Tomorrow's Bites with Andrés and Sjacco
Episodes
Nita: Why Kitchens Won't Buy Your Sustainable Vegetables & What Nimble Is Doing About It — with Co-Founder of Nimble, Nita van Dam
18 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Most sustainable food startups think the hardest part is growing better vegetables. But you hit the real wall the moment you need to get those vegetab...
The Part Listeners Didn't Skip: How One Honest Conversation Led to a €250K Investment - from our conversation with Co-Founder of Favamole, Andrés Jara
11 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
How do you actually find the right investor?Many founders believe it starts with the perfect pitch deck, the right numbers, and a polished presentatio...
Jan Dirk: How a Dutch Dairy Farmer Escaped the System and Built a Regenerative Cheese Brand That Wins Awards with Jan Dirk van de Voort farmer Remeker
04 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What if the most radical innovation in dairy isn’t a new machine, but listening to your cows?Jan Dirk did something almost unthinkable in Dutch agri...
Build In Public #5: How to Avoid Burnout While Fundraising and Scaling with Andres Jara Co-founder Favamole
25 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when the dream you’re building starts building pressure back on you?In this raw and honest Build in Public episode, Andres shares what ...
Elspeth Hay: What Is the Food System Story & Why Should We Eat More Trees?
18 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What if the biggest food source in your neighborhood is literally falling on the ground, but you can't even see it?In this episode of Tomorrow’s...
The Part Listeners Didn't Skip: Why This Coffee Startup Failed in B2C but Won in B2B - from our conversation with CEO of Slow Coffee, Sebastian Nielsen
11 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Why did selling sustainable coffee directly to consumers fall flat, while selling it to businesses unlocked real traction?This short dives into a hard...
Evelien Moriau: Building a Habit-Changing App Fighting Food Waste & Crowdsourcing Supermarket Data - With Founder Ostras Evelien Moriau
04 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What if the biggest reason we waste food isn’t laziness, but lack of transparency?In this episode of Tomorrow’s Bites, we sit down with Evelien Mo...
Build In Public #4: What Really Changes After You’ve “Made It Through” The First Year with Andres Jara Co-founder Favamole
28 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
"If you don’t sell, the mission dies."It’s a sentence most impact-driven founders avoid saying out loud, but year two has a way of forci...
Rudolph: Launching 300 Products, Reinventing Cheese Industry with a Snack, and His Fight To Feed Lebanon - with Founder of Agreen and 2XPND, Rudolph Elias
21 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What do you build when your country collapses, and doing nothing isn’t an option?In this episode of Tomorrow’s Bites, we sit down with Rudolph Eli...
The Part Listeners Didn't Skip: Why Plant-Based Marketing Failed and How This Startup Came Through It - from our conversation with Co-Founder of The Change Starts, Tim Dekens
14 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when the trends disappear?Tim Dekens, founder of The Change Starts, shares how his brand went from riding the peak of the plant-based wav...
Sergey: Scaling Tea Houses, Winning With Over 1000s years Old Wild Tea Trees, and His Challenging Journey Across China For Tea with Sergey Shevelev, Founder Moychay International
07 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What if tea wasn’t just a drink, but a culture, a ritual, and a business built on decades of trust?In this episode of Tomorrow’s Bites, we sit dow...
New Year's Special: 12 Unique Lessons From a Year Talking With the People Reinventing AgriFood
31 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What actually changes when you spend a full year talking to the people trying to fix the food system?In this New Year’s special episode of Tomorrow’...
Build In Public #3: What If Your Marketing Strategy Isn’t What Consumers Actually Want? - with Andres Jara Co-founder Favamole & Elise Bijkerk Marketing & Food Transition Expert
24 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if the biggest risk for your startup isn’t product, funding, or scaling, but talking about the wrong thing?In this Build in Public episode of T...
Kamogelo Thumankwe: 75% of Crop Diversity Is Already Lost. This African Superfood Brand Wants To Stop it.
17 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if the real food crisis isn’t calories, but diversity?In just the last century, we’ve lost 75% of global crop diversity, and today 90% of our...
The Part Listeners Didn't Skip: Why the Best Vanilla Might No Longer Come from Madagascar - from our conversation with Godfrey Kiwumulo
10 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Vanilla is one of the most complex and labor-intensive crops on the planet.Each flower is pollinated by hand. Each pod takes months to cure. And for d...
Dr. Caspar Krampe: The Complex Agrifood Systems & the War Between Goliaths and the Startups - with Assistant Professor Wageningen University & Co-founder VGreens Caspar Krampe
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if the real battle for our food future isn’t in the fields, but in the market system itself?In this episode of Tomorrow’s Bites, we sit down ...
The Part Listeners Couldn´t Skip: What Food Impact Brands Get Wrong About Marketing - from our conversation with OlvLimits Co-Founder, Roos Roelofs
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Many purpose-driven food brands are rich in values, but struggle to connect with customers.In this episode, Roos Roelofs, founder of OlvLimits and reg...
Herb Young: Big Ag never told me this..- with Founder of Squeeze Citrus and Ex-Bayer, Herb Young
19 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if you spent 38 years developing pesticides, only to later realize the industry never told you the full story?That’s exactly what happened to H...
Build in Public #2: Did Favamole get listed in another wholesaler? – With Andres Jara, Co-Founder of Favamole
12 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if you could follow a startup’s evolution in real time, as it happens?Welcome back to Build in Public, the monthly Tomorrow’s Bites series wh...
He Made the First Alcohol-Free Beer in the UK And Now Reinvents Asian Snacks - With Steve D Sailopal Co-Founder Curry Smugglers #97
05 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What do you do after creating the UK’s first alcohol-free beer?If you’re Steve, you take your creativity, your culture, and a few family recipes, ...
The Part Listeners Didn´t Skip: What AgTech Startups Get Wrong About Regenerative Agriculture - from our conversation with regenerative farmer Thomas Gent
29 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Most agtech startups want to help farmers.But many miss a fundamental truth.Technology doesn’t move at the same pace as nature, and innovation that ...
Food Scientist with +500K Followers Shares Her Most Impactful Personal Branding Lessons - with Wendy Luong (Wendy The Food Scientist)
22 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What does it take to turn your expertise into influence, and your passion into a movement?In this episode of Tomorrow’s Bites, we sit down with Wend...
Build in Public: What if you could follow a startup’s evolution? – With Andres Jara, Co-Founder of Favamole
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if you could follow a startup’s evolution, not through press releases, but in real time, as it happens?Welcome to Build in Public, a new series...
How 5 Students Turned Seaweed Goo Into a Scalable Solution For Indoor Farming - With The Winners Of WUR Student Challenges The HAB Special Edition WUR
08 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if the next big climate solution didn’t come from a lab or a boardroom, but from a student space farming challenge?That’s exactly what happen...
The Part Listeners Didn't Skip: What Every Startup Learns When Their First Business Model Doesn’t Scale - from our conversation with co-founder of Tälist, Pia Voltz
01 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if your first idea... isn't the right one?That’s exactly what happened to Tälist, the alt-protein recruitment company co-founded by Pia Vo...
What Can Space Farming Teach Us About Feeding People On Earth? - With Charlotte Pouwels from EUSPA & Bart van Meurs Division Q a Special WUR Edition
24 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if the innovations designed to feed astronauts on Mars could solve food security challenges here on Earth?In this special Tomorrow’s Bites epis...
The Part Listeners Didn't Skip -What Happens When Your Startup Grows Faster Than Your Mission? - from our conversation with the co-founder of Notpla, Rodrigo García
17 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when your startup grows faster than your mission?For Rodrigo García, co-founder of Notpla, the answer is not as simple as “scale faste...
He Wanted to Start a Farm. Instead, He Builds a Tool to Transform 1,000 of Them - With co-founder of Collie, Daniel Reisman
10 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
To revolutionize farming we need a solution that will change the life of farmers.That’s exactly what Daniel Reisman set out to do. After leaving beh...
The Part Listeners Didn't Skip: They Launched A Food App in 6 Months With Just a WhatsApp Group - from our conversation with Co-Founder of Olio App, Tessa Clarke
03 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How do you validate a startup idea without spending a cent on tech?By being scrappy, fast, and obsessed with solving a real problem.In this 8-minute e...
He’s a Catalyst for Regenerative Change And Just Launched the 1000 Year Vision Movement to Finance Struggling Family Farms - With Peter Michel Heilmann Initiator, 1000 Year Vision Movement
27 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if the future of farming wasn’t measured in harvests, but in centuries?In this episode of Tomorrow’s Bites, we sit down with Peter Michel Hei...
The Part Listeners Didn't Skip: What Every Food Entrepreneur Need, But Can’t Afford Alone - from our episode with Sami Simreen, Co-Founder of Kico Kitchen #79
20 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if the biggest barrier for food entrepreneurs isn’t funding, branding, or even product-market fit?It’s access.Access to kitchens. To communit...
What If One Forgotten Crop Can Replace Guacamole Forever? - with Co-Founder of Favamole, Andrés Jara #91
13 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if guacamole didn’t need avocados at all?When regenerative farmer-turned-food-innovator Andres Jara found himself in the middle of Tuscany with...
The Part Listeners Didn't Skip: How WayOut Is Reinventing Water Access for the 1 Billion Without Plastic - from our episode with Ulf Stenerhag, Co-Founder of Wayout #78
06 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How do you bring clean drinking water to the places the world forgets?With Ulf Stenerhag, Co-Founder of WayOut, we explore how a bold idea turned into...
What If Coffee Wasn't One of the Most Destructive Commodities On Earth? With Sebastian Nielsen, CEO of Slow Forest #90
30 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Coffee is the second most traded commodity on Earth, and one of the most destructive, but what if it didn’t have to be?In this episode of Tomorrow’...
The Part Listeners Didn't Skip: The Biggest Challenge in Connecting Farmers and Consumers - from our episode with Juliette Simonin, Co-Founder of Crowdfarming #77
23 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What does it really take to connect farmers and consumers directly?It sounds simple remove the middleman and let people buy straight from the source. ...
The truth about Madagascar’s vanilla monopoly (and why Uganda might do it better) - with Founder of Vanilla Point, Godfrey Kiwumulo
16 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Most people don’t realize this: every single vanilla bean you’ve ever tasted was hand-pollinated.In a world dominated by commodity crops and extra...
The Part Listeners Didn't Skip: The Most Crucial Step Behind Truly Great Chocolate - from the conversation with Saran Jagroo, 3rd Generation Cocoa Farmer #76
09 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What really makes a great chocolate bar?Most people think it’s about the recipe, the origin, or even the bean itself.But according to Saran Jagroo, ...
Can This Startup Fix the Olive Oil Industry? - With Roos Roelofs Co-Founder of OlvLimits #88
02 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Want to taste the difference of quality and bad olive oil? Use ‘tomorrowsbites’ at checkout to get 10% off OLvLimits.The olive oil industry is bro...
Why The Future of Ice Cream Will Never Be The Same - Around The Table with Andrés & Sjacco
25 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ice cream started as a luxury for kings, but now it’s facing a revolution that could melt the industry as we know it.In this episode of Tomorrow’s...
The Part Listeners Didn't Skip: Behind the Scenes of a Top Food Brand's Product Development Process - from our conversation with Huel's Co-Founder James Collier #75
23 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What does it take to build a product that’s nutritionally complete, scalable, and still tastes good?James Collier, Co-Founder of Huel, pulls back th...
He Built a Plant-Based Brand for His Brother. Now Pro Athletes Trust It Too. A Community-First Business Called Change with Co-founder of Startup The Change Starts Tim Dekens #87
18 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It started as a way to convince his little brother that you could go plant-based and still perform at the highest level.Now, elite athletes are swappi...
The Part Listeners Didn't Skip: They Stood Up Next to a Waste Bin Every Day to Prove Their Idea - from our episode with Orbisk Co-Founder, Olaf van der Veen #74
16 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if the key to solving food waste was right in front of us? For Olaf van der Veen and the team at Orbisk, it was. Literally.In this short episode,...
Is FoodTech Really The Solution To The Food Industry Problems? - with FoodTech Magazine Founder, Beatriz Romanos Hernando #86
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if we’ve been asking the wrong question all along. Not can food be healthy, affordable, and sustainable, but why hasn’t it been already?In th...
What Is the Future Role of Technology In Regenerative Agriculture? - with Regenerative Farmer, Thomas Gent #85
04 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when a farmer only gets 50 chances in a lifetime to get it right? That’s the reality of agriculture, and why most tech startups designi...
Supermarkets Changed Everything. But How Will Future Supermarkets Look Like? - Around The Table with Andrés & Sjacco
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if the supermarket wasn’t built to serve you, but to shape your behavior?In this Around the Table, Andres and Sjacco dive into the past, presen...
The Part Listeners Didn't Skip: The Bootstrapping Startup Story Behind Kenya’s Favorite Snack - from our episode with Tex Nutrition Founder, Fabio Rappenecker #73
26 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How do you build a food company in Kenya with no investors, no marketing team, and no experience in the region?In this short episode, Fabio Rappenecke...
She Left a $30M Career to Help Farmers, Then Went From Zero Sales to Supermarket Shelves - With Asha Rajak Startup Entrepreneur #85
21 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Would you leave a $30 million government career to sell lemonade at a farmers market, and still believe you’d succeed?That’s exactly what Asha Raj...
The Part Listeners Didn't Skip: Why Soil Microbes Might Matter More Than You Think - from our episode with Michau Slota, expert in Soil and Microbiome #72
19 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Soil isn’t just the ground we walk on. It’s a living, breathing universe beneath our feet.In this short episode, Michau Słota, researcher and sci...
Will AI solve the Challenges in the Job Hiring process in Agrifood? - with the Co-Founder of Tälist, Pia Voltz
14 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if finding the perfect candidate for your food tech startup was as easy as online dating? The future of hiring is here, and AI powers it.In this ...
The Part Listeners Didn't Skip: Why Climate Messaging Fails, and How to Fix It - from our episode with CEO of Tilt Collective, Sarah Lake #71
12 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If we want to drive real change, we need to stop talking about climate—and start talking about what people actually care about.In this short episode...
Is Seaweed The Solution To Replace 400 Million Tons of Plastic? This Startup Proved It Can - with Notpla's Co-Founder, Rodrigo García
11 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if the solution to plastic pollution was already growing in our oceans?Seaweed doesn’t need freshwater. It doesn’t compete for land. It doesn...
The Part Listeners Didn't Skip: How to Build a Food Startup That Sells 40,000 Snacks with No Budget - from our episode with Gusto Snacks Founder, Giuseppe Baidoo #70
05 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when your first startup fails—and you decide to try again anyway?That’s what Giuseppe Baidoo did with Gusto Snacks.Armed with nothing...
Is This the Future of Soda Drinks? - Around The Table With Andrés & Sjacco
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How did soda go from medicinal 'impregnated water' to billion-dollar gut health elixir called Poppi?We dive into the wild transformation of soda from ...
The Part Listeners Didn't Skip: The Biggest Marketing Mistake in Alternative Proteins - from our episode with Keynote Speaker and Author, Jack A. Bobo #69
28 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Why do so many alternative protein brands fail to win over consumers?In this short episode, Jack Bobo explains how early marketing missteps—like mor...
One App That Saves 100 Million Delicious Meals? - The Fascinating Story Of Olio App with Co-Founder Tessa Clarke
23 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What do you do when you're told to throw away perfectly good food, and can’t bring yourself to do it? For Tessa Clarke, it sparked a revolution. Wha...
The Part Listeners Didn't Skip: Is Food Tech Our Only Hope to Feed the Future? - from our episode with Food Futurist and Keynote Speaker Tony Hunter #68
21 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We already produce enough food to feed billions—so why is hunger still a global issue?In this short episode, Tony Hunter, also known as The Food Fut...
He Made 60,000 Meals a Day in the Desert. Now He’s Helping Food Startups Fight Against The Broken Systems - with Sami Simreen Co-Founder Of KICO Shared Kitchen Facility
16 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What do you learn when you feed 60,000 people a day in the middle of the desert? For Sami, it revealed everything that’s broken in our global food...
Short #67: Why $800 Billion in Farming Subsidies Might Be Holding Us Back - with Co-Founder of Think and Do Tank Clim-Eat, Dr. Dhanush Dhinesh
14 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if the biggest obstacle to fixing our food system… is the money meant to support it?In this 8-minute episode, Dr. Dhanush Dinesh, founder of Cl...
The Startup That Will Kill Plastic Bottled Water Forever With A New Water System - with Wayout Co-Founder Ulf Stenerhag #80
09 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if we could eliminate plastic bottled water and provide safe, affordable drinking water to every corner of the world?In this episode of Tomorrow’...
Short #66: Why We Are Not Ready For Personalized Nutrition - Yet - with Personalized Nutrition Expert, Nard Clabbers
07 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The science is here. The tools are evolving. But there’s one thing missing: behavior change.In this short episode, we talk with Nard Clabbers, one o...
GMO Bananas, The Future of Plastic Packaging & The Most Common Restaurant Marketing Trick? - Around The Table with Andrés & Sjacco #1
02 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What do GMO bananas, plastic packaging, and free bread at restaurants have in common? They’re all shaping how we eat, think, and sell food today—a...
Short #65: The Truth Behind Dietary Guidelines and The Mediterranean Diet - with Professor at University of Brussels, Frederic Leroy
31 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are dietary guidelines truly guiding us toward health, or are they leading us astray?Frederic Leroy challenges mainstream dietary advice, revealing ho...
How This Platform Gives Power Back to Farmers and Consumers - with CrowdFarming Co-Founder Juliette Simonin #79
26 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In a world where the food supply chain is dominated by middlemen and pricing pressure, one platform is flipping the system and putting farmers back in...
Short #64: Why Western Diets Fear Insects—and Why They Shouldn't - with Purdue University Professor and Researcher, Dr. Andrea Liceaga.
24 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Why don’t Western cultures embrace insects as food? Andrea Liceaga, professor at Purdue University, explains the historical and psychological reason...
What Does It Take To Grow Cocoa and Why Do Farmers Leave Cocoa Farming? An In-Depth Conversation On Cocoa Farming With 3rd Generation Farmer Saran Jagroo
19 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Most people have no idea what it really takes to grow cocoa. From unpredictable weather to aging plantations, cocoa farming is a relentless challenge...
Short #63: The Biggest Mistake in Food Innovation And How to Fix It - with Founder of Future Food Institute, Sara Roversi
17 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Why do so many food innovations fail to create real impact? According to Sara Roversi, the biggest issue isn’t a lack of solutions, but a failure to...
Is This The Truth About Nutrition, Food Systems & Ultra-Processed Foods? - with Co-Founder of Huel, James Collier #77
12 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Is the way we think about food all wrong? Nutrition is more than calories and macros—yet modern diets, food marketing, and ultra-processed food deba...
Short #62: The Biggest Misconception About Ending Global Hunger - with Co-Founder of Tailored Foods, Taylor Quinn
10 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Most people think hunger is a social problem—but what if it’s actually a market problem?Taylor Quinn explains why education isn’t the solution t...
Is There A Solution to The Food Waste In Hospitality Business? - With Co-Founder Of Orbisk Olaf van der Veen #76
05 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if restaurants are wasting more food than they realize? Most businesses think they have food waste under control—until they see the numbers. An...
Short #61: The Secret to Making Plant-Based Food That Consumers Actually Love - with Co-Founder of Heura, Marc Coloma
03 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Most plant-based products struggle to keep consumers coming back. So, what’s the secret to creating food that people actually want to eat again and ...
The Truth About The Hidden Hunger in Africa & The Startup Fixing It - with Founder of TenX Nutrition, Fabio Rappenecker #75
26 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if the key to tackling malnutrition wasn’t a new diet—but improving the food people already love?In this episode of Tomorrow’s Bites, we si...
Short #60: This Is The True Cost of Cheap Food (And Who's Paying It) - with Author, Architect and TedX Speaker Carolyn Steel
24 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Is cheap food really cheap? Carolyn Steel, author of Hungry City and Sitopia, explains why our food system is built on hidden costs—from environment...
How Microbes, AI & Soil Could Change Everything We Know About Healthy and Sustainable Food - with Plant & Soil Health Expert Michał Słota #74
19 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Is soil health the missing link in our food system? While most sustainability discussions focus on carbon footprints and emissions, the foundation of...
Short 59: What AgriFoodTech Investors Look for in Early-Stage Startups - with Agri-Tech Investor and Co-Founder of Spruce Capital Partners, Roger Wyse
17 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What does it take to secure investment in AgriFoodTech? Roger Wyse, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Spruce Capital Partners, shares his insights on...
Can We Fix the Food System Without Cutting Meat? - with TedX Speaker and CEO of Tilt Collective, Sarah Lake #73.
12 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Why is reducing meat consumption still so controversial? Despite being one of the biggest levers for sustainability, the food system is deeply influen...
Short 58: What Startups Get Wrong About Food Safety (and How to Fix It) - with Food Safety Expert, Professor Doctor Hans Verhangen.
10 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Many food startups focus on product development and marketing first—only to realize too late that they need regulatory approval.Prof. Dr. Hans Verha...
What No One Tells You: Building a Food Startup Isn’t Glamorous—From €0 to €500K - The Startup Story of Giuseppe Baidoo Co-Founder of Gusto Snacks #72
05 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Most great businesses start with a bold idea—but what happens when the market isn’t ready? Giuseppe Baidoo learned this the hard way when his firs...
Short 57: Why Regenerative Farming Produces More (and Better) Food- with Co-Founder of Climate Farmers Phillipe Birker
03 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Is regenerative agriculture really less productive than conventional farming? Philippe Birker debunks this common myth, explaining why restoring soil...
Why Do Smart People Fall for Bad Food Habits Every Day? - with Executive Director of Rotham Family Food Institute, Jack Bobo #71
29 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if the biggest barrier to feeding 10 billion people isn’t technology or resources—but the words we use? From labeling foods as "natural" to d...
Short 56: The Harsh Reality of Building a Bean-To-Bar Chocolate Business - with Nick Davis, founder of One One Cacao
27 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How do you set up a bean-to-bar chocolate company? Nick Davis, founder of One One Cacao, takes us through the highs and lows of building a craft choco...
What are the Emerging Technologies to Sustainably Feed 10 billion People? - With Food Futurist Tony Hunter #70
22 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From creating milk without cows to turning CO2 into food, groundbreaking innovations suggest it might be the only way forward. In this episode of Tom...
Short 55: How Chefs Can Transform Byproducts into (Financial) Value - with Zero-Waste Chef, Vojtech Vegh
20 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Can zero-waste cooking become the new standard in restaurants? Chef Vojtech Végh believes it can. In this short, he explains how a shift in mindset a...
Why Does Climate Finance Never Reach the Ones who Need It? - with Founder of Clim-Eat, Dr. Dhanush Dinesh #69
15 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine a world where billions are allocated to fight climate change from agriculture, but the farmers never see a cent. Bureaucracy, outdated agendas...
Short 54: The Art of Pivoting: Lessons from Edamam’s Journey to Product-Market Fit - with Founder of Edamam, Victor Penev
13 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How do you know when it’s time to pivot? Victor Penev, founder of Edamam, shares the lessons he learned on the journey to product-market fit. Initia...
Can Personalised Nutrition Live Up to the Hype? - With Expert and Ex-personalised nutrition startup founder Nard Clabbers #68
08 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine walking into a grocery store where every product claims to be tailored just for you—your health, your goals, your life. But what if this pro...
Short 53: We Need To Make Farming A Sexy Industry - with CEO of Eatable Adventures, Jose Luis Cabañero
23 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How can we make farming appealing to the next generation? Jose Luis Cabañero, CEO of Eatable Adventures, explains why technology is the key to revita...
The Role of Meat in the Food System, Dietary Guidelines, & Ultra-Processed Foods with Frédéric Leroy #67
18 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What if cutting meat from our diets causes more problems than it solves? While debates around food and the environment heat up, Frédéric points out ...
Short 52: The Key Moments That Matter When Changing Food Habits - with Dr. Willemijn Vermeer and Bregje Luyten
12 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How can we encourage sustainable food choices among young people? Dr. Willemijn Vermeer and student researcher Bregje Luyten dive into their findings...
What Protein Alternatives have the Potential to Become Mainstream? with Leading Scientist Andrea Liceaga #66
11 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine a time when lobsters were considered “poor man’s food,” unfit for the wealthy. Today, they’re a delicacy. Could insects follow the sa...
Short 51: Stop With Making Commitments and Take Action - Independent FAO Chairman, Hans Hoogeveen
05 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We have been for years saying we will end up world hunger... and still here we are. And there is one thing that make it even worse: How can we solve ...
How to Transfrom Food Systems with Curiosity, Community & Prosperity Thinking - with Sara Roversi founder of Future Food Institute #65
04 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What if the key to fixing our broken food system isn’t more technology, but a shift in mindset? Sara Roversi believes that before we can innovate, ...
Short 50: Why ‘Fail Fast’ Is the Wrong Advice for Entrepreneurs, with THIMUS Founder, Mario Ubiali
28 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What’s the truth about failure in entrepreneurship? Mario Ubiali reflects on his journey and shares two critical lessons: never romanticize the mar...
Setting Up Value Chains From the Ground Up in Africa to Adress Hunger, with Taylor Quinn from Tailored Food #64
27 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What if solving world hunger wasn’t about more food but smarter food? Taylor Quinn believes the answer lies not in abundance but in rethinking how w...
Short 49: Robin Simsa's Advice on How to Face a Challenging Scaling Up Phase - with Robin Simsa, Founder of Revo Foods
21 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Scaling up is a groundbreaking point for every company, food or not. It is probably the fiercest of challenges. How do you face that one? Robin Simsa...
Marc Coloma: How We Built Europe's Biggest Plant-Based Startup With a Revenue of More Than €38 Million, co-founder of Heura #63
20 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What if the solution to our broken food system was hiding in plain sight—on your dinner plate? For Marc Coloma, it was a moment of clarity: plant-ba...
To-The-Point: Navigating Food Regulation: Novel Foods, Labels & EU vs. UK Approval with Hannah Lester
14 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Picture this: you’re a food business owner, ready to launch a new product, but the regulatory maze feels like a foreign language. That’s why toda...
Food Is the Centre of Everything, but We Don't Value It - with Author, TEDx Speaker and Architect, Carolyn Steel #62
13 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Let me tell you one thing you might not know: Food is the most important thing. It has shaped our history, societies, and whole journey as humanity. ...
Short 48: Why Academia and Industry Must Collaborate for Real Change - with Professor and Food Claims Researcher Alie De Boer
07 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How can we bring research from academia into real-world applications? Alie de Boer explains the importance of connecting scientific findings with indu...
The Real Cost of Agri-Tech Innovation: The 15 Year Startup Journey, Greenwashing, and Investor Expectations with Leading Investor Roger Wyse #61
06 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Going to Market can take more than 15 years within sectors like in BioGreenTech (food, agriculture, renewable chemicals)! Imagine spending over a dec...
Short 47: What Are The Most Common Misinformation Strategies? - with Plant Based News Founder, Robbie Lockie
31 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How does misinformation shape our choices in food? Robbie Lockie breaks down the tactics used to mislead consumers, from distorting scientific facts t...