Beyond Meat CEO Ethan Brown Thinks The Future Is Meatless

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By now you've heard all the reasons to go plant-based or vegan. Or so you thought. On today's podcast, Beyond Meat CEO Ethan Brown discusses his company's rise as a producer of plant-based meat replacements, heat he's facing from Big Beef and why even professional athletes are choosing Beyond burgers over the real thing. Host Richard Martin, who caught up with Brown at South By Southwest in Austin, also asks Brown what he'd say to Aaron Franklin about the future of BBQ. And there's talk of Beyond's new sausage line, which just became available at Whole Foods nationwide, and which Martin deems to be Beyond's best product yet. We wrap up with more Bad Yelp Reviews of Good Restaurants. But first, the news:

Today's News:

  • Salads everywhere are romaine-less thanks to an e. coli outbreak. Seventy percent of those affected were women.
  • The Philadelphia Police Commissioner apologized for how the arrest of two black men at a Starbucks was handled.
  • Waffle House has made headlines this past weekend for a shooting in Nashville and the arrest of an African American woman in Mobile, Alabama.
  • The U.K. is set to ban all plastic straws and cotton swabs as early as next year.
  • There's a lobster shortage upon us and it's sending prices for lobster rolls through the roof.
  • GQ announced its best restaurant list of the year.

    • Further Reading/Listening:

  • Listen To Food Republic Today: Kate Williams
  • We Have A Soft Spot For Maine's New Shell Lobsters
  • What Are Plant-Based Protein Burgers?

    • Food Republic Today is hosted by our Editorial Director, Richard Martin, with co-host Krista Ruane, Zero Point Zero culinary creative director, and produced by Zero Point Zero Production. Our producer is Katie Guhl with assistance from Tiffany Do. The episode features music by Ghostly International artists including Michna, whose "Metal Baile Joint" is the theme song.

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