Sarah Qian started an oat-based cream cheese company. We discuss the challenges she faced in scaling up operations, advice for other engineers interested in startups, and how engineers can contribute to solving challenges in food systems change.

Rachael is an Associate Professor at the University of Vermont in the Departments of Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Biomedical Engineering, and Food Systems. We discuss academic research in cultivated meat, the value of engineers understanding business concepts, work-life balance, and advice for entering academia.

Jeffray is a Food Process engineer at New School Foods and a passionate advocate for the alternative protein industry. We discuss his journey from undergraduate mechanical engineering to working in the alternative protein industry and his advice for others interested in a similar path.