Fork & Good: Niyati Gupta

🐇400 Rabbits, Mezcal, 🍯Honey Policy, 🐖Pigs and 🌏More!

Fellow Climate Warriors, welcome to another episode of Climate Tech Cocktails.

In this episode, we’re grabbing a drink with Niyati Gupta, co-founder and CEO of Fork & Good. 

Ever wondered how cultivated meat can help combat climate change? Or how hydroponics can revolutionize the way we look at food safety? This episode, we sit down with Niyati Gupta, the co-founder and CEO of Fork & Good, a startup pioneering new ways to address food safety and meet protein demands innovatively. Niyati takes us through her personal journey that brought her from Hong Kong to Harvard, from working with the Ministry of Agriculture in Nigeria to leading a vertical farming startup, ComCrop, in Singapore.

We're not just talking about farming and food safety though. We delve into the world of cultivated meat and its role in the battle against climate change. Niyati, with her experience in the agriculture sector and as the founder of Fork & Good, offers valuable insights into the challenges of food production. We also discuss the impact of African swine flu on the global hog herd and why innovation is so crucial in solving food security issues.

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📝  Show Notes Below👇

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🎧 New podcast episode:

“We're at a point now where we need all the solutions and when we're thinking about a resilient ecosystem.” 

- Niyati Gupta, co-founder and CEO of Fork & Good

Find Niyati on LinkedIn, and check out Fork & Good’s website here.

What we drank during the episode: 400 Conejos Mezcal with orange slices 🍊

Enjoy the show!

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Companies/Startups mentioned during the show:

👩‍🌾 Fork & Good

👩‍🌾 ComCrop

👩‍🌾 Miramé

👩‍🌾 400 Conejos Mezcal

People/places/things mentioned during the show:

🎓Harvard

📍 Swaziland

🔬  Ministry of Agriculture

🔬  Smithfield Foods

🔬  African Swine Flu

 🔬 Global Hog Herd

🔬  Protein Demand Management

🔬  Cultivated Meat

🔬  Hydroponics

 🔬 Feedstock Shortages

🔬  Water Stress

🔬 Heat Stress

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[00:00] Intro

[01:19] Meet Niyati, founder of Fork & Good 

[2:03] 400 Rabbits 

[3:19] Mezcal Talk

[4:47] Shameless plug for Mirame 

[06:15] Niyati's time at Harvard

[7:54]It’s a small world/ Matt and Niyati’s mutual connections)

[10:00] How Fork & Good is disrupting the traditional supply chain

[11:50] The role of technology in modern agriculture

[15:00] Regenerative agriculture

[17:20] Protein demand management

[12:49] Childhood love for food & agriculture 

[15:45] Niyati’s International Travels 

[18:01] Honey Policy 

[25:49] Agricultural Travels around the world 

[29:40] Water stress and its impact on agriculture

[32:47] ASF (African Swine Flu] 

[31:30] Heat stress in livestock

[37:46] Hydroponics

[41:47] Reimagining Everything

[44:50] Should we license our patents?

[1:10:23] Book recommendations

[1:13:21] Nia’s advice for upcoming entrepreneurs

[1:15:17] Outro