I had the pleasure of sitting down with John Mackey, founder and CEO of Whole Foods Market to discuss his thoughts on how best to eat with the planet, keeping your personal health in mind.

Mackey helped fuel the rise of organic and natural food in the United States and also popularized the idea of “Conscious Capitalism." In addition to running Whole Foods, Mackey is a best-selling author and his new book talks about why a whole foods, plant-based diet is the optimum choice for health and longevity.

In our conversation, he explains how his mission to make healthy, sustainable food available to the masses is derived from his own health journey and personal goals. Mackey has devoted countless hours speaking to experts and pouring over research to craft his ideas on what is the best way to feed ourselves – and his conclusions are incredibly simple.

But we get into a lot more in this interview, including his thoughts on why people are changing the way they eat, whether plant-based meat alternatives or cellular agriculture is good for our health and how can we help feed the world's growing population.

For more on the foods Mackey recommends and the ones he doesn’t (even if they’re vegan!), you’ll have to listen to the episode.

[Sound Quality: When I got the chance to sit down with John Mackey, we had no intentions of starting a podcast and hadn’t set up our studio or equipment yet. That’s why the quality of the recording isn’t great. It’s got the sounds of New York City (including sirens and traffic) as the backdrop, but I hope the quality of the conversation makes up for the mediocre sound quality.]

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