lessons that start-ups need to learn. Listen in to 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 Li...
Sep 29, 2022•56 min
Ian Roberts, CTO at Bühler Group, talks global sustainability, the alternative proteins and plant-based innovation market and building key partnerships on today's Plantbased Business Hour with Elysabeth Alfano. Subscribe now to never miss a PBHour pod! 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/in/elysabeth-alfano-8b37...
Sep 22, 2022•47 min
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/in/elysabeth-alfano-8b370b7/ For more PBH, visit ElysabethAlfano.com/Plantbased-Business-Hour Archive...
Sep 13, 2022•28 min
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. For more information, visit ElysabethAlfano.com. Connect with Elysabeth on Linked in here: https://www...
Sep 01, 2022•1 hr 3 min
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 campaigning for meat industry interests? It gets dicey. Subscribe right now to never miss this podca...
Aug 25, 2022•59 min
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@elysabethalfano.com. For more information, visit ElysabethAlfano.com. Connect with Elysabeth on Linked in here: h...
Aug 18, 2022•47 min
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 plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out at elysabeth@elysabethalfano.com. ...
Aug 11, 2022•1 hr 12 min
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://www.linkedin.com/in/elysabeth-alfano-8b370b7/ For more PBH, visit ElysabethAlfano.com/Plantbased-Bu...
Aug 04, 2022•1 hr 6 min
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 Elysabeth on Linked in here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elysabeth-alfano-8b370b7/ For more PBH, visit Ely...
Jul 28, 2022•1 hr 10 min
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 airs live every Tuesday and Thursday at 1p PT on my Linkedin page. For more information, visit http://...
Jul 21, 2022•1 hr 6 min
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 headquarters with a quick overview from Global Head of Communications, Burkhard Bondel. Archive only....
Jul 14, 2022•1 hr 4 min
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 never miss this podcast! For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out at el...
Jul 07, 2022•50 min
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 information, visit ElysabethAlfano.com. Connect with Elysabeth on Linked in here: https://www.linkedin...
Jun 30, 2022•1 hr 5 min
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. Archive only. VegTech™ LLC ceased providing investment‑advisory services, and the EATV ETF was liquid...
Jun 23, 2022•1 hr 2 min
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@elysabethalfano.com. For more information, visit ElysabethAlfano.com. Connect with Elysabeth on Linked in h...
Jun 16, 2022•1 hr 9 min
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 podcast! For plant-based market consulting and public speaking, reach out at elysabeth@elysabethalfano.com...
Jun 13, 2022•1 hr
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 was liquidated on May 7 2025. No investment advice is offered.
Jun 06, 2022•38 min
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 pending? Subscribe now to The Plantbased Business Hour to never miss an episode! Archive only. VegTec...
May 26, 2022•35 min
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 investment picks! Subscribe! For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, rea...
May 20, 2022•1 hr 9 min
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 elysabeth@elysabethalfano.com. For more information, visit ElysabethAlfano.com. Connect with Elysabet...
May 05, 2022•48 min
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 elysabeth@elysabethalfano.com. For more information, visit ElysabethAlfano.com. Archive only. VegTech™...
May 02, 2022•46 min
