Monthly Archives: November 2025

EP 72: Trend Talk with Maeve and Mike: Breaking the Trend Cycle, Inside IFT’s New Open-Source Traceability Driver

November 24, 2025UncategorizedOmnivore

What happens when every menu and grocery aisle starts to look the same? Menu Matters’ Maeve Webster and Mike Kostyo discuss the push for simplicity, the pitfalls of trend chasing, and where real innovation will come from next. Blake Harris, managing director of IFT’s Global Food Traceability Center, talks about how the new Traceability Driver came to life, what makes it different, and why open-source solutions like this could be a game-changer for the global food system.

Plus: This episode of Omnivore is brought to you by CoDeveloper, from IFT. CoDeveloper is the first AI-powered co-scientist built BY food scientists FOR food scientists, and leverages IFT’s 85+ years of scientific excellence – accelerating your R&D processes and helping solve your toughest challenges. Learn more and book your free demo at CoDeveloper.IFT.org.

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Omnivore Presents: SciDish | Hot Takes on Cool Tech Innovations for Food Security | NOV 2025

November 17, 2025Uncategorizedfood security, Fruits and Vegetables, Innovation & InsightsOmnivore

In this episode, we speak with Dr. Rohit Karnik, Director of Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab (J-WAFS) at MIT—a pioneering research hub that tackles global challenges in water and food systems, and since 2014, has invested more than $25 million in transformative solutions that address food security, water scarcity, and climate resilience. One of J-WAFS’ standout collaborations is with CoolVeg. Led by Dr. Eric Verploegen, he speaks on how CoolVeg develops forced-air evaporative cooling chambers designed to extend the shelf life of fruits and vegetables in off-grid, low-resource settings—offering a low-cost, energy-efficient alternative to traditional refrigeration, helping smallholder farmers reduce post-harvest losses and improve food access.

Plus: This episode of Omnivore is brought to you by CoDeveloper, from IFT. CoDeveloper is the first AI-powered co-scientist built BY food scientists FOR food scientists, and leverages IFT’s 85+ years of scientific excellence—accelerating your R&D processes and helping solve your toughest challenges. Learn more and book your free demo at www.CoDeveloper.IFT.org.

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EP 71: Understanding the New Mainstream Consumer, Gene Editing Tomorrow’s Crops

November 10, 2025UncategorizedBiotechnology, Consumer and Marketplace Trends, Innovation & InsightsOmnivore

Consumer insights guru Liz Sloan unpacks the latest consumer demographic trends and how they will shape food and beverage market opportunities. Tom Adams, CEO of Pairwise, discusses the potential of the gene-editing technology CRISPR to advance agriculture and deliver better-tasting fruits and vegetables.

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