The future of food is female Reinventing the food system to save the planet
Book - 2022
Reforming our food system is the single most important challenge facing humanity today-- and women are leading the charge. With exclusive interviews and original insights, this collection features the never-before-told stories of fifteen CEOs, venture capitalists, scientists, and trailblazers, across continents and backgrounds, who are reinventing our food system and saving the planet. From plant-based to cell-based innovation, artificial intelligence, and policymaking, women leaders are pushing to the forefront of this growing industry and disrupting the traditional ways we produce and think about food. Their stores reveal the exciting advancements and advocacy within food tech and empower a future generation to learn, innovate, and change... the world.
- Subjects
- Genres
- Biographies
- Published
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Los Angeles :
VWS Press
[2022]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Edition
- First edition
- Physical Description
- xxi, 146 pages ; 23 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN
- 9798985725902
- Suzy Amis Cameron, author, environmental advocate, and investor : reaching supermodel stardom, learning to love your body, and changing the way we eat, one meal a day
- Pinky Cole, CEO of Slutty Vegan : overcoming failure, building a fast-food empire, and leading the black plant-based revolution
- Lisa Dyson, PhD, CEO of Air Protein : a scientist's journey to entrepreneurship, a love of math, and use of NASA technology to make better protein
- Michelle Egger, CEO of Biomilq : promoting socially impactful capitalism, being a millennial CEO, and empowering mothers through the future of infant nutrition
- Lisa Feria, CEO and managing partner of Stray Dog Capital : building a refugee's legacy, disrupting venture capital, and paving the way for Latina leadership
- Shama Sukul Lee, CEO of Sunfed : facing existential crisis, engineering a new way to nourish, and rebalancing capitalism with feminine power
- Fengru Lin, CEO of TurtleTree : leaving a dream job at Google, taking a systems approach to food, and shaping the future of human milk products
- Riana Lynn, CEO of Journey Foods : a Journey to the White House, serial entrepreneurship, and why data is the secret to healthy plates
- Heather Mills, CEO of VBites and paralympian : surviving against all odds, choosing conscious capitalism, and changing diets through consumer choice
- Daniella Monet, actress, investor, and cofounder of Kinder Beauty : growing up as a child star, using your platform for good, and building market solutions for a more compassionate world
- Liron Nimrodi, CEO of Zero Egg : applying a military approach to reforming the food system, being a first-time founder, and disrupting the egg industry
- Miyoko Schinner, CEO of Miyoko's Creamery : escaping from the Yakuza, reinventing yourself again and again, and understanding the ethics of how we eat
- Sylwia Spurek, PhD, layer, former deputy commissioner for human rights in Poland, and member of the European parliament : championing women's rights for all, combating hatred and misogyny, and using politics for good
- Priyanka Srinivas, CEO of The Live Green Co. : leaving an Indian slum, using artificial intelligence for better food, and creating a food-tech revolution in Latin America
- Sandhya Sriram, PhD, CEO of Shiok Meats : finding your calling, taking scientific solutions to market, and creating the future of cell-based seafood.