The Regeneration Podcast The Regeneration Podcast

In this episode, I’m meeting with Søren Ejlersen, a Danish chef, author, and entrepreneur who is the co-founder of the meal subscription service Aarstiderne. We recorded the episode at his new project BaneGaarden in Copenhagen, back in January. It will turn into a community space and site that explores the future of food with farmers and fish markets, sustainable eateries, cooking classes, and a plant nursery. We also talk about his school garden project Haver til Maver, how to give access to healthy and sustainable food for everyone, eating wild plants, how to be transparent as a company, the most urgent changes everyone needs to do in their diet, why plant-based processed food is so problematic, and Aarstiderne’s new concept ’Planetar’ - meaning being a planetarian, eating well for the future of your planet and community. Host is Elise Johanson. For updates follow Elise Vega.

In this episode, I’m talking to Sorosh Tavakoli, a Swedish entrepreneur and the co-founder of Noquo Foods. A company on a mission to reinvent the foods we love, in their case cheese. They're on a journey to invent the next generation of plant-based cheese and are currently in the lab creating their first product. We’re talking about how Sorosh went from being a tech entrepreneur to enter the food space, why he saw great potential for creating a really good vegan cheese product, what we need to reinvent in our food system as a whole, and what’s next for Noquo Foods. Host is Elise Johanson. For updates follow Elise Vega.

In this episode, I’m meeting with the co-founder of the rooftop farm ØsterGRO, Kristian Skaarup. ØsterGRO started in 2014 as the first rooftop farm in Denmark, in the heart of Copenhagen's Climate Neighbourhood. ØsterGRO covers 600 m2 with fields of organic vegetables, herbs and edible flowers, a greenhouse, henhouse, and three bee-hives. We’re talking about how to design cities for the future, what it’s like to farm on a rooftop, the small eco-system they’ve built here, what everyone can do to change our food system on a daily basis and what’s next for ØsterGRO. Host is Elise Johanson. Find more at Elise Vega.

In this episode, I’m meeting with the co-founder of Blue Lobster, Christine Hebert. Blue Lobster is a platform that enables small-scale fishermen to sell their fish for a fair price and allows restaurants to buy fresh, sustainably sourced seafood. We’re talking about how to source fish and seafood sustainably, digitalizing a very analog industry, how the company is changing the current supply chain with their platform and what’s next for Blue Lobster. Host and creator is Elise Johanson. For updates follow Elise Vega.

In this episode, I'm meeting with Michael R. Dimock, President of Roots of Change. They are a think and do tank that works with California industries and communities to ensure that every aspect of our food—from when it’s grown to when it’s eaten—can be healthy, safe, profitable and fair for everyone in California. We're talking about the healthy soil programme, their work with sugary beverages taxes, driving change through food policy, how to incentivize farmers to use more sustainable practices and how everyone can contribute to a resilient and equitable food system. Host is Elise Johanson. Read more about Roots of Change here. Listen to their podcast 'Flipping the Table' here. For updates follow Elise Vega.

In this episode, I’m meeting with Kevin Bayuk, co-founder of the Urban Permaculture Institute San Francisco (UPISF). They strive to make permaculture design relevant and accessible to people living in cities for individual and community resilience. We’re talking about how to create resilient communities in the time of climate chaos, the history and principles of permaculture, how UPISF is making permaculture more accessible to everyone, remembering ourselves as nature through promoting eco-literacy and the distorted paradox of our current food system and everything we can do to change it. Host is Elise Johanson. For updates follow Elise Vega.