Red to Green Food Sustainability ๐ฅฉ๐ฌโป๏ธ
Business:Entrepreneurship
Part 1: Imagine a world in which our global plastic production would not be based on fossil fuels but renewable resources. A world in which we would still enjoy the convenience of plastic but it would marine degrade within 5-10 years, a short blip of time compared to conventional plastic. Imagine a world in which our products would leave no traces of microplastics, would be kinder to our planet, our animals, and our own health.
What if that future would be possible? Yes, doable? And what would it take?
This is a deep-dive interview and extremely insightful. Seriously, if you donโt listen to any other interview in this season, please listen to this one. We do get quite technical, so it helps if you know the terms compostable, biodegradable, bio-based, and PLA. You can get an introduction to the topic in episode 2.3. or alternatively your search engine of choice will work as well.
Ramani Narayan is a Distinguished Professor at the Michigan State University, renowned for their education on packaging
He has eighty refereed publications in leading journals, fourteen patents, and has edited three books
Ramani serves as the scientific chair of the Biodegradable Products Institute, North America.
We are both advisors to the Global Compostable Alliance. GCA seeks to unite compostable packaging producers.
If you work in the field or know someone working on compostable products, check out at gcaimpacts.org. They are sincerely committed to pushing the field forward and you can get involved for example as a member at gcaimpacts.org
Thanks to our partners of this season Food Labs: Food Labs is a leading European VC and company builder in food, health & sustainability. They cover the entire value chain โ from ag-tech, alternative proteins, water supply, food security, decentralized food production, vertical farming, to food waste and carbon reduction. https://foodlabs.de/
This is a season on plastic alternatives - discussing food packaging and sustainable materials. Alternative packaging options are slowly developing. More and more packaging startups are developing plastic replacements based on fungi or algae. Bioplastics or bio-based plastics like PLA are becoming more resilient. In this season we discuss topics like industrial composting, home composting, compostability, biodegradable and compostable material, single-use plastic, plastic recycling, food waste recycling, and more.
Red to Green is a food tech and sustainability podcast. We cover current food technology topics in-depth with a focus on sustainable innovations. Learn about the food industry in deep-dive seasons featuring industry leaders from food tech startups, corporates, and important VCs. Sustainable food is more than improving individual buying behaviors. Red to Green seeks to move the food industry from harmful to healthy, from polluting to sustainable from Red to Green.
7.8. The Woman Behind Environmentalism ๐ Understanding the GMO debate - Seeds of Science Part II
7. SEASON FINAL - BOOK TALKS - What Food Futurist are you? ๐ฎ Part II of Meals to Come
7.10. Three Archetypes of the Future of Food - The History of the Future of Food
7.9. When a Scientist Whistleblows Pesticides - The Monsanto Papers
7.7. GMO-Activists โ The Biggest Marketing Mistake - Seeds of Science
7.6. Understanding the most used Pesticide - More than Glyphosate ๐ฟ
7.5. Lobbying Strategies in US vs. Europe - Food Politics part II
7.4. Food Politics - How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health
7.3. Understanding Carbon Emissions of Food - The Carbon Footprint of Everything
7.2. Blind Spots of Food Tech ๐ Distribution and Responsibility - Part II of Stuffed and Starved
7.1. Stuffed and Starved ๐ Understanding Inequality in our Food System
7. SEASON TRAILER - Books on the future of food ๐ Reviewing and discussing
6. SEASON FINAL - Summary & Quiz on Biotech in Food - Precision Fermentation, Biomass Fermentation, Molecular Farming and More
6.12. Regulatory approval in Europe vs. the US and Singapore with Seth Roberts, The Good Food Institute Europe
6.11. The investor's perspective on biotech ๐ข in food with Foodlabs Principal Christian Guba
6.10. Scaling food biotechnology ๐ bioreactors, inputs and brains with GFI Lead Scientist Elliot Swartz
6.9. Mimiking Honey and Monoculture Honey Productions ๐ Melibio CEO Darko Mandich
6.8. Cacao-free chocolate ๐ซ and cacao's issues with WNWN Co-Founder Ahrum Pak
6.7. A Critical View on Biotech ๐ Is This Healthy? Is This Safe? ๐ค With Larissa Zimberoff
6.6. Molecular Farming - Growing Whey ๐ฎ in Plants ๐ฑ with Miruku CEO Amos Palfreyman
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
The Commercial Edge: Unleash the Power of People
The emPOWERed Half Hour
Organic Marketing Simplified: Master podcast marketing, fuel podcast growth, and make money podcasting!
THE GO BIZ GUY
The Sigma Femme Podcast
The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway
The Tim Ferriss Show