Each week I break down the top headlines in a minute or less on the Plantbased Business Minute. Vegconomist-the vegan business magazine-adds a French site to its empire of English, German, Chinese and Spanish sites. How Future Meat Technologies proves that cellular agriculture is the next logical innovative step in meat production. McPlant is out. The race is on. For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out at elysabeth@elysabethalfano.com. For more information, visit...
Aug 25, 2021•4 min
The All-Star Roster of Fermented Proteins: Jevan Nagarajah of Better Dairy, Jason Rosenberg of Remilk, Hille van der Kaa of Those Vegan Cowboys, Inja Radman of New Culture and Bryan Tracy of Superbrewed join me on The Plantbased Business Hour to discuss the reality of cheese and milks without the cow. We are cracking the code for cheese and milk! Subscribe! For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out at elysabeth@elysabethalfano.com. For more information, visit Elysa...
Aug 19, 2021•1 hr 15 min
How will China feed its 1.4B people? David Yeung, Founder of Omnipork, now availble in Asia, the U.K and the U.S., talks about China's plant-based growth and what the rest of the world can expect as the global food supply system shifts to plant-based with China as a major player. Subscribe! For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out at elysabeth@elysabethalfano.com. For more information, visit ElysabethAlfano.com.
Aug 18, 2021•36 min
Can We Print Meat? Simon Fried of MeaTech3D Explains on The Plantbased Business Hour with Elysabeth Alfano. Join us to find out about the future of meat. Subscribe! For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out at elysabeth@elysabethalfano.com. For more information, visit ElysabethAlfano.com.
Aug 11, 2021•52 min
Don’t know what Air Protein is? Dr. Lisa Dyson joins me on The Plantbased Business Hour to discuss just that and how protein made from CO2 could help to swiftly shift the global food supply system. Subscribe! For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out at elysabeth@elysabethalfano.com. For more information, visit ElysabethAlfano.com.
Aug 04, 2021•51 min
Matias Muchnick of NotCo and Michael Natale of Ingredion join The Plantbased Business Hour to discuss the success of their unlikely partnership, each company's path towards furthering plant-based business and their vision for the future. And, of course, we chat about AI platform/program, Guiseppe! Subscribe! For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out at elysabeth@elysabethalfano.com. For more information, visit ElysabethAlfano.com.
Jul 21, 2021•50 min
What is the State of Plant-based Business? Julie Emmett of the Plant Based Foods Association and Caroline Bushnell of Good Food Institute join me on The Plantbased Business Hour to discuss exciting new data around plant-based trends and innovations and if plant-based meat will be 10% of the meat market in 3 years. Subscribe! For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out at elysabeth@elysabethalfano.com. For more information, visit ElysabethAlfano.com....
Jul 07, 2021•1 hr 13 min
How can we shift the food system to get animals out of the supply chain, right down to veganic farming? I talk to Nathaniel Salpeter of Sweet Farm about Tech Ag, his sense of purpose for helping to shift the food supply system and his work with Sweet Farm. Tune in! Subscribe! For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out at elysabeth@elysabethalfano.com. For more information, visit ElysabethAlfano.com.
Jun 30, 2021•1 hr 12 min
CEO of Lightlife Foods and Field Roast, Dan Curtin and I discuss the history of the brands, the emergence of great tasting products, the Lightlife expansion plan, the power of a plant-based paycheck and our predictions. Subscribe! For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out at elysabeth@elysabethalfano.com. For more information, visit ElysabethAlfano.com.
Jun 23, 2021•37 min
LIVE FROM BUHLER, North American HQ! As the U.S. heads back to the office and socialization, I take the Plantbased Business Hour on the road to meet with Anshuman Bhatia, Plant Protein Product Line Manager at Cargill, Matt McGuffey, Manager of Savory Taste and Wellbeing at Givaudan, Bill Aimutis, Executive Director of the North Carolina Food Innovation Center and Andy Sharpe, CEO of Buhler North America for this episode of The Plantbased Business Hour. Subscribe! For plant-based media/branding c...
Jun 16, 2021•1 hr 28 min
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, reach out at elysabeth@elysabethalfano.com. For more information, visit ElysabethAlfano.com....
Jun 09, 2021•1 hr 8 min
The plant-based Egg market is up 167% according to the Plant Based Foods Association. Arturo Elizondo, CEO of Clara Foods® , and I discuss the disruption happening in the egg market and the desperate need for a shift to eggs without the chickens...in our lifetime! Subscribe! Now! To the The Plantbased Business Hour with Elysabeth Alfano.
Jun 02, 2021•1 hr 1 min
The Latest Advancements in Cellular Meat: Hear From The Founders Leading The Way. Patricia Bubner of Orbillion, Niever Martinez Marshall of Novel Farms, Benjamina Bollag of HigherSteaks, and Stephanie Michelson on Jellatech join me on the Plantbased Business Hour. Subscribe! For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out at elysabeth@elysabethalfano.com. For more information, visit ElysabethAlfano.com.
May 26, 2021•1 hr 1 min
Kees Kruythoff, former President of North America of Unilver and Current Chairman and CEO, of The LIVEKINDLY Collective joins me to discuss if plant-based or cellular/cultivated meat will be the dominating force to shift the global food supply system. SUBSCRIBE! For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out at elysabeth@elysabethalfano.com. For more information, visit ElysabethAlfano.com ....
May 20, 2021•1 hr 4 min
Would you try Cultivated Meat? Let me know your answer on Linkedin! Until then, it's the Plantbased Business Minute, with the week's top headlines. Target joins the party. 88% of Gen Z is open to trying cultivated meat. U.S. considers funding for alternative proteins. For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out at elysabeth@elysabethalfano.com. For more information, visit ElysabethAlfano.com ....
May 17, 2021•4 min
What will be the year NotCo IPOs? Tell me your guess...meanwhile here are the highlights from this week. Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine sues the U.S.D.A. Eleven Madison Park becomes more than a 10 for plant-based eaters thanks to Chef Daniel Humm. Hawaii is the first U.S. state to declare a climate state of emergency. California political hopeful John Cox makes a cox-less move by endangering people and animals on the campaign trail. Subscribe! For plant-based media/branding consul...
May 10, 2021•4 min
Grounded Foods CEO, Veronica Fil, joins me on the Plantbased Business Hour to discuss the hurdles of a start-up, scaling the products, packaging and shipping dilemmas communications with the consumer, what went wrong along the way, tips for start-ups for getting funding, her predictions for plant-based cheese. SUBSCRIBE! For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out at elysabeth@elysabethalfano.com. For more information, visit ElysabethAlfano.com....
May 05, 2021•1 hr 2 min
Tom Mastrobuoni of Big Idea Ventures (and formerly CFO of Tyson Ventures) is on The Plantbased Business Hour with me to discuss a shifting food supply system. We discuss, The shifting landscape of farming, The innovations in plant-based food, precision fermentation and cellular agriculture, The failure of recycling programs, Can everyone just do whatever they want to the environment and animals because everyone should be allowed to do whatever they want, What is the critical role that banking pl...
Apr 28, 2021•1 hr 15 min
This week's Top Headlines on the Plantbased Business Minute are all about chicken! Eat Just, Inc. cellular chicken goes for home delivery with Food Panda. Purdue Chicken promotes the industry feeding chicken blood to chickens. @Atlas Monroe @Deborah Torres is set to be the world's largest producer of Vegan Fried Chicken. Rumor has it that Burger King will drop a plant-based Chicken Royale burger. For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out here....
Apr 26, 2021•3 min
The founders of Juicy Marbles Plant-based Steaks, Tilen Travnik, Maj Hrovat, Luka Sincek and Vlad Mickovic are on the Plantbased Business Hour to answer how they make the world's first plant-based steaks and what is the future of plant-based whole cut meats. Subscribe. For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out at elysabeth@elysabethalfano.com. For more information, visit ElysabethAlfano.com....
Apr 21, 2021•1 hr 15 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.
Apr 20, 2021•1 hr 2 min
It was fun to share breaking news on my Plantbased Business Minute this week. PLUS, what is the city that sells the most Tofurky Roast? The answer will surprise you. Share your guess with me on Linkedin. Here is this week's Top Three Headlines. 1. OmniPork debuts in the U.S. 2. Vejii agrees to buy Vegan Essentials 3. Saks Fifth Avenue commits to end the sale of fur. For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out at elysabeth@elysabethalfano.com. For more information, vi...
Apr 19, 2021•3 min
Plant-based Consumer Research Expert and Co-Founder of Moonshot Collaborative Che Green discusses the growing flexitarian market and the finer points to effectively reach them. Subscribe! For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out at elysabeth@elysabethalfano.com. For more information, visit ElysabethAlfano.com.
Apr 14, 2021•57 min
Vegan Athlete and Brazilian Jujutsu competitor Will Brooks joins Elysabeth to discuss the philosophy of going vegan, the power of healing by going vegan and the power of health by going vegan. Plus, Elysabeth breaks down the news and Will shares his tips for getting protein, making the transition and eating like an athlete. It’s this week’s Plantbased Life & Style! For recipes, visit https://ElysabethAlfano.com/recipes ....
Apr 12, 2021•57 min
Mainstream Burgers by Before the Butcher, one of the only plant-based items to reach price parity with analogue products, celebrated its exclusive availability on Vejii by teaming up with the on-line shopping platform and giving away free meals, burgers and swag in Austin. LiveKindly Collective raises $535M in its first year making it one of the top three highest funded and fastest growing plant-based companies. Grounded Foods has launched its line of cheeses from upcycles cauliflower and hemp s...
Apr 05, 2021•3 min
Kory Zelickson, CEO and CO-Founder of Vejii Holdings Inc, set to be the largest on-line retailer of vegan goods, joins me on The Plantbased Business Hour to discuss the future of on-line shopping in a shifting and ever-complicated world. For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out at elysabeth@elysabethalfano.com. For more information, visit ElysabethAlfano.com.
Apr 01, 2021•48 min
Author and Dietitian Julieanna Hever shares the top five foods everyone should eat, her tips for starting a plant-based diet and the importance of micro-nutrients found in same. For recipes, for a free 5-day start-up guide go to starting a plant-based diet and for easy, can-do recipes, visit ElysabethAlfano.com/Recipes.
Mar 30, 2021•41 min
Dan Altschuler Malek of Unovis Capital joins me on the Plantbased Business Hour with tips for both entrepreneurs and investors. How To Pick A Winning Plant-based Start-Up? What valuations make sense? How important are numbers in a deck? We get into it all! We discuss what Dan looks for in a founder, why he doesn't invest in public markets and the key to building a successful company. For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out at elysabeth@elysabethalfano.com. For mo...
Mar 24, 2021•1 hr 4 min
It's the Plantbased Business Minute with the week's top headlines. Barvecue breaks ground on the world's largest plant-based smokehouse. 2020 investment in plantbased innovation is 2x the amount from 2010-2020. Nabati, Meatech 3D and NotCo plan for IPOs. For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out at elysabeth@elysabethalfano.com. For more information, visit ElysabethAlfano.com.
Mar 22, 2021•3 min
It's the Plantbased Business Minute for the week ending March 12, 2021. 1. Juicy Marbles is in the house! The World's FIRST Plant-based Steak is here! Filet Mignon, no less! Look what Slovenia is up to! 2. Price parity for Cellular Meat by 2030. 3. The U.K. continues to top the charts with Oatly and OmniPork. Question of the week: Is it just 'crazy, stupid' investor money out there? Join me weekly Plantbased Biz Breakfast Clubhouse to discuss this and more on Fridays at 7:30a PT. For plant-based...
Mar 15, 2021•4 min
