To Dream the Impossible Burger -- and Farm: A Connect the Dots Podcast

In this episode of Connect the Dots, host Rob Verchick talks with CPR Board Members Gilonne d'Origny and Laurie Ristino about the threats to farming as usual. They also taste-test an Impossible Burger. Listen, below, or return to the main Connect the Dots page.

 

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More on Our Guests:

	Gilonne d'Origny is Translational Advisor for the Institute for Protein Design at the University of Washington, which designs new proteins to solve problems in medicine, energy, and technology. She is a member of the board of directors of the Center for Progressive Reform. View bio.
	Laurie Ristino is Principal and Founder of Strategies for a Sustainable Future. She is a legal and policy expert on food security, the farm bill conservation title, ecosystem services and private lands conservation. View bio.

 

Publications of Interest:

• Laurie Ristino's CPRBlog posts on the Farm Bill, agricultural pollution and more
• Laurie Ristino's August 15, 2019, op-ed in The Hill, We Need a Climate Plan for Agriculture
• The Fourth National Climate Assessment: Chapter 10: Agriculture and Rural Communities

Some Other Useful Resources:

• Meet (with an "e") the Impossible Burger!
• David Montgomery and his book Dirt, The Erosion of Civilizations
• New Harvest
• FAIRR, A global network of investors addressing ESG issues in protein supply chains.
• Institute for Protein Design
• A recent article by George Monbiot in the Guardian, Lab-grown food will soon destroy farming – and save the planet
• FAO Stats for all world statistics, including livestock production .  Regarding rural vs. urban population, see chart below. 
• GLEAM: FAO’s Global Livestock Environmental Assessment Model
• Perfect Day Foods  which produced the first cellular agriculture food on the market — ice cream. 
• Memphis Meats
• Beyond Meat
• Impossible Foods

 

Special thanks to:

• The Center for Environmental Law at Loyola University New Orleans

We're also grateful to the musical artists featured in this episode, who make their work available to us through a Creative Commons license. Please check them out!

• Lobo Loco