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Helaina Founder & CEO Laura Katz joins host Megan Thomas to discuss how her company is managing its evolution from being an R&D organization to a commercial one, as it brings its first human lactoferrin product to the food and supplement markets. Katz delves into how her firm partners with customers and uses clinical rigor to back its products, as well as the important role that culture plays in her scaling startup.

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This episode with guest Patrick Griffin, Founder & CEO of Marine Biologics, goes deep into the intersection between emerging technology and biomanufacturing. The conversation with host Megan Thomas talks about the opportunities and challenges of building a global seaweed-based business.

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Kara Leong, Executive Director of the Integrative Center for Alternative Meat and Protein at UC Davis joins host Megan Thomas to discuss how a college campus is the perfect place to develop and test new novel foods, as well as how UC Davis blends its academic leadership in plant genetics and viticulture with both the region's ag heritage and its proximity to Silicon Valley to create an integrated FoodTech ecosystem.

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Chris Bryson, CEO of Canada-based New School Foods talks about the ups and downs of developing plant-based salmon that chefs want to cook with and consumers want to eat. Bryson talks with host Megan Thomas about how he applies his experience from a prior tech startup to developing food products, building partnerships, and preparing to sell across the border into the U.S.

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Guest Kelly Bristow, Global Nutrition Lead for Bayer, joins host Megan Thomas to talk about the intersection of nutrition, farming, and food security. Bristow shares how her unique background, from sampling nonfat cheese for a dairy council to counseling patients to designing nutritious meal programs for students, informs her work crafting nutrition policy for a major agriculture company. 

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What does it take to connect investors and startups? Guest Hunter Young, Head of Capital at the Center for Entrepreneurial Development, joins host Megan Thomas to discuss how the Research Triangle Park (RTP) region is answering this question. From his view on emerging sectors in the area, to how his organization connects startups and investors, to the role that Raleigh-Durham's major research universities play in driving investible innovation, this episode breaks down how an ecosystem player can effectively attract capital and create value.

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This episode digs into how New Zealand, a nation of five million people and the world's largest exporter of dairy products, has taken a "Yes, and..." approach to expanding its food system by embracing emerging FoodTech applications and products. 

Katy Bluett, the Executive Director of Future Food Aotearoa joins host Megan Thomas to discuss the strategies the organization has used to build international relationships and to create a thriving FoodTech hub, making New Zealand a model for other nations in the process.

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Former regulator and cultivated meat pioneer Eric Schulze, PhD, joins FoodTech Stories to discuss the future of cultivated meat and his "hot take" on the future of FoodTech in the U.S. and beyond. He joins host Megan Thomas to break down his bold approach to stakeholder engagement, and the importance of doing "science for others." Eric is also the host of the Food Truths podcast. 

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This episode features guests Cornelly Van Der Ven, Director, Protein & Plant Based at Danone, and Alex Worker, Founder & Director of Nutrition from Water. They join host Megan Thomas to break down how the right partnership can benefit strategics and startups alike. For the startup, the right partnership can unlock access to vast operational capabilities and consumer understanding, and for the CPG company, it can benefit from the startup partner's nimble innovation. Support the show! https://www.buzzsprout.com/2319920/supporters/new

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Join guest Matt Tom of MTCC, a product development consultancy, on how he applies his engineering and materials science mindset to the development of innovative new FoodTech foods. Matt talks with host Megan Thomas about how to get to product-market fit, something that he has done repeatedly in the FoodTech meat alternative, dairy, and snack space. From plant molecular farming to fiber spinning, catch the latest on emerging FoodTech in this episode. 

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