Future Food with Analisa Winther
Episodes
A prayer 12 years in the making and the fear that came with it
01 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In December 2025, I was asked to speak in front of 400 women working on the future of food. I knew this moment was significant, but it wasn't unti...
2025 Review: My Year of Reclamation
24 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A few years back, I adopted a new tradition. Instead of making a resolution, I set an intention for the year by choosing one word that encompasses wha...
Making farmers famous with Analisa Winther from Top 50 Farmers
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of What The Field?! by CrowdFarming, I sit down with Cristina Domecq and Emilia Aguirre to talk about why it’s so important to recog...
Biomimicry Institute on imitating nature’s genius
18 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if we looked to nature first? Innovation often starts in our heads, but what if it began by observing the world around us? Nature has been solvin...
Top 50 Farmer’s Fundraising Journey
31 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Top 50 Farmers is scaling regenerative agriculture by spotlighting and empowering the farmers leading the way. Their vision is to make regenerat...
5 leadership trends driving change
26 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Leading change through food requires a different mindset. It's not the same as building a tech or software company. Over the years, I've coach...
Pasturebird on becoming the world’s largest pasture raised poultry producer
25 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Greive is a regenerative farmer, entrepreneur, investor, and the founder of Pasturebird, the world's largest pasture raised poultry producer,...
3 keys to being a visionary leader
24 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In my executive coaching practice, I work with leaders who are building a better future through food. Over time, I have noticed that the most visionar...
Restaurant Leo on Gastronomy for Development
29 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Laura Hernández Espinosa is part of the mother-daughter team behind Restaurant Leo in Bogota, Colombia. Leo has been named one of the World’s 50 B...
Personal due diligence will change your business
12 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For over a decade, I have been building innovation ecosystems and putting together investment and partnership deals to facilitate innovation. In this...
Mycelium Gastronomy on the ethics of food innovation
22 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Estefania Simon-Sasyk is a Michelin-trained chef. After leading kitchens across Asia, South America, and Europe, her desire to make a broader impact l...
The biggest food and beverage trends of 2024
02 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I’m proud to sit on the Advisory Board of Sparks & Honey, a global consultancy that helps some of the world’s biggest brands understand explos...
Events break down silos and bring the agrifood ecosystem together
25 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As an ecosystem developer, I've learned that why we gather and how we do it is key for breaking down silos, sparking innovation, disseminating inf...
Climate Farmers on scaling regenerative agriculture in Europe
16 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Philippe Birker is the Founder of Climate Farmers, which supports European farmers across in the transition towards regenerative agriculture by provid...
Creating Your Dreams with Business Henriette
24 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On a steamy summer day in NYC, I was interviewed by Businesstalk Henriette about how I created my career and built a life I love. We discuss why build...
Haley Nichole on nourishing change through hormonal health
09 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What’s the connection between hormonal health, nutrition, and our food system? Join Analisa in conversation with Haley Nicole, a women’s health an...
Analisa Winther on the future food revolution
21 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Changing the food system to meet the UN’s environmental goals could generate close to $10 trillion of additional revenue or cost savings. This is a ...
Citizens of Soil on why olive oil is liquid gold
27 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Future Food, we explore regenerative olive oil Analisa interviews Sarah Vachon, the CEO of UK-based Citizens Of Soil, which sources...
Lessons Learned from 1 Year of Business
17 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
October 2022 I decided to start my own business. To make my 1 year business anniversary, this minisode gives an honest, behind the scene look into my ...
How to Start Angel Investing in ClimateTech
19 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A few months ago, I was interviewed by Yoann Berno for his podcast Climate Insiders to talk about how I put together deals between startups and invest...
Meraki Impact on investing in regenerative agriculture through venture philanthropy
24 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Fernando Russo is the co-founder of Meraki Impact, a single family office from Brazil dedicated to investments in regenerative agriculture, forest and...
Tony's Chocolonely on making chocolate 100% slave free
14 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In 2007, journalist Teun van de Keuken turned himself in for eating chocolate. He claimed that by buying chocolate he was benefiting from child slaver...
What Makes Investor-Startup Relationships Great (Video)
30 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How can startups in the climate, ag, and foodtech space get the funding they need to scale their solutions? Climentum Capital, a European VC, asked me...
Claus Meyer on eating as an agricultural act
09 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Claus Meyer is a true gastronomic entrepreneur. He co-founded Noma with Rene Redzepi, which has been voted the best restaurant in the world multiple t...
Attracting the Right Investors
19 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How do you find the right investor for a startup? This is a million dollar question that early stage startups ask me all the time. And, I get it. Find...
Introducing Future Food with Analisa Winther
12 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
4 years ago I started the Nordic FoodTech Podcast. A lot has happened since then. I’ve evolved. The show’s evolved and now it’s time for a chang...
WWF's Brent Loken on solving the great food puzzle
13 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When it comes to the solving the climate crisis, food is a big part of the puzzle. Food is responsible for 1/3 of greenhouse gas emissions, but histor...
NordGen's Lise Lykke Steffensen on storing seeds to safeguard our future food supply
08 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
At the top of Norway near the Arctic Circle, you will find the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. Like you and I back up our phones and computers, seed banks...
Instict vs. Intuition-Based Leadership
30 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
One of my favorite questions to ask leaders is: what is your relationship to your intuition? This question always leads to a fascinating conversation ...
The Kogi on merging indigenous wisdom with modern science and tech
09 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Kogis escaped colonization by retreating high up into the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountains of Colombia. This is nothing short of a miracle. ...
Intention Setting and Designing Your Year
09 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Here are two exercises I often do at the end of the year. The first one is about reflecting on what happened in the year past before defining what you...
Fiskerikajen's Jesper Hansen on modern day fishmongering
17 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jesper Hansen started his career as a Michelin chef before getting into fish. He was the Sous Chef of Søllerød Kro in Denmark helping the famous fin...
How to get on a podcast
09 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this minisode, I cover how to pitch a podcast you might want to appear on to promote your business. I go over the criteria I have for the Nordic Fo...
Kaffe Bueno on unleashing coffee's full potential
02 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Coffee is a filled with bioactive compounds that beneficial for our health and well being, but when you or I brew a cup we tap less than 1% of the pla...
3 mistakes to avoid when pitching foreign investors
26 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As a startup you have to pitch all of the time. As your company grows and takes on new markets and foreign investors, you have to adapt your pitch to ...
Marine Stewardship Council on the future of fisheries
17 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Marine Stewardship Council is kind of a big deal in the world of fish. They are the organization that sets the standards for sustainable fisheries...
Big News!
11 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I've got big news to share! I am going 100% in on starting my own business, which includes growing the podcast. In this episode, I share the details b...
Line Rise Nielsen on big kitchens for food system transformation
30 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hospitals, schools, prisons, elderly homes, day cares, and corporate canteens are all examples of public or professional kitchens. Every day these kit...
Greenland's Maliina Abelsen on unleashing sustainable solutions
19 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Maliina Abelsen is the Head of Programme at UNICEF in Greenland. From 2009-2013 she was a Member of Parliament in the Greenlandic Inatsisartut where s...
Kitchen Collective Founder Mia Maja Hansson on launching new food ventures
30 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mia Maja Hansson has been super influential in nurturing Copenhagen’s food startup scene. She launched Kitchen Collective, one of the first test kit...
Aarstiderne Founder Søren Ejlersen on pioneering home grocery delivery
15 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It feels like grocery delivery services and subscription meal boxes are everywhere these days. But it's actually not that new of a trend. Aarstiderne ...
Give Feedback, Win $200
08 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Once a year I crowdsource feedback from listeners about the show as well as ideas for future guests / topics you’d like to see me cover. The 10 ques...
Fringe Flavors and Ingredients (Sparks & Honey Guest Post)
22 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
If you're only now talking about turmeric, you're too late. Sparks & Honey's Daily Culture Briefings focus on the cultural signals that are consta...
Heja Framtiden: Analisa Winther (Guest Post)
14 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Heja Framtiden (Go Future) is a popular Swedish podcast by Christian von Essen. He interviews all kinds of people about the future and how we can make...
3 Nordic Investors Views on the Future of Food
02 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I pulled together three of the top investors in food and ag from the Nordics for a fast-paced, spirit conversation on how they view and are investing ...
Gullspång Re:Food Gustaf Brandberg on investing patient capital in the food system
17 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Building a food company and transitioning to more sustainable agriculture takes time and requires more patient capital with a long-term view. Re:food ...
Aquaporin on using nature's genius to solve the water crisis
04 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Water is key because we cannot live without it. We needed to nurture and water our crops and to manufacture all kinds of different things. In today's ...
Nordic Wasabi grows in the greenhouses of Iceland
21 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Real wasabi is rare and expensive. It requires a specific temperature and a constant stream of fresh water to grow, which has isolated it to the mount...
Bård Jervan on why tourism needs food
07 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Bård Jervan is a Senior Partner at Mimir. He was deeply involved in writing and developing the new Norwegian national Tourism Strategy for 2030. A co...
Maersk's VC arm on tackling food waste
17 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Maersk Growth is the venture arm of A. P. Moller – Maersk, one of the largest shipping and logitics companies in the world. 1/3 of all food is waste...
Puris's CEO Tyler Lorenzen on the power of peas
10 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Based in Minnesota, Puris is the largest producer of pea protein in North America supplying the likes of Beyond Meat. Fast Company named them the most...
Lakrids by Bülow's Founder on creating an iconic brand
25 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
If you’ve been to the Nordics, odds are you've tried licorice. In today’s episode, we dive into the story of the luxury licorice and chocolate com...
The Miracle of Hemp on the Island of Bornholm
19 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Signe Anker is the Co-Founder of Bornholmerhampen. She and her partner were some of the first people in Denmark to start growing hemp again. Today, th...
The Story of Denmark's Billion Kroner Investment Into Plant-based
05 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In October 2021, the Danish government announced that it was allocating 1 billion kroner or 168 million euro to ramp up plant-based food production. T...
Chromologics' CEO Gerit Tolborg on natural vs artificial food colorants
22 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
There is a big trend in the food and cosmetic industry to move away from artificial colors and flavors, replacing them with natural ingredients. My gu...
Artist Alexandra Genis on 3D printing flavor molecules
14 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Listen again. Artist and food designer Alexandra Genis is set on challenging your notion of artificiality and what sustainability means in the context...
Dr. Mikelis Grivins on foraging and the black market for wild foods
08 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Listen again. Foraging exists in a delicate balanace with nature. If we take too much, it can lead to environmental degradation. At the same time, it ...
ICA on shifting the Swedish food system
26 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
ICA is one of the biggest grocery retailers in Sweden. Every week, around 12 million people pass through their stores. Recognizing the important role ...
Chef Gunnar Karl Gíslason on Iceland's food traditions
13 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Gunnar Karl Gíslason is the founding chef behind Dill, which was the first restaurant in Iceland to receive a Michelin star. He is also the author of...
A Special Message
26 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As the year wraps up, here are a few reflections from 2021 as well as some announcements for what's to come in 2022. If you would like to support the ...
Delås Farm on regenerative agriculture and REKO rings
22 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In 2017, Camilla and Raymund were trying to get the best food possible to feed their family. Realizing that food is tightly linked with health, they w...
Yara's EVP of Farming Solutions Terje Knutsen on green fertilizer, carbon sequestration, and precision agriculture
10 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Yara is the world’s leading producer of nitrate-based fertilizer. Most fertilizers are produced using fossil fuels. Fertilizer runoff has also...
Saltverk's CEO Björn Steinar Jónsson on Icelandic salt production from geothermal energy
29 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Danish king established salt production in Iceland in the 18th century using geothermal energy. The production stopped a few decades later, but th...
Iceland Ocean Cluster's Founder Thor Sigfusson on using 100% of a fish
09 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Iceland is known for having some of the most productive fisheries in the world. Some even call it the Silicon Valley of white fish. In this episode, T...
Seaweed Solutions on the multi-billion market for European seaweed
29 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jon Funderud is the CEO of Seaweed Solutions. Since 2009, they have been a pioneer in building up Europe's seaweed production, collaborating with play...
Electrolux Innovation Hub's Tove Chevalley on designing a future kitchen for sustainable eating
14 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Electrolux was founded in 1901. Today, they offer a full line of kitchen and laundry appliances, inspired by their work in designing professional prod...
Tim Wendelboe on biological coffee farming and chasing great taste from seed to cup
05 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Tim Wendelboe runs his own roastery and espresso bar in Oslo, Norway where he imports, roasts and serves high quality coffees. Tim has won multiple in...
Coffee Collective's Klaus Thomsen on creating sustainability and transparency across the coffee supply chain
05 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Klaus Thomsen is one of the Founders of Coffee Collective. Their goal is to explore and unfold exceptional coffee experiences, in a manner thatgives b...
OceanHarvest Founder Joachim Hjerl on regenerative ocean farming
24 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Regenerative ocean farming has been identified as a key solution to climate change. It’s the practice of growing seaweed along with several kinds of...
Oatly’s Founder Björn Öste on the 25 year journey of building an overnight success
05 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Björn Öste founded Oatly with his brother Rickard in 1994. Fast forward to today and Oatly IPOed in May 2021 at a value of $10 billion. But how did ...
Alchemist's Diego Prado on the R&D behind Holisitic Cuisine
28 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Diego Prado is the Head of R&D at Alchemist Explore - the research and development arm of restaurant Alchemist focused on making new dishes and conduc...
Carlsberg's Tenna Skov Thorsted on sustainability and the Together Towards Zero program
14 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Carlsberg’s Together Towards Zero program consists of four major ambitions - ZERO carbon footprint, ZERO water waste, ZERO irresponsible drinking, a...
How and why the Nordic FoodTech Podcast got started
21 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Nordic FoodTech Podcast spotlights individuals and organizations who are creating the future through food. In this episode, the Host and Creator o...
Vivino Founder Heini Zachariassen on disrupting the wine industry with tech and community
09 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Over 10 years ago, Heini Zachariassen and his co-founder Theis Søndergaard founded Vivino because they were frustrated by not knowing which wine to b...
Nick's Founder Niclas Luthman on fighting diabetes with guilt free sweets
25 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The story of Nick's begins in 2014, when a Swedish serial entrepreneur with a background in mechanical engineering was diagnosed as pre-diabetic. Nicl...
C40 Cities Zachary Tofias on how a network of the world’s megacities is addressing climate change
04 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The C40 network consists of 97 cities representing 700+ million citizens and one quarter of the global economy. The mayors of these cities are committ...
Love matchmaker LeMarc Thomas on building strong partnerships and collaborations
12 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is the internationally renowned love matchmaker Lemarc Thomas who is based in Stockholm. A life-long student of psychology, Lemarc lear...
True Gum's Founder on creating a plastic-free chewing gum
23 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In 2016, Peter Juul Regnersgaard and his co-founders realized that most gum is made with a plastic core. This launched a hobby project, which turned i...
Chufly Import’s Ramon Escobar on how drinking wine can lead to economic prosperity in Bolivia and beyond
08 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Ramon Escobar, the founder of Chufly Imports, which curates, imports, and markets a portfolio of premium wine and spirits from the w...
Paulig Group's investment arm on the future of taste
24 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Marika King who is the Head of PINC, Paulig Group’s corporate venture capital arm, which is focused on investing in the future of ...
Norrsken Impact Accelerator and Trellis Road on scaling impact
10 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Norrsken Impact Accelerator is based in Stockholm. This year, the program is focused on accepting startups who are addressing big challenges relat...
Dumpster diver and activist Matt Homewood on supermarket food waste
02 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Matt Homewood better known as @anurbanharvester on Instagram is a food waste activist. He is part of a community of urban harvesters who have taken to...
Chr. Hansen's Julien Biolley on building their microbial platform and working with startups
14 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Julien Biolley heads up the Marketing and Business Development activities for Chr. Hansen’s Food Cultures & Enzymes in North America. Chr. Hansen is...
Restaurant bloggers Anders Husa and Kaitlin Orr on creating community through food
05 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Anders Husa (@anderhusa) and Kaitlin Orr (@carnivorr) are Scandinavia's most influential restaurant bloggers with an audience of over 300,000 people o...
Vækstfonden's Eric-Alan Rapp on how the Danish state is investing in the future of food
21 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Vaekstfonden is the Danish State’s investment fund. Since 1992, they've funded over 9 thousand companies with investments amounting to more than 4.4...
Nordic FoodTech VC's Lauri Reuter on the Nordic's first food focused venture capital fund
09 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Lauri Reuter is a scientist-turned-investor and a founder and partner of the Nordic Foodtech VC, which invests explicitly in Nordic and Baltic early-s...
Industrial Hemp in the Nordics - A Startup Story
16 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Hemp is considered nature's miracle plant. With over 25,000 known applications hemp can be used to make everything from paper to textiles, fuel, build...
Relæ's Restaurant Manager on COVID, 10 years of service, and the end of an era
02 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This year has been wild for everyone in the restaurant industry, but 2020 has proven to be especially memorable for Relæ. Not only did they celebrate...
Daniel S. Ruben on moving from eradicating hunger to sustainably nourishing people
02 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel is a consultant to The Rockefeller Foundation Food Initiative. He previously supported the Foundation’s food and agriculture strategy refresh...
Kinga Eysturland on Faroese Food
14 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Isolated in the North Atlantic, for many years the Faroese largely relied on eating what was found in the environment around them. They learned to us...
The Fabric Source's Mie Tingsager Nielsen on farming fabrics
07 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Mie Tingsager Nielsen whose relationship to design and sustainability is expansive. She is a sustainable business advisor at Closed...
Juno the Bakery's Noah Erhun on the resurgence of heritage grains
10 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Noah Erhun has 8 years of experience working in artisanal bakeries in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, and today in Denmark where he leads ...
Dyrehøj Vingaard's Betina Newberry on why Scandinavia wine production is good business
14 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Climate change is warming the Nordics making it increasingly possible to produce wine commercially. Recently, the New York Times published a front pa...
Hey Planet's Malena Sigurgeirsdóttir on why a vegetarian eats insects
23 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Malena Sigurgeirsdóttir is the co-founder of Wholi Foods, which was one of the first European companies to produce products with insect protein. Thei...
Alexandra Genis on designing food for a post-agriculture age
11 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Alexandra Genis is an artist and the principal designer at TAS2R, a Food Design Studio in Berlin propagating Gastro-Intestinal Science-Fiction. She us...
Dr. Mikelis Grivins on foraging and the black market for wild foods
27 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Is foraging sustainable? Is a black market around wild foods okay? Dr. Mikelis Grivins, a senior researcher at the Baltic Studies Centre, has built h...
Parsons New School Asst. Professor Raz Godelnik on designing for the climate crisis
17 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My guest is Raz Godelnik Assistant Professor of Strategic Design and Management at the Parsons School of Design New School where he is exploring new b...
University of Greenland's Aviaja Lyberth Hauptmann on how the world's diet revolution is challenging Greenland
04 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
For a millennia, the Inuit people have managed to survive off the land of Greenland, an extreme Arctic environment. Aviaja Lyberth Hauptmann has be...
TotalCtrl's Charlotte Aschim on the digital fight against food waste
27 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Charlotte Aschim is CEO and Co-Founder of the Norwegian startup TotalCtrl, which makes food waste prevention software for grocery stores, hotels, and ...
K Group's Heidi Jungar on sustainability in grocery retail
07 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
K Group is the 2nd biggest grocery retailer in the Finnish market. They've been celebrated for being the most sustainable trading sector company in th...