General Mills Meets Rural Southeast Asia

02/19/20 • 27 min

Food rules are changing. How do consumers adapt to changing global perspectives? How do we keep our VALUES intact and make CHOICES that further our lives as a whole? From rural Southeast Asia to General Mills' Minneapolos, Minnesota HQ, personalization and intentionality are key to successful adoption.

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India and China: Tradition and Acceleration in the Food Industry

China and India: global economic powers that will not only shape the future of food, but consume it. Abhinav describes them as the Tiger and the Elephant. The two nations both have rich cultural tradition and massive populations ripe for disruption in the food system. How does history and tradition impact the way we build the future? What might foodtech, alternative protein, or heritage-based innovtaion look like in India and China - and what woud that mean for the rest of the world? Join Shannon and Abhinav to find out. Secondary Source: Food Ingredients and Health Ingredients India https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57EH3C0H7oM

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Food Innovation and Local Culture

Future food in APAC is going from blooming to booming. How did this happen so quickly, and how does the foodtech and alt protein movement look different country to country? How will it differ from the path food system development has seen in the US? Emil Fazira of Euromonitor International, and Josh Tetrick, founder of JUST, give us a glimpse of a could-be future.

Secondary sources: "Wayne Pacelle & Josh Tetrick: "Just Food" | Talks at Google" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuDbVrR7Rl0