Future Food with Analisa Winther
138 episodes - English - Latest episode: 19 days ago - ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsConversations with individuals and organizations creating the future through food. More information at www.analisawinther.com
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Dyrehøj Vingaard's Betina Newberry on why Scandinavia wine production is good business
April 14, 2020 03:29 - 42 minutes - 34 MBClimate change is warming the Nordics making it increasingly possible to produce wine commercially. Recently, the New York Times published a front page article exploring the budding scene of wine makers who see the Nordics as the next frontier. My guest is Betina Newberry who was featured in the article and owns Denmark's largest vineyard, Dyrehøj Vingaard, along with her brother. This episode is full of insights on what it takes to produce wine in the Nordics and how the industry is develo...
Wholi Foods' Malena Sigurgeirsdóttir on why a vegetarian eats insects
March 23, 2020 02:17 - 37 minutes - 30.2 MBMalena Sigurgeirsdóttir is the co-founder of Wholi Foods, which was one of the first European companies to produce products with insect protein. Their portfolio includes snack bites, crisp bread, protein bars, and an insect-based meat alternative, which premiered at Roskilde Festival. In this episode, you’ll hear how insects are tiny, but mighty, able to fight poverty, boost nutrition, reduce pollution, and combat climate change. Malena gives us the inside scoop on how they solved her ow...
Hey Planet's Malena Sigurgeirsdóttir on why a vegetarian eats insects
March 23, 2020 02:17 - 37 minutes - 30.2 MBMalena Sigurgeirsdóttir is the co-founder of Wholi Foods, which was one of the first European companies to produce products with insect protein. Their portfolio includes snack bites, crisp bread, protein bars, and an insect-based meat alternative, which premiered at Roskilde Festival. In this episode, you’ll hear how insects are tiny, but mighty, able to fight poverty, boost nutrition, reduce pollution, and combat climate change. Malena gives us the inside scoop on how they solved her ow...
Alexandra Genis on designing food for a post-agriculture age
March 11, 2020 01:54 - 29 minutes - 23.4 MBAlexandra Genis is an artist and the principal designer at TAS2R, a Food Design Studio in Berlin propagating Gastro-Intestinal Science-Fiction. She uses food as a biochemical and visual tool to transmit challenging ideas about ecology, innovation and science. Her projects seek to reframe human perception around what an edible substance is as well as challenge our consumption behaviors. In this episode, we look at the power of art and design to realize new possibilities. 1:50 The Atoma proj...
Tas2r's Alexandra Genis on designing food for a post-agriculture age
March 11, 2020 01:54 - 34 minutes - 27.6 MBAlexandra Genis is an artist and the principal designer at TAS2R, a Food Design Studio in Berlin propagating Gastro-Intestinal Science-Fiction. She uses food as a biochemical and visual tool to transmit challenging ideas about ecology, innovation and science. Her projects seek to reframe human perception around what an edible substance is as well as challenge our consumption behaviors. In this episode, we look at the power of art and design to realize new possibilities. 1:20 The Atoma proj...
Baltic Studies Centre Dr. Mikelis Grivins on foraging across Europe, the Latvian food system, and alternative food networks
February 27, 2020 15:11 - 55 minutes - 44.1 MBDr. Mikelis Grivins is a senior researcher at the Baltic Studies Centre, a research institute focused on studying sustainable rural and regional development, agro-food systems, farming and innovations. We dive in Dr Grivins work on alternative food networks, foraging, and wild foods across Europe. We also discuss similarities and differences between the Nordic and Baltic food systems. There's lots of food for thought in this episode as we explore history, philosophy, regulation, black marke...
Dr. Mikelis Grivins on foraging and the black market for wild foods
February 27, 2020 15:11 - 46 minutes - 37.1 MBIs foraging sustainable? Is a black market around wild foods okay? Dr. Mikelis Grivins, a senior researcher at the Baltic Studies Centre, has built his academic career on studying foraging and the sustainability transition in Central and Eastern Europe. In this episode, we discuss the alternative food system and business that exists around wild foods in Europe. We also take a look at how post-Soviet states like Latvia had to develop alternative food pathways like foraging and how that feeds...
Parsons New School Asst. Professor Raz Godelnik on designing for the climate crisis
February 17, 2020 18:26 - 24 minutes - 19.5 MBMy guest is Raz Godelnik Assistant Professor of Strategic Design and Management at the Parsons School of Design New School where he is exploring new business models and design solutions. In this episode, we discuss the DEFT framework, which provides a model for designing and implementing climate solutions. Raz is also the co-founder of two green startups - Hemper Jeans and Eco-Libris. He is involved with sandbox Zero where he develops sustainable business models, climate action, and susta...
University of Greenland's Aviaja Lyberth Hauptmann on how the world's diet revolution is challenging Greenland
February 04, 2020 02:17 - 40 minutes - 56.2 MBFor a millennia, the Inuit people have managed to survive off the land of Greenland, an extreme Arctic environment. Aviaja Lyberth Hauptmann has been conducting research on the Greenlandic Diet Revolution, which looks at the microbiomes of traditional Greenlandic foods, an almost exclusively animal-based diet. Aviaja's work encompasses culture, climate change, nutrition, microbiology, biotech, big industry, and politics. Full of fascinating insights, this conversation will get you thi...
Total Ctrl's Charlotte Aschim on the digital fight against food waste
January 27, 2020 16:00 - 29 minutes - 23.4 MBCharlotte Aschim is CEO and Co-Founder of the Norwegian startup TotalCtrl, which makes food waste prevention software for grocery stores, hotels, and restaurants. Charlotte has been named one of Europe's most inspiring food waste change makers, one of the top 80 Norwegian leaders under 35, and is a European Green Capital Ambassador. Total Ctrl is looking to integrate with other software companies food management solutions so if you're in that space, get in touch! in this episode, we also cov...
TotalCtrl's Charlotte Aschim on the digital fight against food waste
January 27, 2020 16:00 - 29 minutes - 23.4 MBCharlotte Aschim is CEO and Co-Founder of the Norwegian startup TotalCtrl, which makes food waste prevention software for grocery stores, hotels, and restaurants. Charlotte has been named one of Europe's most inspiring food waste change makers, one of the top 80 Norwegian leaders under 35, and is a European Green Capital Ambassador. TotalCtrl is looking to integrate with other software companies food management solutions so if you're in that space, get in touch! in this episode, we also cove...
K Group's Heidi Jungar on sustainability in grocery retail
January 07, 2020 03:21 - 42 minutes - 34.2 MBK Group is the 2nd biggest grocery retailer in the Finnish market. They've been celebrated for being the most sustainable trading sector company in the world by World Economic Forum and are the only Finnish company to have made it on the list every year since 2005. Despite this achievement, K Group has struggled to communicate the responsibility they’ve taken around their business practices to consumers. In this conversation, we speak with Customer Insight Director Heidi Jungar to explore h...
Södertälje Municipality's Sara Jervfors on the school lunch diet for a green planet
December 16, 2019 19:28 - 29 minutes - 23.7 MBSince 2010, Södertälje Municipality in Sweden has served public school lunches that are healthy for students and the planet. The initiative is known as Diet for a Green Planet. Our guest today is Sara Jervfors who is the Head of the Diet Unit in Södertälje Municipality and an architect of the system. We talk about what a diet for a green planet is, how more municipalities could transform their lunches to meet these parameters, what incentives are missing to encourage such a diet, and how ...
Stockholm Resilience Centre's Amanda Wood on the science-backed diet that can transform the world
December 09, 2019 13:27 - 38 minutes - 31.1 MBIn this episode, we address what we know from science when it comes to adopting diets that support a healthy, sustainable food system. My guest is Amanda Wood who is a researcher at the Stockholm Resilience Centre. Launched in 2007, the Centre's vision is to advance a world where social-ecological systems are understood, governed and managed to not only enhance human well-being, but also enable the sustainable co-evolution of human civilizations with the biosphere. Amanda was a co-author of ...
ReGeneration 2030's Emil Vincentz on the youth's vision for our future food system
December 04, 2019 15:08 - 44 minutes - 36 MBEmil Vincentz started his climate activism as a 12 year old. Today he is in his 20s and a member of Regeneration 2030, a movement led by teenagers and young adults in the Nordic and Baltic Sea Regions focused on making the United Nation's sustainable development goals a reality. He is also the founder of Symplistic, a company helping private and public organizations implement concrete solutions on environmental sustainability. At the Nordic COP25 in Stockholm, ReGeneration 2030 will be pre...
Nordic Food Policy Lab's Marie Persson on taking climate action through food
December 01, 2019 16:55 - 39 minutes - 54.2 MBThe Nordic Food Policy Lab was launched by the 5 prime ministers of the Nordic countries in 2017 to curate and share examples of Nordic food policy for health and sustainability. They do this through global partnerships and dialogues. Their goal is meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals through food policy. They also help other countries in achieving the goals. In this episode, Marie Persson provides an overview of what is happening within food policy across the Nordics. We also take a ...
Too Good To Go's Mikkel Fog Holm-Nielsen on fighting food waste through business, households, politics, and education
November 26, 2019 12:22 - 32 minutes - 44.1 MBToo Good To Go enables consumers to buy food that would otherwise be thrown out at the end of the day. The idea started in Denmark and has quickly spread across Europe with everyone from mom and pop bakeries to big grocery retailers getting on board. Today they've saved some 25.5 million meals and opened up a new customer segment for many food businesses. In this episode, we speak with Mikkel Fog Holm-Nielsen who runs special projects for Too Good To Go's management team. Join us as we di...
Arla Digital's Tomi Sirén on using tech to drive FMCG's sustainability agenda forward
November 19, 2019 09:05 - 33 minutes - 26.5 MBArla is the 5th largest dairy company in the world. Owned by 12,500 farmers across seven countries, they have an ambition to become the most transparent value chain in dairy. In today's episode, we discuss this ambition with Tomi Sirén who is the head of Digital and Technological Innovations at Arla. Based in Finalnd, he’s spearheading a variety of projects focused on moving their sustainability agenda forward with emerging technologies including the Arla Milkchain. Listen in as we talk a...
Almi Invest's Karin Ebbinghaus on investing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
November 12, 2019 11:02 - 35 minutes - 28.1 MBAlmi Invest is Sweden’s most active startup investor. With 3 billion SEK under management, they make about 50 new investments each year and have invested in 660 companies overall, some of which have been acquired by Google, Microsoft, and Apple or IPOed at a billion kroner level on the stock market. Join us as we speak with investment manager Karin Ebbinghaus about Almi's GreenTech fund, which only invests in companies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The fund has about 650 million S...
Ellen MacArthur Foundation's Emma Chow on the power of cities to transform the food system
November 04, 2019 22:45 - 48 minutes - 67 MBBy 2050, an estimated 80% of all food will be destined for our global cities. To understand how we can make the food systems of our cities sustainable, resilient, and diverse our guest today is Emma Chow - the Project Lead for the Food Initiative at the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. The Ellen MacArthur Foundation was launched in 2010 to accelerate the transition to a circular economy. In 2019, they launched a food initiative focused on convening food brands, producers, retailers, government...
Amass's Kim Wejendorp on how they've made fine dining sustainable
October 22, 2019 12:08 - 37 minutes - 29.8 MBAmass has been recognized multiple times not only as one of the best restaurants in the world, but also as one of the most sustainable. For them, a zero waste kitchen has been an incredible creative constraint inspiring major changes to how this fine dining institution cooks, recycles, sources, and operates in their local environment. Today the restaurant’s food and ingredients are 90% organic. Food waste has been reduced by 75% since they started in 2013 and their annual water consumption ...
AgFo's Frida Jonson on the role of journalism from farm to fork
October 15, 2019 12:46 - 25 minutes - 20.3 MBNot long ago, Frida Jonson and her co-founder Lovisa Madås realized that the FoodTech and AgTech worlds were unfolding in parallel. No journalism outlet was covering all sides of the story from farm to fork. So, they started AgFo, a digital media outlet covering the intersection of agriculture and food in Sweden. AgFo's journalists travel all over the country reporting on different trends, perspectives, and innovations in the food system. Today, Frida gives us a front row seat to the conv...
Hatch's Carsten Krome on why aquaculture is the fastest growing sector in animal farming
September 30, 2019 23:07 - 33 minutes - 46.2 MBAquaculture is the farming of fish. As the fastest growing sector in animal food production, the industry has started to attract the interest of Silicon Valley. This might also be because aquaculture is some 20 years behind traditional agriculture in terms of development leaving it ripe for innovation. We speak with Carsten Krome who is the Managing Partner of Hatch, the first global aquaculture accelerator program operating across Norway, Hawaii and Singapore and an investor into aquacult...
Creandum's Carl Fritjofsson on how the tech VC behind Spotify, Vivino, and Kahoot is getting into food
September 24, 2019 01:54 - 29 minutes - 24 MBCreandum has been an early investor in many of the most well known and successful Nordic companies including Spotify, Vivino, Klarna, and Kahoot just to name a few. In today’s episode, we are speaking with Carl Fritjofsson who runs the San Francisco office serving as a bridge to Creandum's European founders as their companies expand into the US. Join us as we discuss how this tech VC is investing into the future of food and how European startups should be considering internationalization.
KBH Madhus' Pernille Nielsen on how the public sector is going 90% organic
September 16, 2019 20:18 - 20 minutes - 16.7 MBKBH Madhus has a mission is to change society through better meals and they’ve been doing this by helping the kitchens of hospitals, schools, and other public institutions go 90% organic, often on the same budget. So many meals are made in the public sector, that this kind of institutional change has massive impact. In this episode, we talk about the process KBH Madhus uses as well as how any kitchen - big or small, private or public - can do the same.
Cecilia Tilli on lessons learned from food bankruptcy
September 03, 2019 15:02 - 42 minutes - 34.2 MBCecilia Tilli founded Ultuna Mejeri, one of the first vegan cheese startups to hit the Swedish market back in 2014. The company grew to be sold in 50 stores and had a devoted fan base. Still, Cecilia and her team had to take the decision to close the company and declare bankruptcy. In this episode, Cecilia shares her personal story of starting the company and gives us a look into the realities of having your startup journey end in bankruptcy.
Jävligt Gott's Gustav Johansson on how comfort food is the secret to a sustainable diet
August 21, 2019 06:35 - 42 minutes - 34.2 MBGustav Johansson is behind Swedens largest vegan food blog. He’s also the author of two vegan cookbooks - one covers Swedish comfort food and the other is for athletes in collaboration with the World Wildlife Fund and the Swedish Olympic Committee. Gustav's work is fascinating. His work centers on using his platform to make it easier for people to chose a planet friendly diet. He does so by developing a trove of recipes that don’t require consumers to sacrifice the tastes they love or dis...
Fostering AgTech innovation in rural Denmark
August 13, 2019 08:22 - 27 minutes - 21.8 MBLolland-Falster is fascinating not only because it has some of the richest soil in the country, but also because its considered “udkantsdanmark” or outer Denmark - a rural region, which has been struggling to attract growth in competition with big cities. Despite this, Growth Train's 7-week accelerator program has succeeded in attracting startups to the region. Their program focuses on connecting the big agricultural operators with startups, giving them a playground to test new technologi...
Growth Train Accelerator's Christiane Paaske-Sørensen on fostering AgTech innovation in rural Denmark
August 13, 2019 08:22 - 27 minutes - 21.8 MBHow are Denmark's rural areas spurring AgTech innovation? Christiane is the head of the Growth Train Accelerator program on Lolland-Falster. This area of Denmark is fascinating not only because it has some of the richest soil in the country, but also because its considered “udkantsdanmark” or outer Denmark - a rural region, which has been struggling to attract growth in competition with big cities. Despite this, Growth Train's 7-week accelerator program has succeeded in attracting internatio...
Coop Crowdfunding's Nicolai Jaepelt on how a supermarket and its shoppers are supporting early stage food startups
July 29, 2019 12:08 - 34 minutes - 27.6 MBNicolai Jæpelt is the Project Leader for Coop Crowdfunding. Coop is one of the largest supermarket chains in Denmark and is run as a cooperative with approx. 1.8 million members. The supermarket has created a crowdfunding platform where members can invest in early stage food initiatives they believe in. We cover how to get on Coop's shelves, why this new pathway is so interesting, and what consumers are investing in. We also chat about how to make a successful food crowdfunding campaign and ...
Sweden FoodTech's Johan Jörgensen on Stockholm as a future food city
July 23, 2019 07:41 - 35 minutes - 28.4 MBIf you're into food and find yourself in Sweden, then one of your first points of contact should definitely be Sweden FoodTech's Johan Jörgensen. The org is fully focused on developing the ecosystem through community, events, and biz dev assistance. Johan is an Internet entrepreneur turned investor with 20+ years of experience under his belt. He was once voted Best Investor in Sweden. Listen in as we discuss the ins and outs of Sweden's FoodTech ecosystem including Stockholm's plans to becom...
Innovation Center Denmark's Samuel Scheer on accessing global VC funding and opportunities
July 08, 2019 19:35 - 39 minutes - 55.3 MBSamuel Scheer works at Innovation Center Denmark in Tel Aviv, where they have a focus on accelerating Ag & FoodTech businesses. In this episode, we focus on how Nordic companies can tap foreign VC and ecosystems to grow globally. We especially focus on why the Danish-Israeli connection is so interesting, what we can learn from each other, and how you can make the most of the connections and market opportunities these centers have to offer.
CPH Food Space's Mia Maja Hansson on building infrastructure to help food startups scale
June 25, 2019 06:16 - 29 minutes - 23.7 MBMia Maja Hansson helped to grow food entrepreneurship by establishing many of the spaces and facilities that Copenhagen food entrepreneurs use to get their businesses off the ground. This includes CPH Food Space, Street Food Around the Lakes, and Kitchen Collective. We discuss what each of these initiatives are as well as how and why they got started. We also dive into the history of food entrepreneurship and gastronomy in Copenhagen including what makes it such an innovative environment.
DTU Foodlab's Roberto Flore on innovation from universities and designing conscious food solutions
June 18, 2019 10:02 - 35 minutes - 28.8 MBRoberto Flore is the Manager of DTU FoodLab, part of the Danish Technical University's incubator/maker space DTU Sky Lab. Roberto is the former Head of R&D at Noma's Nordic Food Lab. In 2017, Rolling Stone Magazine cited Roberto as one of 25 innovators who are changing the world. In this episode, we discuss how DTU Foodlab is sparking radical innovation by using food to build bridges between disciplines and address the grand global challenges. We also talk about how students & entrepreneurs ...
Nordetect's Keenan Pinto on building AgTech hardware in the Nordics
June 11, 2019 05:32 - 39 minutes - 32 MBKeenan Pinto is the founder and CEO of Nordetect, which enables farmers to test their own soil samples for Nitrogren Phosphorous, and Potassium and then see the results in real time. This not only enables smarter farming practices, but also prevents over-fertilizing. With a diverse scientific and international background, Keenan shares his advice, lessons learned, and smart cuts for starting an Ag or FoodTech hardware / software company in the Nordics. We also discuss the pros and cons of bu...
Agro Business Park's Claus Mortensen on government's resources for helping startups to scale
May 30, 2019 09:44 - 30 minutes - 41.7 MBClaus Mortensen is the Site Manager for Agro Business Park and the Copenhagen Agrifood Incubator. His job is basically to help startups’ solve the barriers holding them back from scaling across the EU. That could be sourcing, production, distribution, funding, etc. With offices in Copenhagen, Aarhus, and Viborg, Agro Business Park is a gateway to the Danish food scene and offers a ton of opportunities and resources. We touch open all of these as well as how he expects the Nordic FoodTech eco...
FoodStack Community's Frederik Lean on how the future of food is open sourced
March 04, 2019 09:14 - 38 minutes - 52.2 MBThe FoodStack Community started as a meet up - the first one at Techfestival in 2017 - and quickly evolved into a powerful grassroots movement of food enthusiasts, makers, doers, biohackers, and entrepreneurs gathering together to develop new food solutions. Frederik Lean is one of the forces that got the group off the ground. In this episode, he tells the story of how FoodStack got started and why it’s been so important for the Nordic FoodTech ecosystem to gather centrally. We also discus...
Maersk FoodTrack's Peter Jorgensen on how the shipping giant's VC is investing to stop food loss
February 26, 2019 17:00 - 45 minutes - 36.1 MBPeter Jorgensen is a Partner at Maersk Growth, the VC arm of Maersk Group. His focus is on investing in startups that address inefficiencies in existing supply chains, particularly to fight food waste. In this episode, we look at how Maersk is thinking about and investing in a future of food based on data, structure, and transparency. We also dive into the details of their investment thesis, how to best pitch them, and what kind of partnerships they are looking to build!