In this episode of The Sciencing Podcast, we are joined by Linda Midgley, Enterprise Sustainability Leader at Cargill Animal Nutrition and Health. Linda shares insights into integrating sustainability into the animal nutrition industry. With over two decades of experience across various sectors, Linda brings a wealth of knowledge on transforming sustainability visions into actionable strategies. Tune in the full episode to gain valuable perspectives on driving sustainability.

Meet the guest: Linda Midgley, currently serving as the Enterprise Sustainability Leader for Animal Nutrition and Health at Cargill, applies her profound expertise to enhance sustainability across global operations. With a Master's in Economics from the Tinbergen Institute and an Executive Master's in Internal Auditing from the University of Amsterdam, she brings a strong academic foundation to her role. Her efforts focus on making animal and aqua nutrition products more sustainable, delivering value for customers and stakeholders.

Connect with the guest on Social Media: LinkedIn

Timestamps:

• (00:00) Introduction

• (02:00) Sustainability in animal nutrition

• (04:07) Lessons from other industries

• (06:40) Strategic sustainability partnerships

• (11:20) Long-term sustainability goals

• (17:31) Embedding sustainability in daily operations

• (20:25) Closing thoughts

In this episode of The Sciencing Podcast, Carlos Dapoza from Evonik and Tamas Bukoveczky from UBM Feed Kft. share their insights on pioneering ways to make poultry feed production more sustainable. They talk about how their companies teamed up to achieve a major reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, all while keeping feed performance high and cutting costs. Tune in to discover how these innovations are setting new benchmarks in sustainable animal nutrition.

Meet the guests: Carlos Dapoza, Technical Account Manager Sustainability at Evonik Operations GmbH, has been leading sustainability efforts in the EMEA region, focusing on reducing animal nutrition's environmental footprint. Tamas Bukoveczky, Poultry Nutritionist at UBM Feed Kft., brings over two decades of experience optimizing feed for better performance and sustainability.

Connect with the guest on Social Media: Carlos Dapoza & Tamas Bukoveczky

Timestamps:

• (00:00) Introduction

• (00:22) Value chain collaborations

• (06:19) Low-protein diets

• (09:19) Greenhouse gas reduction

• (16:15) Precision feeding approach

• (25:30) Advice for feed producers

• (28:30) Closing remarks

How do you measure the sustainability of the entire US poultry supply chain network?

The Sciencing Podcast is back! In this episode, you'll hear all about the first multi-stakeholder reporting framework for poultry supply chains in the US: the US Roundtable for Sustainable Poultry & Eggs (US-RSPE) Sustainability Framework.

Launched in 2022, the sustainability assessment covers the entire US supply chains for chicken, turkey and eggs, from farm to fork. It collects data on areas including water usage and quality, employee and animal well-being, waste, antimicrobial usage, land use, air quality, energy and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

Data has been built on responses from US-RSPE members representing growers, integrators, processors, retailers, food service companies, civil society groups and NGOs. The resulting database reflects opportunities and clarity for the individual segments of supply chains, supporting continuous improvement in sustainability for the value chain.

Join Faazi as she talks to US-RSPE Executive Director, Ryan Bennett, to discuss learnings from the first-of-its-kind reporting framework, and how positive change is being implemented based on its insights.

You can discover more about Evonik’s solutions for sustainable food production here: https://animal-nutrition.evonik.com/en/sustainability

Podcast host: Faazi Adam, Director Sustainability, Evonik Animal Nutrition. Guest: Ryan Bennett, Executive Director at U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Poultry & Eggs and the International Poultry Welfare Alliance

Today’s episode of The Sciencing Podcast is about our fantastic host, Faazi Adam, and her key moments from each of the last five episodes.

Michele Traumueller sits down with Faazi to find out all you might want to know about Evonik’s Director Sustainability, and how she found herself in this industry. (Spoiler, her background is not what you’d expect!).

Looking back at the series, we’ll also hear bitesize clips from Faazi’s favourite moments with her guests, and what’s to come for the next 6 episodes of the Sciencing Podcast.

Expect to hear from Maria Lettini, Executive Director of the FAIRR Initiative, talking about protein production; Max Francia, Director of Marketing at Atlantic Sapphire, on how partnerships can improve the sustainability of seafood production; Martin Zorrilla, Chief Technology Officer at Nutrition Technologies, on the future of insect farming; Jose R. Villalon, Corporate Sustainability Director at Nutreco, on how to get children talking about sustainability; and Wouter Bruins, Co-founder of In Ovo, on gendering the egg.

You can discover more about Evonik’s solutions for sustainable food production here: https://animal-nutrition.evonik.com/en/sustainability

Podcast host: Michele Traumueller Digital Marketing Manager, Middle East, Africa and Europe, Evonik Animal Nutrition

Guest: Faazi Adam, Director Sustainability, Evonik Animal Nutrition

Natural marine algal oil is an innovative alternative ingredient for a growing world population to feed itself without adding pressure on marine resources. With this oil, innovative salmon farmer, Atlantic Sapphire is raising their Blue House Salmon and retailer, Knowseafood.com is selling it direct to customers who can enjoy the delicious salmon, today.

In this episode of The Sciencing Podcast, you’ll hear about how a partnership between the three companies is changing what feed producers, farmers, retailers and consumers want from their salmon. Each speaker will explore a different part of the value chain, from science-based farming methods and raw materials to strategic consumer communications.

Join Faazi and her guests as they discuss this incredible new opportunity to deliver a product with purpose to the food shoppers and support the growth of aquaculture as a solution for high quality protein and Omega 3s, improving fish welfare and human health.

You can discover more about Evonik’s solutions for sustainable food production here: https://animal-nutrition.evonik.com/en/sustainability

Podcast host: Faazi Adam, Director Sustainability, Evonik Animal Nutrition
Guests: Victoria Parr, Business Development Manager, North America, Veramaris; Max Francia, Marketing Director, Atlantic Sapphire; Daniel McQuade, CEO & Co-Founder, KnowSeafood

With the world population now over eight billion and growing, how can we produce more food with fewer resources, while maintaining quality and safety in the food chain?
In this month’s episode of The Sciencing Podcast, Faazi is joined by Martin Zorrilla, Chief Technology Officer at Nutrition Technologies, to talk about how the use of insects as nutrient sourced in animal feed can contribute to more sustainable and secure food production.
They look at the environmental benefits offered by the alternative protein source, including reduced greenhouse gas emissions and less land use compared to traditional animal feed production methods, and explore what the inclusion of insect protein in animal diets means for animal health and, ultimately, the end consumer.

https://animal-nutrition.evonik.com/en/sustainability

Podcast host: Faazi Adam, Director of Sustainability, Evonik Animal Nutrition.
Guest: Martin Zorrilla, Chief Technology Officer at Nutrition Technologies

How do we get to a point where sustainability is both a requirement and an expectation for the food we buy?

In this week’s episode of The Sciencing Podcast, host Faazi Adam talks to Nutreco Corporate Sustainability Director Jose R. Villalon, about the motivations behind writing a new children’s book on sustainable seafood, and the importance of engaging younger audiences on the issue of food security and sustainability.

Join Faazi and Jose as they discuss what role the animal production industry has to play in helping drive changes in consumer buying habits and encourage a move to more sustainable diets.

https://animal-nutrition.evonik.com/en/sustainability

Podcast host: Faazi Adam, Director of Sustainability, Evonik Animal Nutrition.
Guest: Jose R. Villalon, Corporate Sustainability Director, Nutreco

Every year, six-and-a-half billion chicks are culled in the global poultry industry.
Why? They’re male. They don’t lay eggs, so they can’t be used in egg production and their body structure is no good for meat. When young Dutchman Wouter Bruins discovered this, he knew he had to act.

In this episode of The Sciencing Podcast, the co-founder of In Ovo tells our host Faazi Adam about how he combines his love of poultry and biotech to find out the gender of a chick while it’s still in the egg. This means it can be disposed of before it has hatched, preventing the killing of day-old chicks.

Join Faazi and Wouter as they discuss this aspect of giving hatcheries the option to only hatch the females, which is better for animal welfare and sustainability of the poultry industry.

For more information about Sustainability initiatives of Evonik Animal Nutrition, visit www.animal-nutrition.evonik.com/en/sustainability.

Podcast host: Faazi Adam, Director of Sustainability, Evonik Animal Nutrition.
Guest: Wouter Bruins, Co-founder of In Ovo.