My guest today is Dr. Haven Baker from Pairwise. Pairwise is a growing food tech company working to create a healthier world through better fruits and vegetables. Uniquely, they are working to address barriers to consumption – think things like flavor, texture, and shelf life – to that will make healthier eating easier and more accessible. Today, only 10% of Americans eat the recommended daily allowance of fruits and vegetables, according to the CDC.
In our interview, Dr. Baker and I chat about how Pairwise is using gene editing to create healthier and tastier foods, the “snackification” of fruits and vegetables, and the advantages of gene editing over plant breeding.
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Show Notes
- Dr. Baker’s Background
- Background of Pairwise
- Creating leafy greens, berries, and cherries
- Working with Bayer
- Working genetics
- Gene editing and GMOs?
- Advantages of gene editing vs plant breeding
- Plant DNA
- CRISPR technology
- How this can improve diets.
- The convivence of food.
- “Snackification” of fruits and veggies.
- Why we don’t see commercials for commodity crops.
- Pairwise closed a $90M Series B funding round earlier this year, and now has more than 100 employees (in only three years.)
- Addressing barriers to consumption – think things like flavor, texture, and shelf life – to that will make healthier eating easier and more accessible.
Quotes
- “Today, only 10% of Americans eat the recommended daily allowance of fruits and vegetables, according to the CDC.”
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