This week, Justine sits with Anaïs Dervaes, the Executive Director of Urban Homestead, a family-owned 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization that creates programs to educate the community about protecting the environment and being aligned with nature.

Inspired by his own personal health transformation, Mike Fata co-founded Manitoba Harvest, one of today's global leading manufacturers and brands of high-quality hemp food products.

In order to help mitigate the harmful effects of the dairy industry, GoodPLANeT Foods set out to create a premium plant-based cheese that is better for the planet and also better for humans. The company's founder, David Israel, challenged the idea that good food has to be complicated, especially when it comes to its environmental footprint.

The challenge is enormous, but not impossible. In this episode, we hear how the Good Food Institute is revolutionizing the field of biotechnology and food innovation from their CEO and Founder, Bruce Friedrich himself.

In this episode, Justine sits with MJ Kinney, the founder, and Principal Food Scientist at FareScience. MJ works in the advancement of plant-based food products in terms of nutrition, taste, price, and scalability.

Biotic Ferments is a company that was built for this reason. Being a social-purpose company, Biotic Ferments have taken its game to the next. In this episode, Justine sits with Biotic Ferments co-founder and CEO, Ryan Johnston.

Founded by José Guerrero, Anima Project is a research and development project that aims to create an impact in Gastronomy. They focus on improving human lives by "changing the industry from the inside with ethical and sustainable products."

The centralized food system is broken and it needs to be fixed. Learn more about the mission of Burlap & Barrel and how they're solving a major need in our food system as Justine interviews the company's co-founder, Ori Zohar.

Co-founded by Monica Bhatia, Cella Farms aims to deliver nutritionally balanced staple food products that also taste great. They use fermentation technology in order to enrich agricultural products with complete protein.

Malk Organics’ CEO, Jason Bronstad joins Justine for a deep conversation on how high-quality ingredients are the key for people to embrace plant-based products, why companies that claim “plant-based” are using so many ingredients, and why customer engagement is critical to a company’s success

Co-founded by Kishan Vasani, Spoonshot aims to determine the future of food through their AI called #foodbrain. They utilize over 28k data resources that include research, articles, social conversations, menus, and more to understand consumer insights, marketing, and product development.

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.

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.

Bread Alone is one of the companies that has worked hard to achieve this status. In this episode, Justine sits with Nels Leader, the CEO of Bread Alone to discuss how we can be faithful stewards of the earth.

One of our favorite inspiring changemakers, Daniel Kurzrock, is in the house! It's been a while since we've had the pleasure of hearing from him and the exciting developments at ReGrained.

The Caviar Co. was born when two sisters opened their own caviar business in San Francisco. Petra Bergstein-Higby and her older sister, Saskia wanted to share their passion for caviar with the world in an approachable and sustainable way.

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.

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.

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.

As historic as it is, the future of Point Reyes is slowly jeopardized as its wildlife and natural resources are exploited and the question of how to use the land is still debated. In this episode, Skyler Thomas helps us see the truth about wildlife exploitation, not just in Point Reyes, but around the world.