Welcome to Fork The System — a podcast spotlighting the innovators, researchers, and advocacy leaders reimagining how we feed the world.

Our tenth guest is Albert Tseng, the co-founder of Dao Foods, a venture capital firm that seeks to grow the alternative protein space in China. Dao Foods invests in promising Chinese start-ups, provides mentorship, and builds stakeholder ecosystems to strengthen the Chinese alt-protein industry.

Main resources:

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/atseng34/
• Website: https://www.daofoods.com/

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Welcome to Fork The System — a podcast spotlighting the innovators, researchers, and advocacy leaders reimagining how we feed the world.

Our ninth guest is actually a panel of three guests: Dr. Tawanda Muzhingi, Matt Tom, and Jaishree Singh from the Global Forum for Plant-Based and Alt Proteins. The goal of this organization is to unite and empower stakeholders in the plant-based and alternative protein space, and expand this industry globally to be more inclusive for all.

Main resources:

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/global-forum-for-plant-based-and-alternative-protein/
• Website: https://globalforumaltproteins.org/
• Sign up for their international conference in North Carolina! https://app.swapcard.com/event/global-forum-conference-2025

Other:

• Plant Futures: https://plantfuturesinitiative.org/
• Talist: https://altprotein.jobs/
• Food Impact Careers: https://www.foodimpactcareers.com/

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Welcome to Fork The System — a podcast spotlighting the innovators, researchers, and advocacy leaders reimagining how we feed the world.

Our eighth guest is Jamie Clay. Jamie is an operations, strategy, and fundraising veteran, turned entrepreneur. She’s the founder of two purpose-led businesses: Flora + Fauna Experiences, which creates custom vegan travel itineraries and event experiences, and Build + Bloom Consulting, which offers consulting, operations, and leadership support to mission-driven organizations.

Resources:

• Use the discount code PODCAST100 to get $100 OFF Jamie's upcoming Utah retreat! https://www.floraandfaunaexperiences.com/events/utah-best-friends-retreat
• Flora and Fauna Experiences
  Instagram: www.instagram.com/floraandfaunaexperiences
  Facebook: Flora and Fauna Experiences
  LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/flora-and-fauna-experiences
• Join Jamie's TrovaTrip group if travel with heart speaks to you (she needs 40 more people to complete the interest survey!) https://trovatrip.com/host/profiles/jamie-sros3
• Build and Bloom Consulting
  Follow on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/build-and-bloom-consulting
  
  

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Welcome to Fork The System — a podcast spotlighting the innovators, researchers, and advocacy leaders reimagining how we feed the world.

Our seventh guest is Katy Bluett. Katy has a long and impressive history of working in New Zealand’s foodtech innovation space. She’s the Executive Director of Future Food Aotearoa, a founders collective to accelerate the growth and impact of foodtech businesses. She’s also the Founder of Appetite for Change, a consultancy for innovative food companies.

Resources:

• Katy's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katy-bluett-05353a1b/
• Future Food Aotearoa: https://www.linkedin.com/company/future-food-aotearoa/?originalSubdomain=nz
• Appetite for Change: https://www.appetiteforchange.co.nz/

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Welcome to Fork The System — a podcast spotlighting the innovators, researchers, and advocacy leaders reimagining how we feed the world.

Our sixth guest is Kartic Bajpai. Kartic is currently studying for a Master's in Food Systems at the University of Hohenheim. Kartic has past internship experiences in the traditional dairy R&D space and is interested in applying these experiences to make an impact in the sustainable dairy production space, particularly in India.

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Welcome to Fork The System — a podcast spotlighting the innovators, researchers, and advocacy leaders reimagining how we feed the world.

Our fifth guest is Max Tham, a current Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the National University of Singapore. Max started his research journey working on anticancer agents, but now leads a research group investigating the molecular reactions of Heme, a molecule in animal meats that gives meat its distinct flavour. Max is now commercializing this research through the tHEMEat Company, a food tech start-up producing a Heme-based flavour catalyst called Veme to give alternative protein products the same smell and taste as meat.

Resources:

• tHEMEat company website: https://www.themeatsg.com/
• Max’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/max-tham-891426190

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Welcome to Fork The System — a podcast spotlighting the innovators, researchers, and advocacy leaders reimagining how we feed the world.

Our fourth guest is Oscar Barrero Leal. Oscar recently finished his Doctorate in International Economic Law at Middlesex University and is now an Assistant Professor at the University of Ibagué in Colombia. Oscar teaches and conducts research in the intersections of global food systems, food security, public policy, and economic law. Oscar wrote his thesis on the rice trade — specifically, how international policies governing the global rice trade affected domestic Colombian rice markets.

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Welcome to Fork The System — a podcast spotlighting the innovators, researchers, and advocacy leaders reimagining how we feed the world.

Our third guest is Rikard Saqe, a current Master’s of Chemical Engineering student at the University of Waterloo. Rikard started off his research journey working on drug discovery and healthcare technology. He has since transitioned into cultivated meat research and is particularly interested in cell-based seafood and potential applications of artificial intelligence in the field. Rikard has received over $700,000 in research grants and has worked with institutions like the Good Food Institute and New Harvest.

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Substack Recap: https://open.substack.com/pub/forkthesystem/p/a-recap-of-fork-the-system-episode-b1c?r=5s965p&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Resources:

• The Good Food Institute: https://gfi.org/
• Plant Futures: https://plantfuturesinitiative.org/
• Canadian Alternative Protein Symposium: https://canadaaltprotein.ca/
• New Harvest Canadian Student Activation Fund: https://www.new-harvest.org/canadian-student-activation-fund/
• Rikard's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rikard-saqe/