What is the Role of Biotech in an Ethical Food System?

New frontiers in biotechnology and fermentation are being deployed to reduce the environmental impact of our animal-based food system. But do developments in cellular agriculture, fermentation, and biotech foods – for the creation of meat and dairy analogues – take ethics into account? In this week’s episode, we speak with four leading thinkers in the industry about how we might use biotechnology to engineer foods in a way where everyone wins. This week’s episode is the first of our Roundtable formats, featuring a diverse panel of voices, including: Isha Datar, executive director of New Harvest, Varun Deshpande, managing director of Good Food Institute India, Didier Toubia, CEO of Aleph Farms, Errol Schweizer, former VP of Grocery for Wholefoods and host of The Check Out podcast. We discuss: How to define biotech and precision fermented foodsWhat questions we should be asking about cultivated meatsHow you communicate with transparency the complexities of bio-foods to eatersThe need for open access scientific research in bio-foods developmentOperating models for these technologies and foods in the global southThe ethics of IP and corporate control of research and these technologiesWho is investing in biotech foods - from governments to investors to multinationals Show Notes: New Harvest Cellular Agriculture DefinitionGood Food Institute cultivated & precision fermentation definitionsUS bio-engineered food labeling lawNew Harvest OpenCellAg RepositoryCRISPRTALENS APAC Society for Cellular AgricultureThe Carbon Farming Solution, book by Eric ToensmeierLa Via Campesina What Questions Should We Be Asking About Cell-Based Meats? - Errol Forbes articleWhat Consumers Should Ask About Precision Fermentation - Errol Forbes article Subscribe to our newsletters that track all of the business, tech, and investment trends in food: https://tinyurl.com/nfonewsletters Follow us on Instagram: @newfoodorderpod Follow us on Linkedin: @agfunder & @foodtechconnect Thank you to Foodshot Global & New Hope Network for sponsoring the series. And a huge thank you to everyone who helped us bring this podcast to life:  Production: Cam Gray, Cofruition Audio Editing: Tevin Sudi Original Music: Rodrigo Barbera  Art: Lola Nankin Project Management: Patrick Carter