Interviews Archive

10 August

Students are the catalyst that drives change: An interview with Nathan Ahlgrim at GFI (Part 2)

“Students are the catalyst that drives change”: An Interview with Nathan Ahlgrim at GFI (Part 2) Interviewed by: Maggie Xue Highlights: The alternative Protein project focus on university student because universities are also the engines of research where students...

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16 March

Sustainable Food and Entrepreneurship: An Interview with Karin Beukel

By Cassandra Maya Do you love food? Yeah, me too. That’s why we’re both here, right? But we need to address something. The latest United Nations Environment Programme (2021) report estimates that approximately 931 million tonnes of food...

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19 January

Interview with Shelby Smith, Owner of Gym-N-Eat Crickets

By Karin Cho Shelby Smith is the owner of Gym-N-Eat Crickets, a business focused on delivering the highest quality cricket products as a sustainable, alternative protein source. She is one of the popular guest speakers for the Iowa chapter...

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10 February

Pursuing a Graduate Degree in Food Science for the Non-Food Science Students: Part Three

By Karin Cho Part Three: Recruitment/Visit Weekend Welcome back to part three of the series “Pursuing a Graduate Degree in Food Science for the Non-Food Science Students”. In part one, I described different strategies for how non-food science students...

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26 August

Cellular Aquaculture 101: An Interview with Lauran Madden

By: Ming Yin Kwong Body Hi Lauran! It is a pleasure to meet you. Can you please introduce yourself? L: My name is Lauran Madden and I am the Director of Research & Product Development at BlueNalu. My educational...

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18 March

What is Clean Meat? An Interview with Alex Shirazi – Host of the Cultured Meat and Future Food Podcast

By: Alexander J. Taylor Good morning Alex! Thanks for joining me in this interview for Science Meets Food. First off, would you mind telling me a bit about yourself – your name, your occupation, and how about your favorite...

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15 January

By Day – A Sensory Scientist; By Night – An Entrepreneur: An Interview with Jhaelynn Elam

By: Alex Pierce and Mackenzie Hannum Recently, Mackenzie and I were able to sit down and interview Jhaelynn Elam, not only a Sensory Scientist at a global consumer products company but also the CEO and founder of Sizije, a...

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08 January

Coffee Talk with Austin Childress

By: Alex Pierce-Feldmeyer Last year, I attended the annual Cincinnati, OH coffee festival. In attendance were local coffee vendors and speakers, Austin Childress being one of them. Speakers touched on everything from how to brew at home to the...

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18 December

Seed Sharing: Cultivating the Future

By: Abbey Thiel Following in the footsteps of the open source software movement, seed varieties are being pledged as open source, providing an alternative beyond the expensive, licensed options currently on the market. Both these industries are plagued by...

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11 December

Fostering Collaboration: Continuation of An Interview with Maria Velissariou (Part 2)

By: Amanda Sia, Abbie Sommer and Mackenzie Hannum Featured Image by Pickwriters “The time for food is now.” – Maria Velissariou Food science is a major and a career that spans across many disciplines. Some people study chemistry, microbiology,...

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