Who is the Creator of Veganuary, Million Dollar Vegan and now Veg Capital? The man. The myth. The legend! Matthew Glover is on the Plantbased Business Hour with me to talk about how the world is shifting (thanks to him!) and his newest venture: Veg Capital. Points of note are 1) tips for entrepreneurs seeking funding, 2) should vegan companies work with and/or sell to meat and dairy companies and 3) the impact one person can make. For more information, http://ElysabethAlfano.com and http://VegCa...
Jul 21, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 126
What a thrill to have Robby Barbaro and Cyrus Khambatta on the Awesome Vegans Influencer Series. Listen in and/or watch to get LIFESAVING TIPS on mastering Type 1, Type 1.5 or Type 2 diabetes from Robby and Cyrus, the New York Times best selling authors of the book, Mastering Diabetes. Their program has changed the way people manage and reverse the disease. If you or someone you know has diabetes, DONT. MISS. THIS! Of course, please share this blogpost as this information is both life-saving and...
Jul 18, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 126
Get your healthy groove on! Dr. Nadja Pinnavaia of Plantable joins me on the Plantbased Business Hour to talk about YOUR health, the health of the nation and the health of the meal-food delivery service industry. Unique in the space, Plantable offers both nutritional coaching and emotional support along with 12 healthy meals a week. Tune in and learn how you can get healthy without making your wallet sick. There's still time to boost your immunity for a healthy (Covid be damned!) summer. Visit h...
Jul 16, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 124
Will vegan seafood survive?! Co-Founder of Good Catch, Chad Sarno, is on the Plantbased Business Hour with me. With people eating less beef, pork and chicken, they are switching to fish. However, our oceans are already depleted. With seafood consumption on the rise, that means an increase in commercial, factory fish farming. Time to disrupt! Good Catch to the rescue! Chad and I discuss 1) finding the right texture, 2) the newest Good Catch products and food lab and 3) the importance in finding t...
Jul 14, 2020•59 min•Ep. 122
What the FLICK? International Vegan Film Festival Founder, Shawn Stratton is on AWESOME VEGANS. Are Vegan Films going mainstream? Will Netflix be acquiring more vegan films? FIND OUT on #AwesomeVegans #WEDNESDAY! For more information, visit http://ElysabethAlfano.com and http://theivff.com . Submit YOUR film to the IVFF 2020-2021 by July 14th at http://theivff.com I want to thank two great companies that I believe in for their support: Rich and Decadent ForA: Butter (get yours at http://ForaFood...
Jul 12, 2020•49 min•Ep. 121
With Covid-19, we are all stir-crazy at home and eating up a storm. Here are my Top 10 Tips for healthy snacking, or at the very least avoiding bad snacking! For more information, visit http://ElysabethAlfano.com
Jul 11, 2020•13 min•Ep. 121
Has #COVID-19 positioned plant-based foods to gain lasting traction over the meat and dairy industries? Michele Simon, Executive Director of the Plant Based Foods Association, discusses the biggest challenges for plant-based businesses. Points of note are: 1) the need for plant-based businesses to compete on a level playing field in the marketplace with meat-based analogs, 2) the ability of these businesses to beat analog companies on taste, nutrition and community stewardship and 3) the groundw...
Jul 03, 2020•52 min•Ep. 166
Worried you might not be able to stay vegan during the July 4th holiday? No worries! I've got you covered with my Top 10 Tips for Grilling Vegan this July 4th! Oh, it's so much more than Beyond and Impossible! You'll see ! Listen in! For for information, visit http://ElysabethAlfano.com/Recipes
Jul 02, 2020•14 min•Ep. 44
Do you need to have an MBA from Harvard to create of successful brand? Sadrah Schadel, Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer of No Evil Foods joins me to discuss the incredible trajectory of No Evil Foods from her kitchen to a national brand. Points of note are 1) the trickiness of scaling up, 2) the incredible delicacy of building a team quickly while building a brand culture, 3) the power of being a mission-driven company, 4) the potential of future crowdfunding for the brand and 5) the genesi...
Jul 01, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 167
Here are my TOP TEN TIPS for Staying Vegan When Eating Out. Tune in to the Awesome Vegans podcast and subscribe to get my weekly Top Ten Tips on living a healthy, plant-based diet and lifestyle to feel your absolute best! For more information, to get my FREE 5-Day Meal Plan or to take my Jumpstart Your Plant-base life class, visit http://Elysabethalfano.com/recipes .
Jun 28, 2020•15 min•Ep. 168
AY Caramba! Sexy Latin Lover, Game Show Host and Mega Podcaster Marco Antonio Regil is with me on Awesome Vegans! We talk about his podcast AND his vegan journey. He is now on a path to help the Latin-American community get healthy in body and mind. I told you: sexy! Get your sexy on! It's Awesome Vegans Wednesday! Awesome Vegans airs live every Wednesday at 1p PT on my Youtube Channel For more information, visit http://marcoantonioregil.com and http://ElysabethAlfano.com I want to thank two gre...
Jun 26, 2020•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 165
It's a Chinese (Plant-based) Revolution: Albert Tseng and Tao Zhang join me on the #PlantbasedBusinessHour to discuss creating the Next Good Food Generation, growing a crop of innovation entrepreneurs and a pre-destined (do the numbers!) plant-based China! Points of note are 1) are female executives entering the plant-based space? 2) why Dao focuses on China rather than Asia as a whole and 3) are investors waiting in the wings to support plant-based innovation. For more information, visit Elysab...
Jun 25, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 164
Alicia Robb of Next Wave Impact and I get into it on the Plantbased Business Hour. Should plant-based businesses sell to big meat and dairy? It's a bitter pill - should we take it? We also talk about the dearth female and minority investors and how she is building a platform at Next Wave Impact to grow a new and diverse crop of investors and entrepreneurs! Tune in and comment! For more information, http://ElysabethAlfano.com and http://NextWaveImpact.com...
Jun 23, 2020•53 min•Ep. 111
Animal Activist, Director and Actress: FAB Fia Perera is on #AwesomeVegans with Elysabeth Alfano,. She discusses finding her passion to bring her volunteerism and sense of social justice to her work as a director and producer, including her film Mermaid. For more information, visit http://elysabethalfano.com
Jun 19, 2020•41 min•Ep. 113
Here are my Top Ten Tips for Trimming Your Waistline! Want more tips? Join me at my on-line class on J une 20th: Jumpstart Your Plant-based Life for nutrition tips, cooking tips, menu planing tips, reversing choronic disease with nutrition and more! Join me! http://ElysabethAlfano.com...
Jun 18, 2020•17 min•Ep. 112
The woman, the myth, the legend! Victoria Moran in on #AwesomeVegans with Elysabeth Alfano to dish on veganism in the time of BLM, Coronavirus and #BoycottMeat. Listed among VegNews magazine’s “Top 10 Living Vegetarian Authors”, Victoria Moran has written thirteen books, including the iconic Main Street Vegan. Featured twice on Oprah, Moran hosts the award-winning Main Street Vegan podcast. TUNE IN. Awesome Vegans Influencer Series airs #Live every Wednesday at 1p PT. For more information, visit...
Jun 13, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 110
Gwenna Hunter, Founder of Vegans of LA FB Page, and documentary filmmaker, Jasmine Leyva, creator of the Invisible Vegan break open Black Lives Matter for whites and blacks alike. From their take on recent events, to where we are going in the future, to weeding out the toxic - we get into it all. More information, http://elysabethalfano.com
Jun 12, 2020•48 min•Ep. 109
Got questions about ethical investing? Prolific investor Chris Kerr hops on to talk about what he looks for in a company before he invests. Valuations, exit strategies and product extensions: we get into it all. Learn all about impact investing to make a difference. For more information, https://www.unovis.vc and http://ElysabethAlfano.com .
Jun 03, 2020•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 91
Here are my TOP TEN Reasons to Re-Think Meat (and Stop Eating It.) It's time. More info: http://ElysabethAlfano.com
Jun 02, 2020•19 min•Ep. 90
World renowned plant-based Chef Matthew Kenney of Double Zero, Althea, and Plant + Food + Wine talks about the Food Future Institute and how YOU can be a part of it! Plus MK gives his tips for budding restaurateurs. Tune in! https://www.matthewkenneycuisine.com and http://ElysabethAlfano.com for more information. I want to also thank a great company that I believe in for their support: Rich and Decadent ForA: Butter. Get yours at ForaFoods.com....
May 29, 2020•47 min•Ep. 89
What if DefaultVeg was the norm? Professor, Founder of Farm Forward and DefaultVeg and Co-Author of the Eating Animals screenplay and collaborator with Jonathan Safran Foer, Dr. Aaron Gross joins me on the Plantbased Business Hour. We discuss the lack of social distancing in factory farms, how they are breeding grounds for Pandemics -Swine Flu and Asian Bird Flu- and the oppression of animals, workers and farmers by multinational "farming" corporations. We also discuss the disempowerment of cons...
May 28, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 88
I will be doing a Top Tips short pod every week with healthy and fun tips for your and your family...startig with my Top Ten Vegan Snacks! For more information, visit http://ElysabethAlfano.com
May 24, 2020•19 min•Ep. 87
AWESOME VEGANS! The Parent Trap's Elaine Hendrix has not only starred on the silver screen for almost 30 years, but she has been rescuing animals and bring awareness to their plight for half as long. Beautiful in and out, tune in to hear this the glam girl's tips on health, beauty and helping animals. I open the show with some news. If you would like to sign the petition to halt further Animal Ag bailouts, click here: https://mymfa.mercyforanimals.org/page/18494/petition/1?_ga=2.96197594.7951853...
May 22, 2020•43 min•Ep. 86
What's The Skinny on Vegan London? The Vurger Co. Founders Rachel Hugh and Neil Potts weigh in on London-town, reinventing themselves during social distancing, their commitment to sustainability and zero plastics and their predictions for the future. Grab your burger and settle in - The Plantbased Business Hour with Elysabeth Alfano heads to London! The Plantbased Business Hour airs every Tuesday and Thursday, and Awesome Vegans Influencer Series airs every Wednesday at 1p PT! Subscribe to the p...
May 21, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 86
PBH: What will the future be like for Beyond Meat? Chuck Muth, Chief Growth Officer, talks about expanding to China, protecting IP, building relationships in Europe, price parity with meat, and new products. If you are watching the Beyond Meat stock, you will want to listen in. For more information, visit http://BeyondMeat.com and http://ElysabethAlfano.com/PBH.
May 16, 2020•38 min•Ep. 85
Chef AJ tells her incredible weight loss story and how this catapulted her life to books, media and the ultimate in happiness: feeling great! Tune in for some great tips in the kitchen and to get some encouragement if you are on a weight loss journey. For more information, visit http://ChefAjWebsite.com and http://ElysabethAlfano.com .
May 15, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 84
Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams gives a powerful interview on the public health benefits of a plant-based diet, the public health issues with NYC’s wet markets and what is takes to be a leader in a time of crisis. Raw, humble and direct, Adams talks about curing his type 2 diabetes and partial blindness with a plant-based diet and the economic impact of implementing plant-based lifestyle nutrition in hospitals and in schools. He is known for putting vegan meal options in schools, hospitals...
May 14, 2020•34 min•Ep. 83
FROM AUSTRALIA! Mad Scientists or Creative Geniuses? Jim Fuller and Chris McLoghlin of Fable Food Co are making braised beef from mushrooms and its delish! The two discuss the business hurdles of getting global distribution, solid investors and reliable manufacturing partners.. and the intelligence of mushrooms! Of course, we also eat Braised Beef over Noodles and Braised Pork with BBQ Sauce! For more information, visit Http://FableFood.co and http://ElysabethAlfano.com I want to thank two great...
May 09, 2020•54 min•Ep. 83
Get your Plant-Strong on! Rip Esselstyn of Plant-Strong by Engine 2 is on The Awesome Vegans Influencer Series, which is also a pre-tape for my radio show. We dish on what to eat for a healthy gut, how to take a firefighting engine team vegan, the beauty of not overthinking things and Rip's testicles (not kidding!) Check out PlantStrong.com for the May 15-17 Plant-Strong Primer summit and ElysabethAlfano.com for recipes. I want to thank two great companies that I believe in for their support: Ri...
May 08, 2020•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 82
Seth Goldman, Former Executive Chairman of Beyond Meat, Founder of Honest Tea and Founder of Eat The Change, and Jonah Goldman, Co-Founder of PLNT Burger, talk about conscious capitalism, #planetdelicious and plant-based meats having price parity with meat! EXCITING! Plus, tips for entrepreneurs entering the marketplace and for millennials looking to change their future and save the planet. Listen in! For more information, visit ElysabethAlfano.com, PlntBurger.com and EatTheChange.com.
May 07, 2020•1 hr•Ep. 81
