The Plant Paradigm

"Even before you think about supplementing, get mushrooms into your diet."Jeff Chilton is the president of Nammex and is a mushroom expert. He's been studying Mycology for decades helping cultivate millions of kilos of mushrooms and has been involved in the research of shitake, oyster and enoki mushrooms. Jeff co-authored a book revered by people around the world as a one stop mushroom shop. It was called The Mushroom Cultivator and taught every day people how to cultivate shrooms.The key top...

"I think we could all do with just being kinder as a society."Julie Mathers is the founder of Flora and Fauna, one of Australia’s biggest e-commerce businesses, it's BCorp certified, 100% vegan, ethical and cruelty free. She has really kicked some butt in the business world in the last few years being - No 1 in Top 50 Ecommerce People in Australia in 2019 - Business Person of the Year 2018 GALA Awards - Remodista Women 2 Watch Innovation Award Winner 2017.The key topics in today's episode:- P...

Jackie and Gareth run Vegan For The Animals, which is an organisation dedicated to creating social awareness towards helping animals and the planet by promoting a vegan message. Across the social media platforms they have over 400,000 followers and stories from their website have tens of thousands of shares.The key topics in today's episode:- The history of Vegan FTA- Getting off medications- What it means to go to a vigil- Showing the positives of a plant based diet- Fear of being not good e...

Rafael Duarte is an award-winning photographer, documentarist, and journalist. He uses photography to document nature's riches, evoke reflections on human behaviour, and foster preservation of natural, historical, and cultural heritages on Earth. His work has been exhibited in galleries in France, England, Spain, and Brazil. He has also worked in partnership with domestic and international media outlets, such as National Geographic, Vice, Go Outside, Digital Photographer, and O Globo. His fil...

Geraldine Starke is the founder of Refarmd, an organisation helping dairy farmers change their models and shift to produce plant-based milk and convert their farmland into an animal sanctuary. The key topics in today's episode:- Plant based milk business models- Dairy farmer trade- Mental framework of farmers- Circle of influence- Getting in touch with community- Veganic agriculture- Oat milk- Farmers connection to the cityVideo Version: https://youtu.be/E2U0O0wmo4YConnect with Geraldine:Webs...

"If you want to make a difference, target both individuals and policy makers. Don't make it one way activism. Target both."Joshua Amponsem is an environmentalist, climate activist and founder of Green Africa Youth Organisation. He focuses a majority of his effort on the youth, through education, implementation and policies and in 2016, he was named World Climate Ambassador by MIT Sloan’s Climate Interactive. The key topics in today's episode:- Climate change solutions- Transport industry- You...

"You don't have to have all the knowledge to get out there and make a change. I'm not a believe in arm-chair veganism, we all have to get out there and do something right now."Rebecca Knowles founded Farmers For Stock Free Farming. An organisation helping farmers transition into ethical business models completely devoid from animals. Rebecca talks a lot about using 3 roads to transition to a clean society and moving away from an animal centric economical system. They are growing crops f...

"In order to solve some of the biggest issues we are facing we will need all hands on deck. The more we spread the word about these new technologies, the better it is for everyone."Yadira Tejeda is a food scientist with over a decade of experience in the food industry and academia, including food policy. For several years, Yadira has volunteered in the animal rescue community and with science communication initiatives. She is also the executive director of Cellular Agriculture Canada.The key ...

"Please make you're lifestyle a bit more environmentally friendly. Places like Nepal are already feeling the first hand impacts of climate change." Pramisha Thapaliya is a climate activist and environmentalist from Nepal. Pramisha has a degree in agriculture and climate science, and focuses on implementing change through educating the youth and organising projects. She also hosts a new podcast in Nepali, providing information on climate change. The key topics in today's episode:- Effecti...

"There's still space. There's still more innovation to be done. We still have an uphill battle in front of us." Alan is a program and start up coordinator at ProVeg Incubator. He helps create a more sustainable environment by accelerating the disruption of the global food system through plant and cell-based food innovation. The key topics in today's episode:- What is proveg- How Covid affected start ups- Transforming our food system- The future of plant based foods- Start up challenges- ...