Introductions

Today a very interesting conservation with Max Rye of Turtletree labs on the topic of cell-cultured milk.  Questions that were asked during the interview/conversation: Who was the first to taste the product and how was it? How does it work? (i.e. the science of cell cultured milk) The price point that cell-cultured milk is aiming towards Scaling up production towards infant milk formula market Would there be a possibility in the future where consumers can “DIY” at home with a kit? Are cell-cultured milk any different from “traditional” milk? Will translation of your product into other languages be an issue for consumers and marketing? Have you met with cultural conflicts or people just not accepting this concept? What’s a day like for the scientist in Turtletree labs?

Today's we explore datasets found on Data.gov.sg 30by30 - https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/spore-sets-30-goal-for-home-grown-food-by-2030 Supermarkets in Singapore - https://data.gov.sg/dataset/listing-of-licensed-supermarkets?resource_id=df586152-d00f-4b15-b667-9e268f1b60df Food factories - https://data.gov.sg/dataset/licensed-food-establishments-food-factories?view_id=dd7cea71-1388-4e66-8e27-602155e4ccb7&resource_id=e6e58775-49b2-47cc-9689-08a2ba843fff Live stock slaughtered annually - https://data.gov.sg/dataset/livestock-slaughtered-by-type-annual?resource_id=d0ea3477-621b-41c6-8398-b5cb18029d97 Value of local food production  - https://data.gov.sg/dataset/value-of-local-food-production Farming area in Singapore - https://data.gov.sg/dataset/farming-area?view_id=ae5a6125-778a-487c-8fd2-85eb931374df&resource_id=9a826bf2-34c4-4694-b4af-f338d6205fb3

Today is just a quick news chat and the topics are  https://www.foodmanufacture.co.uk/Article/2020/07/31/Cell-based-meat-won-t-be-mainstream-for-20-years-claims-report https://www.awards.abillionveg.com/top-20-plant-based-burger-products I think i may continue to do more news type opinion short shows moving forward. Of course will do up more research regarding that and also perhaps write a script over just "winging" it.  While i wait my guest to clear their schedule, it will just be me until then! Thanks for listening :) ! 

Today's chat is amazing , Ahmed khan, a cellular agriculture consultant and found & editor of CellAgri . To keep up with the latest news and trends on this cellular agriculture industry, do sign up for the newsletter.  https://www.cell.ag/ https://twitter.com/cellagritech  Had a dive into the cellular agriculture topic and spoke about the basics of it and what's coming and what can we expect from this industry.  Business we talked about in the podcast, https://aleph-farms.com/ https://shiokmeats.com/ You can also visit and explore the upcoming events over at  https://www.cell.ag/events  The upcoming conference to be hyped about, "Alt Protein Conference - Transforming the Future of Food"  http://bit.ly/altproteinconference Happening between 2 - 3 SEPT 2020. Get your tickets. 

Had a wonderful chat with the lovely Suzanne, where she shares her perspective from the aviation industry. Food security is not just about the stockpiling, it is also about choices and being able to get access to the various foods that contributes to a person overall health and well-being.  https://www.linkedin.com/in/suzannevdmaarel/ Great places to dine  https://well.smoocht.com/ https://www.veganburg.com/menu-sg http://www.threebuns.com/singapore http://empress.com.sg/wp/dim-sum-brunch/ If you would love to come on the show, send us a message over at twitter! Would love to have you on the podcast.  https://twitter.com/EcosystemMidori

Had a great chat with co-founder of Sophie's BioNutrients, Eugene Wang  https://sophiesbionutrients.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/eugene-wang-2957b86 Today's conversation talks about what is Sophie's BioNutrients doing with micro algae. We also talked about the cultural influence in "plant-based" food.  Processed (plant-based) meat may possibly feed the 95% of the world and possibly, micro algae (think, whey isolate, pea protein isolate, etc) could be the foundation of this new food.  Also the audio quality isn't top notch and there's rather visible humming of industrial machines (construction next door), sometimes podcast just do work 100% of the time.   All music you heard in the background today are all from anchor.fm , everything you need to record, edit and distribute your podcast. 

Special guest @JackieDevore from http://www.foodtechgen.com/ , had a great conversation about alternative protein and their possible role in Food security.  While this podcast have not yet been able to provide transcript, links to the various items we talked are listed.  The Channel News Asia news piece that sparked this conversation : https://youtu.be/O7-jfrpdn54 The list of alternative protein that was mentioned  Beyond meat - https://www.beyondmeat.com/ Impossible - https://impossiblefoods.com/hk-en/ Omnipork - https://omnipork.co/ Quron - https://www.quorn.sg/ Karana - https://eatkarana.com/ Other links mentioned  https://littlefarms.com/ http://berkeywatersingapore.com/ https://bigideaventures.com/ All music licensed from : https://audiio.com/  Design cover designed & Podcast hosted on : https://anchor.fm/

Let's talk about what is food security and maybe we have to think beyond just stockpiling. 

This is an introduction to my new podcast, Functional Food Podcast, hope you guys enjoy and episode one will be release very soon. Stay tune and spread the word!