CHICAGO
/ LOS ANGELES - Beginning immediately, The PLANTBASED BUSINESS HOUR
(PBH), hosted by plant-based journalist, news expert, radio host and TV
Chef/Producer,
Elysabeth Alfano,
will launch a new weekly segment: New Products Review (NPR). Every
week on NPR on PBH, Alfano will taste, rate and review a new vegan
product to let viewers know what must-have products are hitting the
market.
Is it 'To-Die-For?', 'Can't-Live-Without?', 'Game-Changing?', 'For
Vegans Everywhere?', 'Fake Out Your Meat-Eaters?' or 'Not Ready for
Prime Time?' Coupled with fun graphics and gifs, energy and
fanfare, the new segment highlights soon-to-be-released vegan products
and how to get them.
After each tasting segment, Elysabeth sits down remotely with the
company's CEO to discuss the trials and tribulations of getting to
market, unexpected hurdles, expected growth, their tips for
entrepreneurs and investors and their predictions for the plant-based
market. Alfano ends every show with her iconic questions, "What do you
wish you knew 10 years ago that you know now?", "What phrase do you rely
on to get your through a bad day?", "What are your predictions for the
plant-based future in the next 3-5 years?" and "What is your favorite
snack?"
Upcoming featured products and CEOs are Bill Glazer, Co-Founder of
Outstanding Foods with Pig Out Pork Rinds, Greg Steltenpohl, Founder of
Califia Farms with their new plant-based butters, Dr. Nadja Pinnavaia of
Plantable with their new line of healthy meal service entrees and
Co-Founder Mitchell Scott of the recently IPO'd Canadian company, Very
Good Butchers, with their line of vegan meats. Past guests on the
Plantbased Business hour have been Before the Butcher's, Danny
O'Malley, Clear Current Capital Venture Fund Manager, Curt Albright, CEO
of Beyond Investing, Claire Smith, Miyoko Schinner of Miyokos Cheese
and Chuck Muth of Beyond Meat.
Alfano started the Plantbased Business Hour at the onset of
COVID-19. “During this time of incredible stress and worry, many people
want news and insight as to how things will be different in the future
so that we don’t find ourselves right back in this same position.
Investors and consumers are interested in the plant-based arena as they
search for healthier options, a safer food supply and the money-making
future of food. The Plantbased Business Hour and my interviews on same
give the leaders in this sector a platform to share their strategies and
advancements in plant-based innovation with the general public, while
also giving an insight into their personalities and quirks which make
the businesses run."
As noted above, in addition to NPR on PBH, Elysabeth speaks with venture
capitalists, CEOs, innovators, analysts, entrepreneurs, and more. The
conversations cover a myriad of topics from impact investing to the
newest plant-based and cellular agriculture innovations... and now taste
tests!
Plant-based business represents not only big money, but also the big
solution for a healthier food supply. Meat-borne pathogens are an
expensive threat to our physical, financial and mental health, as we are
currently experiencing with Coronavirus. During COVID-19, plant-based
products have soared. Accoring to Nielsen, plant-based products
experienced a growth of 240% for a 13-week period ending May 30 as
compared to the same period in 2019, and more investment dollars were
spent in the first quarter of 2020 than all of 2019, according to the
Good Food Institute.
To keep your finger on the pulse of the dynamic, money-making,
plant-based business world, tune in live every Tuesday and Thursday at
1PM PT on the
Jane UnChained News Network Facebook Page and The
Plantbased Business Hour LinkedIn Page. Episodes are archived on
ElysabethAlfano.com and the Plantbased Business Hour
Podcast,
For questions or interview requests, contact
Ken@Kornbluh.com.
Elysabeth Alfano (image below): With 10 years in
radio, TV, podcasting and print journalism, and winning awards for same,
Elysabeth Alfano launched the
Awesome Vegans Podcast and Video Series on
WGN Radio. She is also a plant-based news, food and lifestyle expert on
radio and TV stations around the nation. She had a recurring segment on
WCPT Radio entitled,
Food and Politics, reports for the
#JaneUnChained Digital News Network and contributes to vegconomist-the
vegan business magazine, The Beet and periodically to NPR's KCRW (Los
Angeles) as a plant-based reporter. Her weekly radio show,
The Elysabeth Alfano Show,
is the first mainstream plant-based radio show in the U.S on WCGO and
the Smart Talk Radio Network. Elysabeth launched to Plantbased Business
Hour in March of 2020.
Elysabeth spices things up as
The Silver-Chic Chef in
her on-line cooking series and has done plant-based cooking
demonstrations on WCIU-TV, Good Morning LALALand and WGN-TV. She is one
of the Executive Producers and a Featured Chef on the new Amazon Prime
Cooking Series,
New Day New Chef.
She is a public speaker at food festivals and summits on the physical,
mental, business, political and environmental benefits of a plant-based
lifestyle. For the full bio, click
here.
Jane UnChained News Network: The Jane UnChained News Network is a 501c3 organization that educates through media.
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