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Displaying episodes 1 - 30 of 36 in total
33. Deb Eschmeyer, Original Strategies
A food systems policy expert and social impact entrepreneur, Deb Eschmeyer has dedicated her career to the betterment of society. From co-founding the national nonprof...
32. Olivia Thomas, Boston Medical Center and Rewire Health
Olivia Thomas is a registered dietitian, entrepreneur, and the co-founder of “Rewire Health”, a culinary medicine platform that simplifies healthy home cooking and exp...
31. Jack Bobo, University of Nottingham Food Systems Institute
Jack Bobo is the Director of the University of Nottingham’s Food Systems Institute which brings together transdisciplinary researchers to address some of the most pres...
30. Salaam Bhatti, Food Research and Action Center
Salaam Bhatti is the SNAP Director at the Food Research and Action Center, a 501(c)(3) that uses advocacy and strategic partnerships to improve the health and well-bei...
29. Christopher Gardner, Stanford School of Medicine
Dr. Christopher Gardner is a nutrition scientist focused on what foods to eat and what foods to avoid for optimal health, as well as the forces that can successfully m...
28. Wendy Lopez and Jessica Jones, Diabetes Digital
Wendy Lopez and Jessica Jones are nationally recognized Registered Dietitians and Certified Diabetes Educators. They are the founders of Food Heaven – a multimedia pla...
27. Clancy Cash Harrison, Food Dignity Movement
Clancy Cash Harrison is a food equity advocate, registered dietitian, TEDx speaker, and international thought leader who challenges the way food insecurity is approach...
26. Walter Willett, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Dr. Walter Willett is a physician and Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He also co-chairs the EAT-Lancet Commis...
25. Sara Burnett, Burnett Strategy and Communications
Sara Burnett has more than 18 years experience developing brand-building strategies and campaigns. As Vice President of Food Beliefs, Sustainability & Public Relations...
24. Ravi Dhar, Yale School of Management
Ravi Dhar is the George Rogers Clark Professor of Management and Marketing and director of the Center for Customer Insights at the Yale School of Management. He is an ...
23. Janet Ranganathan, World Resources Institute
Janet Ranganathan is the Managing Director and Executive Vice President for Strategy, Learning and Results at World Resources Institute (WRI), a global research organi...
A Special Message from Michiel Bakker
Michiel Bakker: “Over the course of this season, we’ve explored why we need to shift diets, the many ways of doing that, and identified some of the things that need to...
22. Ann Cooper, Chef Ann Foundation
Chef Ann Cooper is a celebrated author, educator, and enduring advocate for better food for all children. She has been a relentless champion of school food reform for ...
21. Joseph Yoon, Brooklyn Bugs
Chef Joseph Yoon is an Edible Insect Ambassador, a world renowned thought leader in entomophagy, the practice of eating insects. He founded Brooklyn Bugs in 2017 to no...
20. Bernhard Kowatsch, UN World Food Programme
Bernhard Kowatsch is founder and head of the Innovation Accelerator at the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), the world's largest social impact incubator dedic...
19. Eve Turow-Paul, Food for Climate League
Eve Turow-Paul is an author, globally-recognized thought leader, and the founder and Executive Director of Food for Climate League (FCL). FCL is a nonprofit that is on...
18. Bonus Episode: Wadhwani AI
Wadhwani Institute for Artificial Intelligence (Wadhwani AI) has been actively building and deploying AI solutions for underserved populations in developing countries ...
17. Devon Klatell, The Rockefeller Foundation
Devon is the Vice President, Food Initiative, at the Rockefeller Foundation. Devon oversees the Good Food Strategy in the United States, working to advance a more nour...
16. Stephen Ritz, Educator and Founder, Green Bronx Machine
Stephen Ritz is an educator and the founder of Green Bronx Machine, a non-profit that builds healthy, equitable, and resilient communities. Using a school-based model,...
15. Paul Newnham, SDG2 Advocacy Hub
Paul Newnham is the Executive Director of SDG2 Advocacy Hub, which coordinates global campaigns and advocacy to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 2: To end hunger, ...
14. Jennifer Bushman, Fed by Blue
Jennifer Bushman is a sustainable seafood expert, communicator, and strategist who has been championing ethical aquaculture for more than two decades. She is the co-fo...
13. Greg Drescher, Culinary Institute of America
Greg Drescher is senior advisor for strategic initiatives at The Culinary Institute of America, where he strengthens innovation in health, sustainability, culture and ...
12. Kathy Cacciola, Season One Reflections
On this episode of “Food Lab Talk”, host Michiel Bakker is joined by Kathy Cacciola, global sustainability lead on the Google Food team. Together, they reflect on thei...
11. Emily Broad Leib, Harvard Law School
Emily Broad Leib is the Founding Director at the Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic where she and her students are working to simplify and sometimes modify ...
10. Ashley Zanolli, EPA
Ashley Zanolli has been a food waste warrior for more than 17 years, working on various state and national government initiatives to support sustainable food managemen...
09. Bill Birgen, SAVRpak
A former rocket scientist and lifelong inventor, Bill Birgen is the Founder and Chief Technology Officer at SAVRpak. Fed up with soggy lunches, Bill developed a pocket...
08. Anna Hammond, Matriark Foods
Anna Hammond is the Founder and CEO of Matriark Foods whose mission is to divert surplus food headed to the landfill and create healthy products for food service, reta...
07. James Kanoff, The Farmlink Project
James Kanoff co-founded The Farmlink Project in 2020 while being a student at Stanford University. When the COVID-19 pandemic caused Stanford to send students home, Ja...
06. Adam Litle, Sound Agriculture
Adam Litle is the Chief Executive Officer at Sound Agriculture, an organization that is unlocking the natural power within plants to help agriculture adapt faster and ...
05. Amy Keister, Compass Group
Amy Keister is the Global Director of Sustainability at Compass Group. She leads a visionary team shaping the future of foodservice, focusing on business growth, and l...
