Future food in APAC is going from blooming to booming. How did this happen so quickly, and how   does the foodtech and alt protein movement look different country to country? How will it differ from the path food system development has seen in the US? Emil Fazira of Euromonitor International, and Josh Tetrick, founder of JUST, give us a glimpse of a could-be future.

Secondary sources: "Wayne Pacelle & Josh Tetrick: "Just Food" | Talks at Google" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuDbVrR7Rl0

Food rules are changing.  How do consumers adapt to changing global perspectives?  How do we keep our VALUES intact and make CHOICES that further our lives as a whole?  From rural Southeast Asia to General Mills' Minneapolos, Minnesota HQ, personalization and intentionality are key to successful adoption.

China and India: global economic powers that will not only shape the future of food, but consume it. Abhinav describes them as the Tiger and the Elephant. The two nations both have rich cultural tradition and massive populations ripe for disruption in the food system. How does history and tradition impact the way we build the future? What might foodtech, alternative protein, or heritage-based innovtaion look like in India and China - and what woud that mean for the rest of the world? Join Shannon and Abhinav to find out. Secondary Source: Food Ingredients and Health Ingredients India https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57EH3C0H7oM

APAC!  Shannon chats with ID Capital's Abhinav Mehra about Singapore's future food boom. How has the country's tradition blended with the perfect storm of innovators to create a revolution?  Starbucks CEO Howard Schulze can relate. His experiences with traditional Italian coffee melded with West Coast coffee culture to create the giant we know and love today. What's the secret sauce that crafts these exchanges? Secondary Source: Howard Schultz with Guy Raz on NPR's How I Built This: https://www.npr.org/2017/09/28/551874532/live-episode-starbucks-howard-schultz

Sustainability innovation: to create or buy. Shannon continues her chat with Beyond Meat Chief Growth Officer Chuch Muth. She asks what it MEANS to be an ethical company and how orgs like Trader Joe's represent that so well.  Chuck Muth and Trader Joe's CEO Dan Bane shed light on how to ensure values are retained and innovation thrives even through acquisition.  Secondary Source: Dan Bane at Claremont Lincoln University https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxUjovZDMbc&t=3s

What do the CEO of Trader Joe's, Dan Bane, and the CGO of Beyond Meat, Chuck Muth, have in common? They learn from experiences to design a human-centered, altruistic future.  Shannon learns about Beyond Meat Chief Growth Office Chuck Muth's lessons from his time at Coca-Cola and how they inform his leadership style.  She asks how companies like Trader Joe's implement these lessons on a large scale.  Can we TEACH people these lessons?  The answer may not lie where you expect. Secondary Source: Dan Bane at Claremont Lincoln University https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxUjovZDMbc&t=3s

Global food manufacturing is changing. Big food companies are taking note of future food trends - lab grown meat, plant-based options, sustainable production, food tech and ag tech are on the rise worldwide. But how can we be sure that corporations who have historically promoted processed food manufacturing are really in it for good - not just for money? How can we create a GLOBALLY sustainable food system using their influence?

PSST - here's an inside look at my new podcast Big Food Big Future, where we talk about how to make big food better.  I'm going to teach YOU how to leverage corporate influence for good. Together we'll learn from our coaches - people like founder of Spain's alt. protein company Nova Meat, Giuseppe Scionte, who brought an ACTUAL EAR to the world's greatest chefs, and Chuck Muth, who's integral to Beyond Meat's ground-breaking growth.  Together we'll stories about how to create a hyper collaborative food space.  Big food big future explores the intersection between global and local, between small, large and multinational scale collaboration, and what future food looks like for our startup, established, and international food friends.

Audio included in this episode:

Personal interview with Giuseppe Scionte, founder of Novameat; Personal Interview with Chuck Muth, Chief Growth Officer at Beyond Meat; Personal Interview with Emil Fazira, Food and Nutrition Consultant at Euromonitor International; Personal Interview with Paul Shapiro, Author of Clean Meat and Co-Founder of Better Meat Co.

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PSST - here's an inside look at my new podcast Big Food Big Future, where we talk about how to make big food better.  I'm going to teach YOU how to leverage corporate influence for good. Together we'll learn from our coaches - people like founder of Spain's alt. protein company Nova Meat, Giuseppe Scionte, who brought an ACTUAL EAR to the world's greatest chefs, and Chuck Muth, who's integral to Beyond Meat's ground-breaking growth.  Together we'll stories about how to create a hyper collaborative food space.  Big food big future explores the intersection between global and local, between small, large and multinational scale collaboration, and what future food looks like for our startup, established, and international food friends.

Audio included in this episode: