Pique Behind the Curtain Vol. 9

Real Cheese, Without the Cow

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Formo: The Future of Dairy

Formo is combining science and food technology to create a more sustainable, ethical, and healthy food industry.

Through precision fermentation, this company uses cellular agriculture to develop cultivated, animal-free dairy products. That means real, gooey, great-tasting cheese without the lactose, questions regarding animal cruelty, or substancial environmental impact. Mmmmhhhmmm.

Formo Co-Founders Raffael Wohlgensinger and Dr. Britta Winterberg sees their innovative biotech as an opportunity to drastically improve the dairy industry’s carbon footprint - without compromising on nutrition or taste.

Watch the film here.

Not all climate technologies are focused on reducing carbon emissions. Some are focused on climate adaptation. Next week we take a look at a company developing fire prevention products to help protect firefighters and forest ecosystems from the devastating effects of wildfires. 

Perimeter Solutions is keeping communities safe by building solutions that save.

Sustainability Illustrated - Climate Change in 2021

Alexandre Magnin utilizes whiteboard illustrations to give a brief explanation of modern-day climate change’s causes and solutions as highlighted by Project Drawdown.

Every week we share recommendations from readers about climate films and documentaries to watch. This week’s rec comes from Rory Jacobson from Carbon180.

• The End of Snow - Dr. Jane Zelikova is a tropical ecologist living in the mountains of Wyoming and Colorado. She dreams of snow in the summer and tropical forests in the dead of winter. But her snow-capped Fourteeners are changing – no longer bringing the deep winter snowpack once promised.

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