KETCast

KETcast is brought to you by Kind Earth.Tech, the global community whose events unite those interested in learning more about the burgeoning future of cell-based technology with the food pioneers behind these revolutionary products.

Sandhya Sriram, co-founder of Shiok Meats and Sonalie Figueires of Green Queen are 2 of our wonderful hosts from KETVirtual and some of the most brilliant women in the alternative protein space you could meet. Here, you will hear them discussing all the exciting news coming out of Singapore right now, how Shiok Meats approached fundraising for a startup 2 years away from a tangible product, what it is like to be a female founder raising money in Asia, finding a co-founder, how to take first steps, and so much more.

Aleph Farms is one of the pioneering cultivated meat companies, having been working for over 5 years in the industry, and in this episode, their CEO, Didier Touba meets our very own, KET founder, Ira Van Eelen.

An Asia special this week, with guest interviewer Sonalie Figueiras, founder of sustainability news platform, Hong Kong-based Green Queen Media chatting with Abhinav Sinha of GoodDot - the plantbased, affordable, shelf stable, and tasty meat alternative sweeping through India and now hitting shelves in Nepal, South Africa and even Canada!

Expect to hear how to he and his brother and sister their family friend were inspired to help animals, how they gradually grew the business, launched a QSR chain with 11 outlets in 3 Indian cities, how they came up with the name “GoodDo/t” and settled on which plant-based protein to use in their products.

This week’s podcast is with the rising star of the infant nutrition world whose company Biomilq, is pioneering work into creating human breast milk using cell-based technology. A self-confessed extrovert, Michelle Egger talked candidly with Emma Osborne about resilience, how to build a business that will change the way we feed humanity whilst remembering to be intentionally inclusive, getting emotionally attached to consumers and the importance of having passion for your work.

In Episode 3, Ira van Eelen (Co-Founder of KindEarth.Tech) introduces Tjeerd de Groot (Member of D66 and Head of Animal Agriculture for the Dutch Parliament) who was one of they key politicians that helped with the cultivated meat movement in the Netherlands. Ira & Tjeerd discuss the issues of growing animals the traditional way, food safety and regulations, how other people and politicians can help with the movement and the future of farmers.

In this episode, we meet Brett Thompson from Mzansi Meats whose cultivated mince is going to revolutionise BBQ's across South Africa as Africa's 1st cell-based meat startup. He and Emma Osborne dip into the ethics of meat, animal agriculture, and how companies like Mzansi will have a huge impact through wise consumer targeting.

The forces who bring us together, Ira Van Eelen and Olivia Fox Cabane join me, Emma Osborne, on this first episode where we talk all things cell-based, the origins of KET, hacking the genius mind, why mushrooms are the future and ending world hunger in a sustainable way. UNMISSABLE! We recorded this just before the 3rd (and 1st virtual) KET event in 2020.