The Future We Want

Radically Better Food

Episode Summary

We touch on themes from our recent Radically Better Food report and interview brand leaders from Danone working on regenerative agriculture, Impossible Foods on their mission to eradicate animals from our diets, and next-generation food vehicle Desert Bloom working to re-shape our food environments.

Episode Notes

This season’s first episode is dedicated to one of our favorite topics: food! We touch on themes from our recent Radically Better Food report and interview brand leaders from Danone working on regenerative agriculture, Impossible Foods on their mission to eradicate animals from our diets, and next-generation food vehicle Desert Bloom working to re-shape our food environments. 

Our Guests: 

Hans Taparia is co-founder of Tasty Bite, and more recently, Desert Bloom, a new food investment company that's reimagining the system by focusing on the food environment. He’s also a Clinical Assistant Professor of Business and Society at NYU Stern School of Business. Learn more about his visionary work reshaping our food environment at desertbloomfoods.com

Gabby Hernandez Galindo, a Global Sustainability Director at Danone, and Jeanette Coombs Lanot, Sustainability Advocacy Lead at Danone, are two inspiring leaders who are pioneering their business and brand transformation for a regenerative future. In this episode they share what it takes to design manifesto brands and their vision for a food system that can actually restore nature and unite humanity. Plus their take on what really is the best taco. 

Jessica Appelgren is Vice President of Communications at Impossible Foods where she's bringing a powerful perspective on what it looks like to challenge the status quo with more empathy, more ambition, and a laser-like focus on impact.  

Download BBMG and GlobeScan's free Radically Better Food report at bbmg.com/radically-better-food