6.9. Mimiking Honey and Monoculture Honey Productions 🐝 Melibio CEO Darko Mandich

We lack bees, we lack insects and it's a severe issue for biodiversity. Because flowers are dependent on insects and vice versa, right? So if you eat traditional honey, are you promoting bee health? No, large-scale monoculture is an issue in crop agriculture and beekeeping. Hear from Darko Madrich, the co-founder and CEO of Melibio. I got to try their plant-based honey in Switzerland last year. And it tasted so similar I wondered whether they had just poured some natural honey into the bottle. By the way, whenever I meet Darko, I feel his spirit animal would be a giant bumblebee. He has that vibe. Anyway, Instead of using something like rice syrup, Melibio uses the compounds found in honey. Re-building it from the ground up. In the future, they want to use precision fermentation to add a few compounds that are hard to replace. But is that necessary? LINKS Check out our supporter of this season ProVeg Incubator and their 12-month incubator program: https://provegincubator.com/ More info and links to resources on https://redtogreen.solutions/   Connect with Marina Schmidt https://www.linkedin.com/in/schmidt-marina/ Check out our supporter of this season, FoodLabs, and their Climate Program: https://www.foodlabs.com/ For sponsorships, collaborations or feedback write Marina at [email protected] Hashtags for this episode problems with honey honey production honey farming pesticide impact on bees honey alternatives vegan honey animal-free products animal-free honey Hashtags for this season Biotechnology in food What is biotechnology food Food biotechnology examples Food biotechnology startups Biotechnology food companies Biotech food in usa Food biotechnology examples Editor's note: on 17.02. a 1,5-minute partnership message was added at minute 7.