F&B Sound Bites

Welcome to F&B Sound Bites, a podcast on hot topics, trends and challenges for professionals in the Food and Beverage Industry hosted by Hamish McCook. 

In this second instalment of this two-part episode, we continue our conversation with Joelle Chen and Bruce Neville about how to organisations can scale up indoor farming ventures in Singapore to reach the Government’s target of 30% food self-sufficiency in Singapore by 2030. We also talk about what countries around the world can learn from Singapore and what indoor farming means for greater food self-sufficiency around the world. Enjoy the conversation.

Welcome to F&B Sound Bites, a podcast on hot topics, trends and challenges for professionals in the Food and Beverage Industry hosted by Hamish McCook.

In this first instalment of this two-part episode, we explore the concept of food sovereignty and our right to choose where our food comes from and how it is grown. We chat with Joelle Chen and Bruce Neville about what is behind Singapore’s drive for food self-sufficiency through prudent innovation and experimentation. But what do we need to do to go from small scale experimentation to large scale production? Stay tuned for part two to find out.

Welcome to F&B Sound Bites, a podcast on hot topics, trends and challenges for professionals in the Food and Beverage Industry hosted by Hamish McCook.

Design management is a little known, but crucially important role that provides the structure that enables a project to be successfully designed and delivered and the crucial role it plays in achieving cost and design expectations. We speak with Michael Kinna, specialist in design management and leader of our Design Management Working Group, about just what makes a good design manager a rare and precious gift.

We haven't just been fighting a virus in the real world, but also in the virtual world. The recent cyber attacks have made many a little nervous about how safe their digital data really is. We speak with Jonathan Stirling, our Security Consulting team lead, on this topic. He'll ease your concerns with some of his 13 practical tips to help keep your data safe.

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Welcome to F&B Sound Bites a podcast on hot topics, trends and challenges for professionals in the Food and Beverage Industry hosted by Hamish McCook.

As the world shutdown in response to the pandemic - the food and beverage supply chain wasn't immune to its impact. Despite being deemed an essential service, the demand planning cycle wasn't reliable anymore. We speak with Alistair Lane, international food and beverage supply chain specialist and Director of Value Chain Connected Ltd about improving supply chain resilience.

Welcome to F&B Sound Bites a podcast on hot topics, trends and challenges for professionals in the Food and Beverage Industry hosted by Hamish McCook.

For many businesses, cold storage is the invisible but beating heart of your operation. But despite this, it doesn't always get the attention it deserves. We speak with cold storage expert, Rhys Davies, to better understand this white box and learn what you can do to improve it to meet growing demand and reduce rising costs.

Welcome to F&B Sound Bites a podcast on hot topics, trends and challenges for professionals in the Food and Beverage Industry hosted by Hamish McCook.

Meet your podcast host, Hamish McCook, and find out why this will be one of the best ways to spend 10 minutes of your time learning as we cover hot topics, trends and challenges for those working behind the scenes to support human survival in the twenty first century.