Future of Foods Interviews - Alt Proteins, Cell Agriculture, an End to Factory Farming.
Episodes
The Evolutionary Bond - Mycelium Scaffolds with Alice Millbank.
16 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Crisp talks to Dr Alice Millbank, to explore one of the most intriguing ideas in cultivated meat: using mycelium—the fibrous root network of fu...
Cultivated Hamster Meat for Dogs? - Bene Meat
19 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Roman Kriz, is CEO of Bene Meat Technologies, an ambitious and perhaps one of the most unconventional players in the cultivated-meat landscape. Bene M...
How Much is Meat and Dairy Spending on Greenwashing - Nusa Urbancic
20 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Future of Foods Interviews speaks to Nusa Urbancic, CEO of the Changing Markets Foundation, where she leads investigations exposing how the meat...
Investing Into Alt Proteins - How Cargill is Shifting the Dial for Agribusinesses.
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Future of Foods Interviews, host Alex Crisp speaks with Guilhem Jarmin, Category & Portfolio Solutions Director Meat & Dair...
Making Protein from Thin Air - Sonja Billerbeck
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Future of Foods Interviews, Alex speaks to Dr. Sonja Billerbeck, synthetic biologist and researcher at Imperial College London, who...
Making Protein from Thin Air - Sonja Billerbeck
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Future of Foods Interviews, Alex speaks to Dr. Sonja Billerbeck, synthetic biologist and researcher at Imperial College London, who...
Can plant based burgers taste better than meat? - Caroline Cotto from Nectar
06 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Future of Foods Interviews, Alex talks to Caroline Cotto, co-founder of NECTAR, the world’s first sensory intelligence platform f...
Denmark spends over €100 million on plant based transition - Marie Louise Boisen Lendal
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Danish government committed one billion kroner to support the development of plant-based foods, a landmark decision that positioned sustainability...
How Does Cultivated Meat Grow? - Lessons from Dr Sienkmane and Dr Esperanza
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Future of Foods Interviews, the podcast where we explore the science, policy, and people shaping the future of food, I speak to two...
Protein Transition Via Supermarket Shelves - Madre Brava
26 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Crisp, host of Future of Foods Interviews, speaks to Madre Brava's CEO, Vicky Bond. Vicky, who is a former vet, thinks a transition to plant base...
Transitioning Away from Intensive Animal Farming - FAIRR Initiative
23 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Future of Foods Interviews, Alex speaks to Sajeev Mohankumar from FAIRR (Farm Animal Investment Risk & Return) to explore the c...
We Are Eating the Earth - A FoF Interview with Michael Grunwald
30 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this 60th episode of FoF Interviews, host Alex Crisp speaks with journalist and author Michael Grunwald about his devastatingly important new book,...
One year on at Liberation Labs (Now Liberation Bioindustries)
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join us for an exclusive catch up conversation with Mark Warner, CEO of Liberation Bioindustries—formerly Liberation Labs—as we find out what they...
Making real beef without slaughter - Ivy Farm Cultivated Meat.
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Future of Foods Interviews we delve into the cutting edge of food innovation with Ivy Farm Technologies, a UK-based leader in c...
To Understand FDA Regulation Speak to Senior Scientist - Eric Schulze
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The latest Future of Foods Interview features Eric Schulze, who discusses his diverse career path from working at the FDA to joining Upside Foods and ...
Becoming the leader in cultivated meat fat - Hoxton Farms
10 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Max Jamilly, CEO and co-founder of Hoxton Farms, outlines his background in cell biology and venture capital and explains the journey to founding ...
Will 25% of the Meat in your Hamburger be Cultivated Meat? - Meatable
24 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff Tripician is a seasoned leader in the meat industry, now driving innovation as CEO of Meatable, a company making cultivated meat in the Netherlan...
Making Dairy Proteins Without the Cow - Daisy Lab
11 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Daisy Lab is a New Zealand-based food tech startup making animal-free dairy proteins through precision fermentation. Founded in 2021, the company prod...
Cultivated Meat Comes to the UK - Pets First - Meatly
03 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Future of Foods Interviews, I talk to Helder Cruz, Chief Scientific Officer of Meatly, a company at the forefront of the cultivated...
AI will help us grow animal proteins without using animals - Dominik Grabinski
19 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dominik Grabinski is CEO and Founder of AI Bobby, a Paris-based startup using generative AI to revolutionize alternative proteins through precision fe...
Making plant based food mainstream - From THIS to A Bit Weird
11 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Future of Foods, Alex talks to Andy Shovel, the co-founder of THIS, the plant-based brand that aims to make meat alternatives so re...
Bringing Cultivated Beef to the World - Aleph Farms
27 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this special 50th episode of Future of Foods Interviews, host Alex Crisp meets Didier Toubia, co-founder and CEO of Aleph Farms, to discuss their l...
Creating dairy proteins through precision fermentation - Bon Vivant
06 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Bon Vivant is a French company reshaping the future of dairy with cutting-edge biotechnology. Focused on creating animal-free dairy proteins, Bon Viva...
How AI 'virtual labs' are advancing alternative proteins - Triplebar
18 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Jeremy Agresti joins Alex Crisp on Future of Foods Interviews to discuss how Triplebar’s technology is transforming the production of alternativ...
New Technology Ends Male Chick Culling - NestFresh
09 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Future of Foods Interviews speaks to NestFresh, a trailblazer in humane farming and cutting-edge technology. Known for their commitment to animal welf...
Getting cultivated proteins approved around the world - Hannah Lester
27 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hannah Lester is the CEO of Atova Consulting, a leader in regulatory strategy and compliance solutions for novel foods, with a special focus on cultiv...
Bubbles in the Bioreactor for Quicker Fermentation - Hydrosome Labs
20 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hydrosome Labs is at the forefront of ultrafine bubble technology. One promising area of focus is precision fermentation where their technology is poi...
For the next generation of meat lovers - plant based - Redefine Meat
13 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Alex Crisp talks to Eshchar Ben-Shitrit, the dynamic CEO and co-founder of Redefine Meat, a trailblazing company revolutionizing the ...
Can livestock methane emissions be reduced without reducing livestock? - Paul Wood
05 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Wood, a board member at the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering, advocates for innovative solutions to reduce agricultural methane e...
Providing for Future Food Startups in the EU - EIT Food
23 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Crisp speaks to the EIT (European Institute of Innovation and Technology) - an initiative that promotes innovation and entrepreneurship across Eu...
Animal Free Leather Handbags and Shoes - VitroLabs Inc
01 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Future of Foods Interviews' Alex Crisp speaks to Lance Kizer, CTO at Vitro Labs, a pioneering biotech company making leather from cells.Around 23billi...
The future of cellular agriculture with Anthony Chow - Agronomics
13 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“McKinsey [& Co] put out a report suggesting that up to 60% of all physical imputs to supply chains could be produced using biomanufacturing”I...
Investing in the future of food - ID Capital
11 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Was the rush to invest in Alt Proteins 4 years ago a big bubble? Alex speaks to Isabell Decitre who runs a venture Capital investment company in Asia ...
Cow free milk from Senara GmBH - Svenja Dannewitz Prosseda
11 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Senara is based in Germany and is the first company in Europe to produce cell cultivated Milk. It was founded 2 years ago and since then the cost per ...
Egg sexing prevents billions of deaths - Innovate Animal Ag
31 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Investing in the future of alt protein and 'Noochies' too - Cult Food Science
15 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Alex from Future of Foods Inteviews speaks to Mitchell Scott, the visionary leader behind alternative protein investment vehicle Cult Food Science, ba...
Making the egg proteins without the chicken - Onego Bio
21 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 chic...
Making protein without animals - Liberation Labs
11 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 a...
Lessons learned from Shiok Meats - Sandhya Sriram
03 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Future of Foods speaks to founder and former CEO of Shiok Meats, Sandhya Sriram, about her experiences leading a pioneering cultivated seafood company...
Bioreactors are the 'picks and shovels' of Cultivated Meat - Illtud Dunsford
24 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Illtud Dunsford is the CEO and founder of Cellular Agriculture Ltd which builds bioreactors for growing cells for use in cultivated meat. His career h...
You don't need to panic about Ultra Processed Foods - Jenny Chapman
08 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
‘Ultra Processed’ is a term frequently used. You may have heard it used to describe plant based foods or alternative proteins in a mostley derogat...
Why do smart people make bad food choices? - Interview with Jack Bobo
26 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 Sy...
Investing ethically and without harm to animals - Claire Smith from Beyond Investing
07 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Alex from Future of Foods discusses the investment case for alternative proteins with vegan entrepreneur, fund manager and impact venture capitalist a...
Why so many male chicks are killed each year - Bryant Research
26 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 p...
Can mushrooms save the world - Denis Vidmar - Mushroom Hub
13 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Future of Foods discusses the wonderous world of fungi with enthusiast grower, seller and promoter, Denis Vidmar. Listen to this exploration into mus...
Why blue cheese is good for you - fungi power - Interview with Prof Paul Dyer
31 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Alex discusses breeding fungi with Paul Dyer - producing new varieties of blue cheese. Blue cheese might seem like the hot new thing but people have b...
Should you invest in Alt Proteins? The Good Food Institute
16 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Laine Clark from the GFI speaks to Alex from the Future of Foods Interviews about trends in investments across the different sectors of alt' protein (...
Branding cultivated meat - Siena Dexter and Lauren Tracht
04 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Alex talks to two branding experts to get the insights on how industry should be selling cultivated meat to the public. Will they need to be tricked ...
Horizon Europe injects millions to persuade people to eat less meat - Giant Leaps
14 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Giant Leaps (GL) is one of the benefactors of the Horizon project which has a massive budget - in the billions - to spend on reducing GHG and reaching...
Cultivated meat farms of the future - Respect Farms
05 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Alex speaks to Ira Van Eelen from Respect Farms about her vision of cultvated meat farms. The farms of the future on which animals are not slaughtered...
Reinventing meat from Fungi and Mycelium - Libre Foods
27 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Alex talks to Alan Ivan Ramos, CEO and founder of Libre Foods, based in Barcelona. They utilise biomass fermentation to make meat altrnatives from Fun...
Cultivated Mouse Meat for Cats and Dogs - BioCraft Petfoods
16 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Alex talks to Shannon Falconer, CEO of BioCraft, the cultivated petfood company which is producing the meat pets really want to eat - MOUSE.Shannon te...
This plant based chicken is better than the real thing - Rebellyous Foods
08 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Christie Lagally From Rebellyous Foods talks to Alex, host of FoF. Their new Mock2 production system, which will be fully operational within months, p...
The company finding answers to big alt-protein questions - Bryant Research
31 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Bryant Research is the leader in Alt Protein research and market analysis. With a broad scope - including monitoring public perception to alt meat pro...
How big meat can make the transition to clean meat - Innocent Meat
23 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Laura Gertenbach talks to FoF interviews about how they are helping the big meat companies make the transition to 'Clean Meat' i.e. cultivated meat. T...
Bringing cultivated Lamb to Australia in 2024 - Magic Valley
11 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Bevan from Magic Valley talks to Future of Foods about commercialising cultivated meat by the end of 2024. They discuss the animal free growth me...
Is this the closest thing to real meat - Juicy Marbles.
05 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Vladimir Mickovic, founder of Marble Meats discusses branding, edible bones, fake blood, the future of the planet and much much more.
Creating a circular economy using waste products using fungi - Niskus
25 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Alex talks to Niskus founder Vincent Farally and BioChemist Ozgur Bayram about how they are using the properties of fungi and creating...
Cultivated Pork Sausage - Smoked and Cured the Old Fashioned Way - The Better Butchers
20 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Better Butchers talks to Future of Foods about their concept of creating the traditional butchers shop to sell their cultivated meats, which have ...
Caviar to be served at the cultivated seafood table - Marinas Bio
12 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Allan Leung talks to Alex about Cultivated Caviar, saying that cultivated seafood is going to be expensive to produce so why not produce a premium pro...
Finding the ideal growth serum for cultivating meat - Quest Meat
05 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Alex talks to Dr Petra Hanga from Quest Meat. Scientist and university lecturer - Petra has been working on several important projects, important buil...
Brexit, subsidies, and cultivated meat - farmer and campaigner - Liz Webster
17 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Alex speaks to Liz Webster about Farming in the UK, Brexit, Factory Farming and Cultivated Meat, and about the Future of British Food. Liz Webster has...
How we will end factory farming - Philip Lymbery from CiWF
02 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Crisp talks to Philip Lymbery, U.N. food systems champion, Author, and CEO of Compassion in World Farming. They discuss the role of cultivated me...
Allergens in Cultured Seafood - Andreas Lopata
21 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Alex speaks to Andreas Lopata who is professor at James Cook University in Australia and Singapore. Andreas recently received an award...
Chris Kraus affiliated with the GFI in Japan
10 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Alex talks to Chris Kraus, based in Japan and working with the Good Food Industry. They discuss the hows and whys around the future of food and how th...
Elliot Swartz and Carolina Oliviera about the future of cultured meat
10 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Alex from spoke to Elliott Swartz and Carolina Oliviera about cultured meat and what shape this innovation in food technology might take over the next...
Professor Nesli Sozer VTT Research Centre - Future of Food
10 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Alex talks proteins with Professor Nesli Sozer from VTT research centre in Finland, one of the largest sustainability research centres in Europe.
Radhika Ramesh (GFI India) talks novel food opportunities in India
10 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Alex interviews Radhika Ramesh, who leads the Public Policy work for the Good Food Institute India, discussing exciting changes such as the approval o...
Mathilde Do Chi - Regulation in Novel Foods
10 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Alex talks to Mathilde Do Chi about the regulations governing novel foods in various countries around the world including the USA, the EU, and the Mid...
Future of Fungi with Marc Violo
10 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Alex talks to Marc Violo who founded #MycoStories, which acts as a link between investors and entrepreneurs in the #Fungi industry. Marc talks about t...
Growing cells, scaling up and the future of cultivated meat - Marie Gibbons from Re:Meat
03 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Alex talks to Marie about her past her present and the future of cultivated meat. The role of farmers in the new landscape. The difficulty in relying ...