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A well-tended garden of inspirational ideas and origin stories for food people.

S5 Ep10: The Mylk of the Future Brooke Harris
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S5 Ep10: The Mylk of the Future Brooke Harris

When we think of a plant-based product, we think about healthy, organic, cruelty-free foods that are full of goodness. This is the inspiration behind Brooke’s Good Mylk Co. Brooke Harris turned to a plant-based diet to improve her health.

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S5 Ep9: Making Healthy Eats That Taste Like Treats with Stella Vanstone
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S5 Ep9: Making Healthy Eats That Taste Like Treats with Stella Vanstone

This week, Justine and Stellar Eats founder, Stella Vanstone sit together to discuss how wellness became associated with food products that are riddled with the “diet” culture, why eating should be more about how we feel and not how we look, how to navigate the financial side of food, and why we should be intentional about the language we use when we market our brand.

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S5 Ep5: The Food System is Not the Problem— It’s the Solution with Danielle Nierenberg
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S5 Ep5: The Food System is Not the Problem— It’s the Solution with Danielle Nierenberg

Co-founded by Danielle Nierenberg, Food Tank is dedicated to building a community toward a more resilient food system. Food Tank is a non-profit organization that works to advance the conversation around food and agriculture by promoting sustainable agricultural solutions and providing training programs to help local communities face the challenges unique to them.

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S5 Ep4: Microbial Oil— Solving Global Issues with the Tiniest Organisms on Earth with Lars Langhout
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S5 Ep4: Microbial Oil— Solving Global Issues with the Tiniest Organisms on Earth with Lars Langhout

Founded in 2020 by Lars Langhout, NoPalm Ingredients seeks to create a better alternative to palm oil. Thanks to their non-GMO and vegan-friendly microbial oil, the need for palm oil is replaced, not only in the food industry but also in its use in cosmetics and detergents. At the Fi Global Startup Challenge held last year, NoPalm Ingredients was named the Most Innovative F&B Ingredient or Processing Technology.

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S5 Ep 3: Vegan for Animals, Vegan for Humans with Shawn Bannon
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S5 Ep 3: Vegan for Animals, Vegan for Humans with Shawn Bannon

Directed and Produced by award-winning filmmaker Shawn Bannon, The Smell of Money sheds light on this horrific truth. This documentary features the story of Elsie Herring and the rest of her community and their decade-long battle to reclaim their rights to clean water and a healthy environment.

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S4 Ep45: Creating Cow-less, Plant-based Ice Cream that Truly Tastes Like the Real Deal with Aylon Steinhart, Eclipse Foods
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S4 Ep45: Creating Cow-less, Plant-based Ice Cream that Truly Tastes Like the Real Deal with Aylon Steinhart, Eclipse Foods

Co-founded by Aylon Steinhart, Eclipse Foods, aims to create a more sustainable, ethical, and healthy food system by developing plant-based alternatives to dairy products. Moving away from using produce from factory farms presented challenges but Eclipse Foods knew that this action was a big step toward making an impact on the environment and human health.

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S4 Ep 43: Connecting Culture, Pleasure and Sustainability of the Human Food Experience Through Neuroscience with Mario Ubiali
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S4 Ep 43: Connecting Culture, Pleasure and Sustainability of the Human Food Experience Through Neuroscience with Mario Ubiali

Mario Ubiali founded Thimus with the vision of humanizing the food experience. Their team consists of biomedical engineers and cognitive neuroscientists who have developed a high-level portable electroencephalogram/EEG device with dry sensors embedded in the hardware to provide neurophysiological data used in analyzing and interpreting human behavior, specifically toward food.

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