Climate Entrepreneurship and the Future of Food
Season 3: Episode 16
What is cellular agriculture? Why are plant-based proteins so important in fighting climate change? How can designers play a bigger role in kicking our red meat eating habit and drawing down our carbon emissions?
Bianca Drevensek joins Eric to enthusiastically share her work as a climate entrepreneur as CEO of Edge Foods where they create healthy climate-friendly and yummy agri-proteins that can replace our heavy meat and dairy diet. Beyond providing a deep dive into defining the industry of cellular agriculture and the future of food in a warming world, Bianca shares her definition and four-step formula for being an effective climate entrepreneur. As a former designer and young founder, Bianca is passionate about encouraging other women to harness their creativity and knowledge to innovate for our planet.
Listen to this episode on: Spotify, Apple, Google and other places you get your podcastsAbout our guest
Bianca is a product designer and entrepreneur with a deep interest in the intersection between sustainability and food. As CEO and co-founder of Edge Foods, a biotech startup creating a platform technology to enable cell-based food production, Bianca leads business development and strategy. After receiving a dual degree in Advertising and Food Studies from Syracuse University, she gained experience in every step of the food system - from operating a CSA in Hawaii to baking bread at Zak the Baker, a renowned bakery in Miami, FL. Her dedication to design-problem solving lead her to continue her studies at UC Berkeley, where she focused on UX/UI design. Her subsequent role as lead product designer at Kangaroo Interactive and Norwegian Cruise Line equipped her with the necessary business acumen to then enter the burgeoning industry of alternative proteins.
On the web
Resources in this episode
The Future Appetite for Alternative Proteins (CSIS)
Drawdown solution(s)
Industry and Food & Agriculture
Episode topic tags
cellular agriculture, climate entrepreneurship, agri-proteins, climate designer
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Music in this episode
Nature sound effect by bbc.co.uk – ©2023 BBC
Theme music by Casual Motive
Design Team
Consulting
Climate Design Assignments
At the end of each episode, we ask our guests what their ideal climate design project would be. They have four weeks with a class full of design students. We translated their response into a project brief that you can use for your class.
