The Checkout

Episode 89: Michele Simon On The Plant Based Industry


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Episode #89 Notes

1:00 - What is your motivation?

2:30 - Why did you start the Plant Based Foods Association (PBFA)?

5:00 - What are some of your proudest accomplishments at PBFA?

8:00 - Since you’ve left PBFA, what thoughts and concerns do you have for plant based foods?

11:30 - Why won’t ‘the marketplace’ fix the food system?

15:30 - On plant based food’s company advocacy.

19:00 - On greenwashing and cellular agriculture.

26:30 - On food tech and experiments gone awry.

35:30 - What happened to health as a core value in veganism?

43:00 - Book Recommendations!

Winners Take All, Anand Giridharadas

Billion Dollar Burger, Chase Purdy

A Foodie’s Guide To Capitalism, Eric Holt-Gimenez

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