Grow Everything Biotech Podcast 24. From Fungi to Fun-guy: Eben Bayer Scales Mycelium Again with Bacon at My Forest Foods
Episode Description:
In this episode of Grow Everything, Eben Bayer, the Founder of Ecovative, joins Erum and Karl to discuss the intersection of biotech, sustainability, and business growth. He emphasizes the importance of aligning business with mission building, focusing on mycelium and adventure studio to promote sustainability and growth. They also explore the potential of bacon in driving business growth and promoting sustainability, and how biotech companies are expanding into bigger meat cuts and clean label meat. Lastly, they delve into the challenges of balancing innovation with environmental concerns and how biotech companies are working towards sustainable solutions while driving business growth.
Grow Everything brings to life the bioeconomy when hosts Karl Schmieder and Erum Azeez Khan share stories from the field and interview leaders and influencers in the space. Life is a powerful force and it can be engineered. What are we creating?
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Topics Covered:
- 00:00:00 - Why a Chicken is Like a Household Appliance: A Fun Introduction
- 00:02:06 - From Copenhagen: A Vacation Update
- 00:04:13 - The Innovation at Carlsberg Campus: Exciting News
- 00:07:28 - Meet Eben, Founder of Ecovative: An Introduction
- 00:13:02 - Eco-Friendly Packaging Solution: An Innovative Approach
- 00:18:13 - Global Expansion: Ceilings Packaging Product Out-licensed by Company
- 00:20:47 - Driving Growth Through Bacon Production: CEO of Food Co's Focus
- 00:22:04 - Expanding to Natural Grocers: A Focus on Organic Pork Bacon for Natural Markets
- 00:25:03 - The Importance of Bacon in Business: Expanding into Bigger Meat Cuts
- 00:29:50 - Sustainable Living and Alternative Energy Sources: Off-Grid Living and Farming
- 00:31:45 - Biotech Enthusiast's Love for Albany: Recommends Energy in the Earth Machine
- 00:36:35 - The Complexity of Nature and Technology: A Discussion
- 00:38:44 - Countries with Longest Summer Days and Happy Vibes: A Fun Fact
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