Feeding 10 Billion

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Powered By EPIC ON. By the year 2050 we will have 10 billion people on our planet a sixth of whom will be in India. If we want to feed all 10 billion of us in a sustainable, healthy and just way, we need to reimagine how we source our food. Feeding ourselves cannot come at the cost of global health, worsening greenhouse gas emissions, excessive land, water and resource use, zoonotic diseases, antibiotic resistance, and needless suffering. Last season, we brought you a ringside view of the next food revolution that is rethinking the future of protein. Companies like Memphis Meats, Impossible Foods, Beyond Meat and JUST Egg had a blockbuster year making meat, eggs, and other animalsourced foods from plants, or cells, or other ingredients that are delicious and nutritious for us, and vastly better for the planet. The Covid19 pandemic has only made the importance of protein diversification evident. If you want to be part of the future of food and work on solutions to some of the biggest problems of our time, join the Good Food Institute’s Varun Deshpande and Ramya Ramamurthy on Season 2 of Feeding 10 Billion

Season 2: Announcement

1 min 46 sec

By the year 2050 we will have 10 billion people on our planet a sixth of whom will be in India. If we want to feed all 10 billion of us in a sustainable, healthy and just way,
S02 E01: Building the Foundation of Alternative Protein

1 min 43 sec

Season 1 of Feeding 10 Billion launched in a banner year for altprotein. 2019 was the year Beyond Meat had its recordsetting IPO,
S02 E02: Big Ideas, Big Investments

51 min 11 sec

Last year was groundbreaking for plantbased food, and were also on the cusp of making secure, sustainable, and cultivated meat a reality.
S02 E03: Connecting the Dots for Catalytic Capital

50 min 19 sec

Agriculture forms a significant bulk of the Indian workforce, with over half of our workforce dependent on the sector.
S02 E04: Paving the Way for Plant-Based Dairy in India

37 min 58 sec

In 2019, Dean Foods, Americas largest dairy producer filed for bankruptcy prompting analogies of the proverbial canary in the coal mine as the 94year old companys struggles
S02 E05: Beyond the Burger - Decoding what Consumers Want

52 min 23 sec

Understanding what consumers want has been the holy grail for innovators across industries for decades. In the U.S. and other countries, products like Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods demonstrated that a huge and viable market exists for burgers made from
S02 E06: Building a Food Innovation Ecosystem

54 min 16 sec

The Beyond Meat IPO in 2019 marked an inflection point not just for the global alternative protein ecosystem but the fledgling Indian innovation ecosystem as well. Calls to offer capital, RD and entrepreneurial talent started pouring in.
S02 E07: Tackling Malnutrition with Smart Protein: A Glimpse of the Future

53 min 41 sec

Smart protein, if done right, can be a big win for the planet. By now, hopefully, it is clear that foods that replace animalsourced meat, eggs, and dairy tend to use fewer resources, do not contribute to rising greenhouse gas emissions, and diminish the
S02 E08: Conquering the Valley of Death

47 min 13 sec

What seemed like science fiction just a few decades back, is increasingly becoming a reality. Early research pioneered by NASA on how to feed astronauts in long haul missions to planets like Mars brought closed loop systems and fermented ingredients to t
S02 E09: Building the Bio Revolution

41 min 56 sec

In the year 2050, we tend to focus on the fact that there will be nearly 10 billion human beings on this planet but we wont be the only species to worry about. We are currently witnessing an unprecedented loss of biodiversity and species loss as climat
S02 E10: Plagues, Pestilence, Smart Protein: Our Resilient Food Future

51 min 29 sec

In the final episode of Feeding 10 Billion Season 2, we contend with some of our enduring questions what will humans eat in a world that is rapidly warming and exposed to the worst effects of climate change And
Smart Protein’s Breakout Year?

23 min 4 sec

Varun Deshpande Ayesha Marfatia from the Good Food Institute give us a sneak peek into the new Season 2.5 of Feeding 10 Billion

Ep. 00: Introducing The Feeding 10 Billion Podcast

1 min 16 sec

By the year 2050, we will have 10 billion people on our planet. If we want to feed all 10 billion in a sustainable, healthy and just way, its time to reimagine our food systems. Making food thats better for the planet and for us, has to come...
Ep. 01: Inside the Revolution

38 min 30 sec

It is time for a major food revolution. The way we source animal protein has remained the same for thousands of years. We grow crops to feed to animals and rear those animals to eat their meat. But this system is broken in terms of resource use and...
Ep. 02: Cultivating our Meat

44 min 42 sec

It may sound like science fiction, but its coming to your plate in the near future Cultivating our meat using just a small sample of animal cells is now a reality. Companies like Memphis Meats and scientists like Dr. Mark Post have pioneered this...
Ep. 03: The Power of Plant-Protein

1 hr 8 min 35 sec

Theagrees we need to eat less meat and eat moreif we want to save the planet from disastrous climate crises. But thats easier said than done. In fact, our meat consumption is only set to rise. It was the highest in the U.S....
Ep. 04: The Business of Food

50 min 18 sec

Feeding a billion plus Indians is big business the Indian food and grocery market is the. Food processing in the country is worth over 250 billion and contributes 14 of Indias GDP through manufacturing. So what does this prophesize for the...
Ep. 05: Serving up the Future

44 min 22 sec

If you want to make a fortune in food, forget about reading the future in coffee grounds and follow the big trends in the food service or the HoReCa Hotels, Restaurants and Caf sector. This sector is traditionally the make or break point for any...
Ep. 06: A Brief History Our Future

1 hr 3 min 5 sec

The famous writer and philosopher George Santayanas quote says those who cannot remember their past are condemned to repeat it but perhaps the more pertinent iteration of that question for our times would be to know your future, you must...
Ep. 07: Dining in the Age of Data Mining

39 min 53 sec

Food makes the world go round with apologies to Shakespeare And what makes food so irresistible are ingredients which can be broken down into the flavour components that build the dish. A simple tempering of spices in our home kitchens inform the...
Ep. 08: Dispatch from the Frontier of Food

54 min 39 sec

Through this season of Feeding 10 Billion, two names that have cropped up in nearly every episode are the pioneers of plantbased meats: Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods.had the biggest IPO in North America in the last two decades this...
Ep. 09: Fishing for a Fix

35 min 13 sec

Its no secret our oceans are in.Climate change and bad policy continue to contribute to major shifts in one of the most complex ecosystems on the planet. Among the most pressing challenges arethe ocean today is, on average,...
Ep. 10: No Food to Good Food

46 min 19 sec

In the season finale of our 10 part series Feeding 10 Billion, we focus on one word that has come to dominate our discourse and perfectly captures our theory of change leapfrog. The themes in our podcast this season have given you an inkling of the...
Indra Nooyi on Smart Protein’s Breakout Moment

27 min 48 sec

Varun speaks to Indra Nooyi about Pepsico, big brands and their sustainability ventures
Riteish and Genelia Deshmukh on Re-Imagine-ing Our Relationship with Meat

19 min 22 sec

Varun Deshpande speaks to Riteish Genelia Deshmukh about their alternative to meat brand Imagine Meats
Lisa Sweet on Future-Proofing Food Systems

47 min 25 sec

Varun Deshpande speaks to Lisa Sweet about Alternate Protein
Bernhard Kowatsch on Transformative Food Innovation

40 min 8 sec

Varun Deshpande speaks to Bernard about Alternative Protein
Kate Krueger on Cultivating a Better Protein Supply

41 min 28 sec

Varun Deshpande speaks to Kate Krueger on Alternative Protein