Masters of Beautiful Achievements
By Masters of Beautiful Achievements
Masters of Beautiful AchievementsMay 19, 2020
MBA#17 Brad VanStone
With Brad Vanstone we dive into the alternative dairy solutions he is creating with Willicroft. His cheese and butter alternatives are very tasty. The butter is made from fermented soya beans and has the look and feel of real butter. He realised during his marketing career that something needs to change if his family farm (Willicroft) back in the UK wants to exist in the next decade. Being a vegetarian meant he had to reinvent his dairy heritage and decided to find alternatives to serve the mass market of dairy, in this case cheese and butter. His early recipe found already clients so he decided to take a leap of faith and turn into a real business.
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The activist Willicroft brand shows it is possible to scale and get onto the retail shelf in regular and biological retail channels. They have outsourced their fermentation technology to ensure scale so they have time to focus on the marketing and branding of Willicroft.
According to Brad we need to move fast away from the industrial farming system and by creating tasty vegan alternatives. Especially the butter is in demand with high-end chefs who value its close resembles to dairy butter. And yet it tastes and behaves slightly different. The key was his discovery that fermentation can produce a Butyric acid (meaning butter) having the properties similar to real butter.
The next challenges are expanding their white bean products and fermenting them also next to the soya beans. For the beans Brad expects in the future they will be able to let them come from regenerative farms with biological certification when they have a solid foundation with their current product line. They need need to make some profit before they move into the next market.
The space for fermented food is growing and Willicroft gradually expanding to meet demand.
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The Masters of Beautiful Achievements podcast series is where Alexander Prinsen explores natural science, innovation, systems thinking and leadership. In daily life he is an systemic innovation consulting at scopematters.com where he helps organizations accelerate to save costs, do good and operate within the planetary boundaries.
MBA#16 Ivanka Milenkovic
Ivanka Milenkovic (Ekofungi) is a organic mushroom farmer in Belgrade Serbia teaching a whole new generation of mushroom farmers from all over the world. She trains mushroom farmers globally and many are also joining her academy in Belgrade. Ivanka was trained as a microbiologist and moved into growing mushrooms by accident. As a PhD student she was mentored by Europe leading mushroom experts from Netherlands and the rest is history.
We explored the world of mushrooms including the farmed and wild ones and the local food cultural difference between rural Serbia and the urbanized Netherlands. Her business is successful because she uses the local food to consumer network and was innovative to find a way to enter the USA market as organic mushroom farmer.
We tend to forget how beneficial mushrooms are for our health and why they should be added as important protein to our food.
Ekofungi - https://www.systemekofungi.com
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The Masters of Beautiful Achievements is a podcast series from Alexander Prinsen where he explores how natural science, innovation, systems thinking and leadership is shaping the future. In daily life he is an systemic innovation consulting at scopematters.com where he helps organizations accelerate to save costs, do good and operate within the planetary boundaries
#15MBA Diana Machado de Sousa
Multi-culture fermentation is the next frontier for biotech. Can we create a community of microbes who can do the job? We explore various metabolic pathways to learn more about how syntrophic metabolism works. Can we develop natural catalysts by creating robust systems? And what is the effect of Bacteriophage to these cultures?
Special Guest: Diana Machado de Sousa
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The Microbes Series zooms out and leave the microscope and our traditional human perspective on viruses behind for a minute. What would happen if we look at microbes as one of the players in a much broader system? How does this change our perspective of Spaceship Earth and the role of the web of life? What lessons can we draw from nature’s logic on how our Spaceship Earth operates? Together with specialists in the field of virology, microbiology and biochemistry we will take a journey into an unknown world of interesting insights. Combining insights and working towards cross disciplinary solutions and the essential questions we might have been overlooking. And who knows we might discover one or two innovative applications along the way.
Brought to you by Masters of Beautiful Achievements
Alexander Prinsen - www.ScopeMatters.com
Marc van Bemmel - www.Orvion.nl
#14 Gerald Pollack (Microobial Special Series)
In this episode we will investigate how the unusual characteristics of water like the Exclusion Zone is impacting how microbes are living with water. Water is more than H20 as we will learn today, and as such how will it impact how we look at fermentation, bio-remediation and more.
Special Guest: Gerald Pollack
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Part of the special Microbes Series. What if we would be able to zoom out? Leaving the microscope and our traditional human perspective on viruses behind for a minute. What would happen if we look at viruses as one of the players in a much broader system? And as such changing our perspective to that of Spaceship Earth and the role of a virus in the web of life? What lessons can we draw from nature’s logic on how Spaceship Earth operates? Together with specialists in the field of virology, microbiology and biochemistry we will take a journey into an unknown world of interesting insights. Combining insights and working towards cross disciplinary solutions and the essential questions we might have been overlooking. And who knows we might discover one or two innovative applications along the way.
Brought to you by Masters of Beautiful Achievements
Alexander Prinsen - www.ScopeMatters.com
Marc van Bemmel - www.Orvion.nl
#13 Koen Venema (Microbial Special Series)
In this episode we will investigate our #gut #microbial #system about how and why it is effecting they #health system. We are curious to learn what kind of insights will this provide for our understanding of microbial systems? How do these microbial #metabolic pathways in the oxygen free environments work? And what interesting applications can we extract from it.
Special Guest: Koen Venema
Part of the special Microbes Series. What if we would be able to zoom out? Leaving the microscope and our traditional human perspective on viruses behind for a minute. What would happen if we look at viruses as one of the players in a much broader system? And as such changing our perspective to that of Spaceship Earth and the role of a virus in the web of life? What lessons can we draw from nature’s logic on how Spaceship Earth operates? Together with specialists in the field of virology, microbiology and biochemistry we will take a journey into an unknown world of interesting insights. Combining insights and working towards cross disciplinary solutions and the essential questions we might have been overlooking. And who knows we might discover one or two innovative applications along the way.
Brought to you by Masters of Beautiful Achievements
Alexander Prinsen - www.ScopeMatters.com
Marc van Bemmel - www.Orvion.nl
#12 Mike Jetten (Microobial Special Series)
In this episode we will investigate the role of anammox bacteria and their role in the nitrogen cycle and methane cycle. Are they key to solve the nitrogen issues? En in addition what can we learn how #anaerobe bacteria could be applied for health and our environmental challenges.
Special Guest: Mike Jetten
Part of the special Microbes Series. What if we would be able to zoom out? Leaving the microscope and our traditional human perspective on viruses behind for a minute. What would happen if we look at viruses as one of the players in a much broader system? And as such changing our perspective to that of Spaceship Earth and the role of a virus in the web of life? What lessons can we draw from nature’s logic on how Spaceship Earth operates? Together with specialists in the field of virology, microbiology and biochemistry we will take a journey into an unknown world of interesting insights. Combining insights and working towards cross disciplinary solutions and the essential questions we might have been overlooking. And who knows we might discover one or two innovative applications along the way.
Brought to you by Masters of Beautiful Achievements
Alexander Prinsen - www.ScopeMatters.com
Marc van Bemmel - www.Orvion.nl
#11 Peter Jaffe (Microbial Special Series)
#11 MBA Microbes Specials Series
In this episode we will investigate How and why do microbes crack chemicals like PFAS and how did they found a way to bind metals?
Special Guest: Peter Jaffe (Princeton University)
Part of the special Microbes Series. What if we would be able to zoom out? Leaving the microscope and our traditional human perspective on viruses behind for a minute. What would happen if we look at viruses as one of the players in a much broader system? And as such changing our perspective to that of Spaceship Earth and the role of a virus in the web of life? What lessons can we draw from nature’s logic on how Spaceship Earth operates? Together with specialists in the field of virology, microbiology and biochemistry we will take a journey into an unknown world of interesting insights. Combining insights and working towards cross disciplinary solutions and the essential questions we might have been overlooking. And who knows we might discover one or two innovative applications along the way.
Brought to you by Masters of Beautiful Achievements
Alexander Prinsen - www.ScopeMatters.com
Marc van Bemmel - www.Orvion.nl
#10 Willy Verstraete (Microbes Specials Series)
#10 MBA Microbes Specials Series
In this episode we will investigate how bacteria will power the sustainable industrial revolution. What does nitrogen, calcium and hydrogen have to do with it? Why and how do the microbes do it? And what can we learn from microbes about their and even our own metabolism.
Special Guest: Willy Verstraete (University Gent)
Part of the special Microbes Series. What if we would be able to zoom out? Leaving the microscope and our traditional human perspective on viruses behind for a minute. What would happen if we look at viruses as one of the players in a much broader system? And as such changing our perspective to that of Spaceship Earth and the role of a virus in the web of life? What lessons can we draw from nature’s logic on how Spaceship Earth operates? Together with specialists in the field of virology, microbiology and biochemistry we will take a journey into an unknown world of interesting insights. Combining insights and working towards cross disciplinary solutions and the essential questions we might have been overlooking. And who knows we might discover one or two innovative applications along the way.
Brought to you by
Masters of Beautiful Achievements
Alexander Prinsen - www.ScopeMatters.com
Marc van Bemmel - www.Orvion.nl
#09 Mark van Loosdrecht (Microbial Special Series)
In this episode we will investigate the recent insights about bacterial biofilms. What is the role of Sialic Acid and what are the possible (industrial) applications? And what can we learn from microbes about their and even our own metabolism.
Special Guest: Mark van Loosdrecht (Delft University of Technology)
Part of the special Microbes Series. What if we would be able to zoom out? Leaving the microscope and our traditional human perspective on viruses behind for a minute. What would happen if we look at viruses as one of the players in a much broader system? And as such changing our perspective to that of Spaceship Earth and the role of a virus in the web of life? What lessons can we draw from nature’s logic on how Spaceship Earth operates?Together with specialists in the field of virology, microbiology and biochemistry we will take a journey into an unknown world of interesting insights. Combining insights and working towards cross disciplinary solutions and the essential questions we might have been overlooking. And who knows we might discover one or two innovative applications along the way.
Brought to you by
Alexander Prinsen - www.ScopeMatters.com
Marc van Bemmel - www.Orvion.nl
#8 Gert Jan Euverink (Microbes special series)
In this episode we will investigate how it is possible that even bacteria can produce a type of bioplastics, which is called PHA. And even more remarkable this PHA turns out to be also a natural feedstock for them. Why and how do they do that? And what can we learn from microbes about their and even our own metabolism.
Special Guest: Gert Jan Euverink (University of Groningen)
Part of the special Microbes Series.
What if we would be able to zoom out? Leaving the microscope and our traditional human perspective on viruses behind for a minute. What would happen if we look at viruses as one of the players in a much broader system? And as such changing our perspective to that of Spaceship Earth and the role of a virus in the web of life? What lessons can we draw from nature’s logic on how Spaceship Earth operates?Together with specialists in the field of virology, microbiology and biochemistry we will take a journey into an unknown world of interesting insights. Combining insights and working towards cross disciplinary solutions and the essential questions we might have been overlooking. And who knows we might discover one or two innovative applications along the way.
Brought to you by
www.ScopeMatters.com (Alexander Prinsen)
www.Orvion.nl (Marc van Bemmel)
#7 Jan Gerritse (Microbes special series)
In this episode we will investigate why Microbes can crack even the most difficult and stable natural and man-made molecules, such as Benzene, Naphthalene and PFAS. Why and how do they do that? And what can we learn from microbes to improve our current energy-wasting chemistry?
Special Guest: Jan Gerritse (Deltares). Jan is a microbial specialist creating many innovative solutions using the knowledge on how microbes work. He will share us his experience and insights on what microbes can breakdown and what they are capable of doing!
Part of the special Microbes Series.
What if we would be able to zoom out? Leaving the microscope and our traditional human perspective on viruses behind for a minute. What would happen if we look at viruses as one of the players in a much broader system? And as such changing our perspective to that of Spaceship Earth and the role of a virus in the web of life? What lessons can we draw from nature’s logic on how Spaceship Earth operates?
Together with specialists in the field of virology, microbiology and biochemistry Alexander will take us on a journey into an unknown world of interesting insights.
Combining insights and working towards cross disciplinary solutions and the essential questions we might have been overlooking. And who knows we might discover one or two innovative applications along the way.
Speaker: Alexander Prinsen (Scope Matters) Alexander is Managing Partner of Scope Matters. As circular innovation specialist he assists Business Leaders in creating better sustainable and circular systems. He is part time tutor at Van Hall Larenstein Leeuwaarden. He is co-host of the Business network Nieuw Voer. And he advises startups on sustainable and circular business models.
Speaker: Marc van Bemmel (Orvion) Marc is CEO/owner of Orvion.nl. Orvion is a biotechnology company providing research and consultancy in the field of Water & Environment. Orvion has it’s own research Laboratories in Stolwijk near Gouda. Orvion is dedicated to realizing new sustainable techniques in which biological techniques are often a key element.
#6: Richard Kormelink (Microbes special series)
What if we would be able to zoom out? Leaving the microscope and our traditional human perspective on viruses behind for a minute. What would happen if we look at viruses as one of the players in a much broader system? And as such changing our perspective to that of Spaceship Earth and the role of a virus in the web of life? What lessons can we draw from nature’s logic on how Spaceship Earth operates?
Moderator Alexander Prinsen is eager to know what questions and insights a different level of abstraction could lead to. Together with specialists in the field of virology, microbiology and biochemistry Alexander will take us on a journey into an unknown world of interesting insights.
Combining insights and working towards cross disciplinary solutions and the essential questions we might have been overlooking. And who knows we might discover one or two innovative applications along the way.
Speaker: Alexander Prinsen (Scope Matters)
Alexander is Managing Partner of Scope Matters. As circular innovation specialist he assists Business Leaders in creating better sustainable and circular systems. He is part time tutor at Van Hall Larenstein Leeuwaarden. He is co-host of the Business network Nieuw Voer. And he advises startups on sustainable and circular business models.
Speaker: Marc van Bemmel (Orvion)
Marc is CEO/owner of Orvion Orvion is a biotechnology company providing research and consultancy in the field of Water & Environment. Orvion has it’s own research Laboratories in Stolwijk near Gouda. Orvion is dedicated to realizing new sustainable techniques in which biological techniques are often a key element.
Speaker: Richard Kormelink (Wageningen University)
Richard is associate professor and his current research focuses at viral genome transcription-replication, innate immunity and viral counter defense strategies with the plant and animal-infecting bunyaviruses and geminiviruses. One of the major driving forces in all his research lies in his interest in the evolutionary relation between the plant- and animal-infecting bunyaviruses, and the commonalities in cell biology and innate immunity between the animal and plant kingdom.
#5 István Kenyeres
In today's Episode Alexander Prinsen interviews István Kenyeres, Founder of Biopolus about the Future of Waste Water Systems and Rebirthing of Water.
#4 Anders Nyquist
In today's Episode Alexander Prinsen interviews Anders Nyquist, Founder of EcoCycleDesign about Sustainable Architecture.
#3 Prof Ille Gebeshuber
In today's Episode Alexander Prinsen interviews Prof. Ille Gebeshuber about Biomimetics.
#2 Curt Hallberg about vortex and water
In today's Episode Alexander Prinsen interviews Curt Hallberg from Watreco about Water and Vortex systems. Curt lives in Sweden and works on finding innovations based on nature’s inspiration.
#1 : Niklas Wennberg
In today's Episode Alexander Prinsen interviews Niklas Wennberg from Stadsjord (Swedish for Urban Soil) about Urban Farming and Future Food. Niklas works in Gothenborg (Sweden) on Urban Farming in the Slakthus.