Category: Nutrient Dense Food

Sam Kass – Get people access to carrots before talking about nutrient density, former Obama’s chef and nutrition advisor turned investor says

17th October 2023 koenvanseijen Diet Change, Ecosystem Services Payments, Nutrient Dense Food, Nutrient Density in Food, Policy and Legislation, Regenerative Agriculture, Transition finance 0 Comments

A conversation with Sam Kass, former White House Chef and Senior Policy Advisor for Nutrition of the Obama’s administration and partner at Acre VC. We talk about the potential of VC in the space, the challenges of the real world and why we should focus on getting everyone access to carrots before focusing on the quality and growing practices, why carbon payments is a very interesting and real entry point to scale, and more.

Tina Owens – Only 1% of nutrition data is tracked on food labels and that means lots of opportunities for companies

3rd October 2023 koenvanseijen Nutrient Dense Food, Nutrient Density in Food, Regenerative Agriculture 0 Comments

A conversation with Tina Owens, regenerative agriculture consultant and part of the Nutrient Density Alliance (for Regenerative Agriculture), about the state of the nutrient density space, the research, why life cycle assessments are broken and a lot more.

Kevin Morse – Flour, flavour and nutrients, how a back to the future mill changes everything for wheat farmers

26th September 2023 koenvanseijen Nutrient Dense Food, Nutrient Density in Food, Regenerative Agriculture 1 Comment

A conversation with Kevin Morse, cofounder and CEO of Cairnspring Mills, about the fascinating world of grain, wheat and the little secret of flour, building a new Back to the Future mill, and much more.

Olivier Husson – Photosynthesis is the biggest lever we have in health, climate, droughts, floods, but most plants are too sick to do it properly

19th September 2023 koenvanseijen Nutrient Dense Food, Nutrient Density in Food, Regenerative Agriculture 2 Comments

A conversation with Olivier Husson, an engineer in agronomy working on a health approach based around the balance of Eh (electrons) and pH (protons) in soil, plants, microorganisms, animals etc. Unbalanced Eh-pH conditions lead to poor nutrition and poor photosynthesis, and as a consequence, pests and pathogens attack oxidized plants.

Erwin Westers – Supermarkets didn’t care about his quality so he focussed on selling seeds to other regenerative farmers

12th September 2023 koenvanseijen Nutrient Dense Food, Nutrient Density in Food, Regenerative Agriculture 1 Comment

A conversation with Erwin Westers, regenerative farmer, about soil biology, the German regenerative movement, the seed business, healthy seeds, healthy soils, healthy people, epigenetics, taste, flavour and why there is so much to learn in the German-speaking world on regeneration!

Mark Drewell and Marcus Link – The iPhone moment of regenerative agriculture through a journey of the soul and spreadsheet

4th September 2023 koenvanseijen Diet Change, Nutrient Dense Food, Regenerative Agriculture, Short Food Webs 0 Comments

A check-in interview with Marcus Link and Mark Drewell, founders of New Foundation Farms (NFF), about how they went from trying to raise £20M to buying 1000 acres in the UK, building their stacked enterprise on leased land and ending up going almost full circle back to the beginning.

Farmers’ Philosophy series! Koen van Seijen in conversation with Anne van Leeuwen, regenerative farmer and co-owner of Bodemzicht Farm

25th July 2023 koenvanseijen Diet Change, Farmers First Tech, Farmers' Philosophy, Nutrient Dense Food, Regenerative Agriculture, Soil Builders 1 Comment

We can learn so much more from farmers than how to restore soil. Regeneration goes much further and deeper. In the second episode of the Farmers’ Philosophy series Koen van Seijen, host of the Investing in Regenerative Agriculture and Food podcast, talks with Anne van Leeuwen, regenerative farmer and co-owner of Bodemzicht Farm. A deep dive into the non-existence of nature-culture divide, getting back in touch with yourself, nutrient dense food as basic human right, community, minimum wage, true cost economy, and much more.

Cristina Domecq – Building a regenerative movement by connecting 350000 consumers directly with 250 farmers

14th July 2023 koenvanseijen Diet Change, Nutrient Dense Food, Regenerative Agriculture, Short Food Webs 0 Comments

A conversation with Cristina Domenecq, Impact & Sustainability Officer at Crowdfarming, about direct-to-consumer platforms, consumers ready to buy long term, farmers ready to supply long term, transparency and more.

Will Harris – Why one of the largest pasture raised company in the US doing really well but still barely making any money

7th July 2023 koenvanseijen Nutrient Dense Food, Regenerative Agriculture, Role of Animals, Short Food Webs 1 Comment

A conversation with Will Harris, owner of White Oak Pastures, six generations, 156-year-old family farm in Bluffton, Georgia, about being in the space for 25 years but barely making money, new people wanting to get into the space, the unfairness built into the highly chemical, fossil fuel, extractive agriculture systems and a lot more.

Helmy Abouleish – How to scale regenerative agriculture in Egypt from 2000 farmers to 40000 in one year without charging a premium

4th July 2023 koenvanseijen Nutrient Dense Food, Regenerative Agriculture, Short Food Webs 1 Comment

A conversation with Helmy Abouleish, CEO of SEKEM, a legendary bio-dynamic farm in Egypt, about growing an agriculture company with 2000 farmers in the desert of Egypt, carbon credits and more.