Future of Foods Interviews - Alt Proteins, Cell Agriculture, an End to Factory Farming.

Innovate Animal Ag are a think tank promoting the use of technology to improve standards for animals used in agriculture. They are at the forefront of In OVO sexing technology currently used in 20% of egg hatcheries in the EU and soon to be introduced to the USA. Without such technology as many as 7 billion male chicks are killed pointlessly each year. Future of Foods speaks to director Casey Downey on the many and varied ways of telling whether an egg is a male or a female.

Alex from Future of Foods Inteviews speaks to Mitchell Scott, the visionary leader behind alternative protein investment vehicle Cult Food Science, based in Canada. Cult Food is a publicly traded company which has seen celebrated growth in recent months. He’s also CEO and founder of Better Butchers which uses mushrooms to replace meat in its deli style products. Cult recently launched protein packed meat free dog food treats called 'Noochies'. You can catch all episodes on your favourite podcast channels and on Youtube. If you wish to make a contribution to the smooth continuation of Future of Foods Interviews you can do so here.https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ABYF9L6UY3A5Y

CEO of Onego Bio Maija Itkonen talks to Alex Crisp from Future of Foods Interviews. Onego are a BioTech food company making egg proteins without chickens. The commercial demand for egg proteins account for a third of all eggs and demand is going up.The cruelty experienced by egg producing chickens is no mystery to us and so Onego have provided a real solution to this problem.Food manufacturers agree that getting egg proteins from tortured chickens is just not sustainable anymore. Onego wants to take the burden away from egg producers so that they can concentrate on producing better eggs for breakfast plates in better conditions for chickens.To discuss collaboration email crisplexmail@gmail.com

Mark Warner is CEO of Liberation Labs, leading the construction of 4 x 150,000 litre precision fermenters in Indiana USA which he expects will be up and running early next year. With production capacity up to 1200 metric tonnes of pure protein such as Casein.Liberation Labs has the space to build up to 4 million litre capacity and they have high ambitions for growth across the globe.Contact crisplexmail@gmail.com for collaboration or sponsorship.

Future of Foods speaks to founder and former CEO of Shiok Meats, Sandhya Sriram, about her experiences leading a pioneering cultivated seafood company through the early stages of commercialisation. Catch the full interview here. If you've enjoyed this episode or any others DONATIONs are gratefully received.https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ABYF9L6UY3A5Y

Illtud Dunsford is the CEO and founder of Cellular Agriculture Ltd which builds bioreactors for growing cells for use in cultivated meat. His career has seen him move from dairy farmer to meat farmer - then into the film business and now to cultivated cells. He believes cultivated meat will become a necessity rather than just a choice as the population continues to grow and the environmental problems continue to escalate. Future of Foods Interviews speaks to him about his role in the growth and development of the industry in the UK and worldwide.If you’ve enjoyed this episode or any others please support by leaving a small donation. https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ABYF9L6UY3A5Y

‘Ultra Processed’ is a term frequently used. You may have heard it used to describe plant based foods or alternative proteins in a mostley derogatory way to imply that the food is of lesser quality or of lower health benefit to what is percieved as more natural food sources. So what is Ultra Processed Food? Is it just misunderstood. Why does it get a negative press?In this episode of Future of Foods Interviews I speak to Jenny Chapman, academic and author and expert on Ultra Processed, to get the low down.

Why are nearly half of all Americans and a quarter of British people obese? Jack Bobo thinks it’s a systemic failure.Jack is director of the Food Systems Institute at Nottingham University. He was formally food advisor to George Bush and Barak Obama. His latest book ‘Why Smart people make bad food choices’ looks at factors causing the global obesity problem.Watch and subscribe on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@FutureofFoodsFOR DONATIONS https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ABYF9L6UY3A5Y

Alex from Future of Foods discusses the investment case for alternative proteins with vegan entrepreneur, fund manager and impact venture capitalist and CEO Claire Smith. They discuss the ethics, the potential gains, the pitfalls, and the future. Claire shows that there is a way to invest ethically and still make plenty of money. DONATIONs to FoF are gratefully received.https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ABYF9L6UY3A5Y Watch and subscribe on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@FutureofFoods

Alex from FoF speaks to Abby Couture and Billy Nicholles, both from Bryant research. In this episode we discuss why so many meat eaters don’t like plant based food - the 4 Ns - Natural, Normal, Necessary, and Nice - and why women are more likely to eat plant based food than men. We talk about the techniques around information gathering at Bryant Research, as well as whether chicken is a health food and why 7 billion male chicks are killed each year. If you enjoyed this episode consider leaving a donation DONATIONshttps://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ABYF9L6UY3A5Y