Food technologist Andrea Zeng and I worked together as the product development team at Lundberg Family Farms renovating their snack line, creating new rice meal kits, and developing frozen items for them. Andrea has since moved into chocolate product research and development, drawing on her time managing the Cal Poly Chocolates Food and Nutrition Science…

Andrea Zeng worked with me in a past R&D role, and although she crossed food categories when she moved to a new job at Ghirardelli Chocolate Company, she had past experience working in chocolate science. Here she gives some foundational advise on how you could cross from one category to another and how passion for…

Wendy Lu McGill is CEO/Founder of Rocky Mountain Micro Ranch (RMMR), Colorado’s first and only edible insect farm. With a background in sociological research in international development and intercultural communication, Wendy Lu brings a global perspective and deep understanding of the why and how of farming insects for food. She joins the PeasOnMoss podcast to…

Wendy Lu McGill is CEO/Founder of Rocky Mountain Micro Ranch (RMMR), Colorado’s first and only edible insect farm. With a background in sociological research in international development and intercultural communication, Wendy Lu brings a global perspective and deep understanding of the why and how of farming insects for food.   Wendy Lu was a guest…

Food scientist Lindsey Wisener started WiseBev two years ago to balance her work and life responsibilities and has experienced great growth. With a specialty in beverage development, she started her niche business by getting hired by companies that already knew her quality of work, and the calls kept coming. Now she runs a thriving business…

When you’ve worked in product development and food science for ten years, you have earned some intense stories about projects that almost failed. Lindsay’s story is a classic, and I couldn’t believe how real it felt. Hear the start of her story in this nail-biting preview, and download the full episode next week to find…

Jessica Goldstein is the head of business development and sales for NuSpice, a company based in New Jersey, but she travels the nation and the world to develop business relationships and bring a personal touch to the relationships among vendors, customers, and the supply chain. Her key to success: focus on problem solving – it…