Ep. 42: Ethan Brown, CEO of Beyond Meat - Animal Agriculture’s Awakening Hour
PLANTSTRONG Podcast
Rip Esselstyn
4.8 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 21 May 2020
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Ethan Brown is the Founder and CEO of Beyond Meat, a disruptive and innovative plant-based meat company.
This interview was recorded pre-Covid 19 so, while we don’t discuss it, the episode is so timely since one of the areas most affected by this horrific disease is our food supply chain; namely, the animal food supply chain. Conditions are deplorable for both the animals and the humans at these meat processing plants, and the health of both is compromised daily.
Ethan discusses in detail how his company is improving the efficiency, safety, health, and environmental impact of his Beyond Meat production and the benefits are staggering.
We know that the average consumer, even those who eat animal meat, are aware and very concerned about these health and social issues. As Ethan has says, “I believe there is a new dawn for American agriculture and this conversation is our awakening hour.”
Here’s to having the heart of a hero and not being afraid to challenge the status quo. In fact, instead of being divisive, it’s time we come together and work together to solve these problems on behalf of the animals, the longevity of our planet, and our own health.
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Recent News Articles:
Cramer: Coronavirus could propel Beyond Meat into a Amazon or Facebook — CNBC
Perspective | Wet markets breed contagions like the coronavirus. The U.S. has thousands of them.
Trump orders meat plants to stay open in pandemic — The Washington Post
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| 1:13.3 | Alright, today we are serving up on the plant-strong podcast, a little dose of plant-based meat, just |
| 1:23.7 | like me. Today's guest was inspired by his dad to change the world and have a lasting |
| 1:30.7 | positive impact on health and the environment. I'm talking about Ethan Brown, the founder |
| 1:38.6 | and CEO of Beyond Meat, a disruptive and innovative plant-based meat company. And I know |
| 1:46.4 | you've seen and heard of them because they are ubiquitous these days. This interview |
| 1:53.0 | was recorded pre-COVID-19. So while we don't specifically discuss it, this episode is |
| 2:00.8 | very timely since, as you've I'm sure read, one of the areas most affected by this horrific |
| 2:11.0 | disease is our food supply chain, specifically the animal food supply chain. The conditions |
| 2:18.6 | are deplorable for both the animals and the humans at these meat processing plants and |
| 2:26.4 | the health of both is compromised daily. Ethan discusses in detail how his company is |
| 2:34.4 | improving the efficiency, the safety, the health and the environmental impact of his Beyond |
| 2:41.8 | Meat production. And the benefits are huge. We know that the average consumer, even |
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