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Greenhero#27 – Getting vegan businesses get off the ground w/ Founder and CEO of Vegan Business Tribe David PannellJoining Rikard today on the Greenhero Podcast is David Pannell, co-founder of Vegan Business Tribe, a community for plant-based entrepreneurs that helps grassroots vegan businesses get off the ground. David’s vegan journey started purely through an effort to improve his diet. It actually took him close to 10 years to make a complete transition through meat and dairy reduction. But initially, he found himself gravitating towards unhealthy foods during his time working in a corporate business. But once he began eating vegetarian, he found himself following a rabbit hole of sorts. He came upon a v...2022-10-2634 min
Greenhero#26 – Plant-based eating towards gut health w/ Founder and CEO of Dish Dash Deets Dr. Sunni PatelToday on the Greenhero Podcast, Rickard is joined by Dr. Sunni Patel, founder of Dish Dash Deets, as well as a scientist and gut health influencer that has made it his mission to come up with amazing plant-based recipes and lifestyle plans to help fight gut issues. Dr. Sunni has been featured on Ready Steady Cook, Newsround, and BBC Radio shows. He has helped many people improve problems such as fatigue, mood, immunity, gut, and other health issues using creative evidence-based advice paired with culinary planning and plant-based cooking.Sunni has been living with...2022-10-1936 min
Greenhero#25 – Towards a plant-based lifestyle in the Caribbean w/ Founder and CEO of Rethink Your Food Liz RossOn this episode, Rikard is talking with Liz Ross, Founder and Executive Director of Rethink Your Food Inc., a nonprofit focused on change towards a plant-based diet primarily among Caribbean people in the Caribbean region and the diaspora. She is a recipe developer who has created over 90 recipes for the Vegan Caribbean Kickstart project and has worked with catering/food service companies interested in adding plant-based options to their menu. Liz was born and raised in Trinidad & Tobago, where her family owns land and grows crops. With that background, Liz then went on to s...2022-10-1238 min
Greenhero#24 – Plant-based food with Ghanaian roots w/ Founder of Kelewele Rachel LaryeaToday on the Greenhero Podcast, Rikard is with the Founder and CEO of Kelewele, Rachel Laryea. Kelewele is a food service and cultural lifestyle brand reimagining plantains and is on a mission to connect with the African diaspora through food, culture, and innovation.As a child growing up in a traditional Ghanaian home, Rachel eagerly watched her mother fry plantains in the family’s old cast iron, black pot. She quickly grew a love for the fruit for its sweet taste, often paired with savory and spicy flavors. The first plantain di...2022-10-0529 min
Greenhero#23– Reducing meat consumption w/ Co-founder of Reducitarian Foundation Brian KatemanWelcome back to the Greenhero Podcast! Today’s guest is Brian Kateman, co-founder and executive director of the Reducetarian Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to reducing meat consumption with the aim of creating a more healthy, sustainable, and compassionate world. He’s the author of “Meat Me Halfway” and lead producer of the documentary under the same name. As a child, Brian always had an affinity for the natural world and the animals that inhabit the wild. As he grew into a young adult, he became somewhat of an environmentalist in his undergraduate studies. While in...2022-09-2830 min
Greenhero#22 – A journey from her kitchen to Whole Foods w/ Co-founder of No Evil Foods Sadrah SchadelToday’s guest on the Greenhero Podcast is co-founder and Chief Creative Officer at No Evil Foods, Sadrah Schadel. She guided her company's growth from farmer's markets to a national brand fueled by her commitment to animal welfare, social good, and creating killer culinary experiences through simple ingredients. She utilizes the visibility and success of her company as a vehicle to drive transformative impact on social and systemic inequalities, leading No Evil Foods to become the world’s first Certified Plastic Negative plant-based meat brand and a Certified Fair Chance Business. Sadrah provides thought leadership as a Board Memb...2022-09-2132 min
Greenhero#21 – Plant-based thinking to improve nutrition security and food literacy w/ nutiritionist Dr. Zubaida QamarToday’s guest on the Greenhero Podcast is Dr. Zubaida Qamar. Dr Qamar has spent years researching the behavioral aspects of nutrition and social and cultural aspects of health in various communities. She is currently leading many projects aimed at improving food insecurity and literacy. Dr Qamar’s email signature signs off with the quote “Maslow before Bloom” which speaks to her attitude towards basic needs, specifically food insecurity. Maslow came up with a psychological theory of motivation, which basically says that people’s basic needs must be met before they can achieve...2022-09-1429 min
Greenhero#20 – Cultivating salmon in the lab w/ Senior Scientist of Wildtype Alexandr SamochaToday’s guest on the Greenhero Podcast is Alexandr Samocha, Senior Scientist at Wildtype, a cell-based company. There, Alexandr works at the intersection of novel cell line development, molecular biology, and large-scale cultivation to build toward the future of food. His current focus is to cultivate the most sustainable salmon on Earth.Cell-based food can be a ‘wild’ concept to wrap our heads around, but Alexandr explains it plainly as a process of taking a sample of tissue (in this case, salmon) and isolating cells, working to help those cells grow faster...2022-09-0731 min
Greenhero#19 – Green and nutriton dense food in school w/ Founder of Balanced Audrey Lawson-SanchezToday's guest on the Greenhero Podcast is Audrey Lawson-Sanchez, Founder and Executive Director of Balanced. After years of working as a teacher and seeing the devastating impacts of nutrition insecurity and diet-related disease in children, Audrey decided she wanted to do something about it. So she founded Balanced, a nutrition security and public health advocacy organization with a mission to improve the menus in schools, hospitals, and other community institutions to help people and communities around the world balance, build, launch, and run campaigns focused on replacing at least 20% of the known disease-causing foods on institutional menus with...2022-08-3128 min
Greenhero#18 – Plant-based food at your local bodega w/ Founder of Plantega Nil ZachariasThanks for joining us on another episode of the Greenhero Podcast! Today’s guest is Nil Zacharias, a leading expert on food systems change, with a focus on the growing plant-based foods industry. He is the Founder and CEO of Plantega, a startup on a mission to make plant-based food more accessible and equitable. He also hosts the Eat For The Planet Podcast and co-authored the Eat For The Planet books. Nil’s journey to plant-based eating started when he traveled from his home in India to New York City for law school. While he wa...2022-08-2437 min
Greenhero#17 – Cell-based oysters on a half shell w/ Founder of Perlita Foods Nikita MichelsenThanks for joining us on the Greenhero Podcast with your host, Rikard Bjorkdahl! On the show today is Nikita Michelsen, founder and CEO of cell-based company Pearlita Foods. Driven by her passion for human health and reversing climate change, Nikita decided to launch her company to build the future of seafood. Nikita and her team are on a mission to grow the universally loved oyster in a lab environment. In this way, we can keep more oysters in the ocean as nature's own filtration system to clean water.Pearlita Foods was f...2022-08-1725 min
Greenhero#16 – Plant-based eating starts at work w/ Founder & CEO of Plants+Perks Chloe SwedenOn today’s episode of the Greenhero Podcast, Rikard is chatting with Chloe Sweden, founder and CEO of PLANTS + PERKS, the world's first benefit app that empowers employees to live healthier and more sustainable lives. Chloe and her team are taking plant-based eating to the workplace to inform, incentivize, and inspire people to be part of the Green Revolution.PLANTS + PERKS is about supporting employees in reducing their meat and dairy consumption for personal and planetary health. With a background as Head of Talent and Culture at multiple corporations, Chloe has ex...2022-08-1021 min
Greenhero#15 – Leapfrogging Africa into plant-based eating w/ Founder & CEO of Infinite Foods Michelle AdelmanToday on the Greenhero Podcast, Rikard is chatting with Michelle Adelman, co-founder and CEO of Infinite Foods. She has 30 years of business experience as a former Global Managing Director for Accenture, CEO of a US-based home health services company, and Group Strategy Executive for the pan-African Econet Group. In 2017, Michelle was named by CEO Global as Africa’s Most Influential Woman – Business & Professional Services and in 2019, Michelle was named to the Forbes Africa “20 New Wealth Creators” list.While working at Accenture, Michelle visited Africa, where she spoke with local members of the commu...2022-08-0333 min
Greenhero#14 – Plant-based restaurants for everyone w/ Veggie Grill Founder T.K. PillianToday on the Greenhero Podcast, Rikard is talking with T.K. Pillian, Founder and Chairman of the plant-based restaurant chain, Veggie Grill. T.K. is on a mission to help people eat more plant-based food by making it more accessible and delicious. Veggie Grill has grown to more than 34 locations and expanded into Stand-Up Burgers and Mas Veggies Vegan Taqueria.T.K. was not a restaurateur by trade. In fact, he got his degree in engineering from MIT and picked up an MBA along the way. After growing and exiting a company he started...2022-07-2728 min
Greenhero#13 – The ABC of cell-based meat w/ TurtleTree's Chief of Staff Kara LeongJoining Rikard today on the Greenhero Podcast is CEO of cell-based food company, TurtleTree, Kara Leong. She’s here to break down the complex topic of cell-based food, something not plant-based, but not animal-based either. Lab grown food will certainly be part of our future, but how can we get comfortable eating it? With her extensive scientific background, Kara will try to make these complex topics simple.Cell-based food, or cellular agriculture, is another way of producing food outside the traditional methods of raising crops or keeping land and raising livestock. Cell-based food is ta...2022-07-2030 min
Greenhero#12 – The proof of why a plant-based diet is the way to go w/ host and founder of The Proof podcast Simon HillOn the Greenhero Podcast today, Rikard is joined by Simon Hill, founder and host of the massively popular podcast and blog, The Proof. There, he deciphers scientific studies to figure out how you can fuel your body to promote longevity while simultaneously achieving your fitness goals. He’s also an author, nutritionist, and physiotherapist, all while running a plant-based restaurant in Bondi Beach, Australia. Simon transitioned to a fully plant-based diet over the course of 9 months, a huge shift from his previous eating habits. The impetus for this change was his brother bringing him new...2022-07-1344 min
Greenhero#11 – Plant-based eating through an intersectional lens w/ founder of Veggie Mijas Amy QuichizToday on the Greenhero podcast, Rikard is with Amy Quichiz, speaker, activist, and founder of Veggie Mijas, a community for vegans and people interested in plant-based eating that have marginalized identities and or experience with food insecurity and food apartheid, working primarily with vegans of color and people from the LGBT community.Amy grew up in Queens where access to healthy food options was virtually non-existent. In reality, the only choices were fast-food or other non-nutritious foods. When she went to college and started to learn about Women and Gender studies...2022-07-0625 min
Greenhero#10 – Vegan activism and its place in our plant-based future w/ Viva!'s founder Juliet GellatleyThanks for joining us on today’s episode of the Greenhero Podcast! This week, we’re with Juliet Gellatley, a British author of several reports, guides, and books on veganism, an animal rights activist, and founder and director of Viva! She’s the former director of the Vegetarian Society and winner of the Linda McCarthy award for animal welfare and the P.E.A award.Juliet’s journey to a vegan lifestyle started at a young age. Even then, her mother would describe her as someone rooting for the underdog. She first demonstrated her activism...2022-06-2936 min
Greenhero#9 – Changing the world one slice at a time w/ One-Planet Pizza's co-founder Joe HillOur guest on today’s episode of the Greenhero Podcast with Rikard Björkdahl, we’re chatting with Joe Hill, co-founder of One Planet Pizza. Joe and his father Mike run One Planet Pizza, a plant-based frozen pizza company in the UK. They’re on a mission to get everyone eating epic-tasting plant-based pizzas and save the planet one slice at a time. Joe’s plant-based journey started with his father, who was far ahead of the curve, transitioning to a plant-based lifestyle in the mid-80s to help him better train for sports. When Joe a...2022-06-2231 min
Greenhero#8 – Plant-based food and its role for a sustainable future w/ CEO of 1% for the planet Kate WilliamsThis week’s guest on the Greenhero Podcast is the CEO of 1% for the Planet, Kate Williams. 1% for the Planet is a global movement of businesses, individuals, and nonprofit organizations that inspire action and commitment so that our planet and future generations thrive. Kate’s plant-based journey started as a child when she would spend her evenings before dinner running around the yard. But it was more than just playtime, it was about building a connection to the outdoors. More intentionally, when she graduated high school, she spent time in the Weste...2022-06-1532 min
Greenhero#7 – Small lifestyle changes will improve your physical health w/ plant-based health coach Vanessa SturmanToday on the Greenhero Podcast, we’re talking with London-based plant-based health coach, Vanessa Sturman. She’s an educator and speaker who helps people get high energy and healthy weight with delicious plant-based food. She is also a co-founder of the recipe website The Vegan Larder.Throughout her career, Vanessa has been involved with plant-based foods. Though her personal journey began nearly a decade ago, she realized early on that many people simply weren’t sure how to build a balanced meal and how to do that without being in the kitchen, doing loads of pre...2022-06-0830 min
Greenhero#6 – Designing a plant-based world w/ Kindly Made Studio founder Timo KrampOn today’s episode of the Greenhero podcast, Rikard is sitting down with Timo Kramp. a Dutch designer and founder of kindly made studio, a design agency focused solely on plant-based brands. After bouncing around as a freelance designer at major design firms in Amsterdam, Timo felt that he wanted to use his skill for a purpose that he aligned with. After he and his family transitioned to veganism, kindly made studio was born. Now, Timo has created branding visual identities packaging advertising for plant-based brands like Willie Croft and others.Ti...2022-06-0121 min
Greenhero#5 – Locally produced plant-based products w/ chef and entrepreneur Jessica TacconeThis week on the Greenhero Podcast, Rikard is with Jessica Taccone, founder of The Complete Burger and private chef to Madonna, Gwyneth Paltrow, and other stars. Jess has created a locally produced vegan and gluten-free burger that has taken the East End by storm. Through her work, she’s supporting her community while feeding them delicious, organic food.We hear a lot about the big players in the vegan and gluten-free food industry; Beyond Meat, Oatly, and more. But Jess is doing what many people have no idea exists: locally produced, organic plant-based products. 2022-05-2528 min
Greenhero#4 – Plant-based entrepreneurship is changing the way we eat w/ Vevolution co-founder Erik AmundsonWelcome back to the Greenhero podcast with your host, Rikard Björkdahl! Joining the show today is Erik Admundson, co-founder and managing director of Vevolution, a global network and investment marketplace with a mission to accelerate the growth of the plant-based and the cell-based economy. After years of managing networks in the nonprofit and for-profit sectors, Erik's passion for entrepreneurship and the future of food led him to Vevolution.Vevolution was founded after the collapse of the in-person event industry due to COVID-19. With the fundamental goal to cultivate and accelerate t...2022-05-1828 min
Greenhero#3 – Delicious plant-based recipes that will satisfy any craving w/ food creator Therese ElgquistThanks for tuning into the GreenHero Podcast with your host, Rikard Björkdahl! We’re sitting down with Therese Elgquist, Swedish cookbook creator, three-time cookbook author, and TV chef.Her plant-based journey started when she realized her love of food and pickiness intersected at her creative spirit. It happened suddenly—she woke up one day and just felt that she wanted all the vegetables in the world. And what she found in the plant-based world was opportunity. The ingredients and aspects of every dish could be shaped and formed into completely diffe...2022-05-1132 min
Greenhero#2 – Long-lasting lifestyle change starts with a transformational journey w/ health coach Yannis KavounisThanks for tuning into the GreenHero Podcast with your host, Rikard Björkdahl. Today’s guest is Yannis Kavounis, a marketer, health coach, and activist. Yannis has spent his career between New York and London advising some of the world's biggest corporations. His highest-paid career eventually led to struggles with stress, depression, IBS, and unhealthy eating. To turn his life around, he spent several years researching plant-based eating and mindfulness, slowly implementing his findings into his own life. The journey was transformational and completely changed his life for the better. Now, he u...2022-05-0427 min
Greenhero#1 – Boost your athletic performance using plant-based foods w/ Olympian Dotsie BauschThanks for tuning into the Greenhero Podcast with your host, Rikard Björkdahl. Each week we'll be digging into the inspiring journeys of people who live a plant-based lifestyle to tease out the most effective and fun ways to add more plants to your life. Today, we’re sitting down with Dotsie Bausch, seven-time track cycling US national champion, former world record holder, Pan American Gold medal winner, and silver medalist in Team Pursuit at the 2012 London Olympics. Dotsie founded the non-profit Switch4Good in early 2018 with a television commercial featuring six...2022-04-2729 min
Greenhero#0 - Introducing the Greenhero PodcastThe Greenhero podcast empowers people to switch into and maintain a plant-based lifestyle. Each week we will be digging into the inspiring journeys of people who live a plant-based lifestyle to tease out ways to make plant-based living easy, fun and welcoming to everyone.2022-04-2003 min