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🔦 Featured in our next XTC Startup Spotlight is Susan Payne, co-founder of Sustainable Planet, the 2023 World Food Forum Startup Innovation Award winner in the Better Nutrition category.    💨 Susan Payne doesn’t let the grass grow under her feet. Armed with a liberal arts degree, law degrees from McGill and Oxford universities and an MBA diploma from London School of Economics, she spent 25 years at top investment banks and hedge funds. Then she pivoted, leaving city life in London to become a “green” entrepreneur in Africa. In 2020, Susan and Sven Kaufmann co-founded Sustainable Planet, which grows water lentils. Unlike soybeans and other plant proteins, water lentils are a highly nutritional #superfood, containing all amino acids and multiple vitamins, including B12. Water lentils grow quickly year round and produce 10-15 times more protein per hectare using 15 times less water than soybeans. They have no allergens and use no chemicals to grow them. So, what’s Sustainable Planet’s “secret sauce?” There are many. 💚 Sustainable Planet addresses three major global problems: food security, climate change and agricultural regeneration. They engage subsistence farmers, dramatically increasing their incomes and nutrition. The company holds the IP to increase protein and nutrients across many different foods, including supplemental powder, protein bars and pasta. Geared 100% to climate change initiatives and sustainability, Sustainable Planet is the rare startup that addresses each of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. We’ll be following Sustainable Planet closely as Susan and the team seek funding to scale up operations to meet demand. This will be fun. Thanks for another fabulous interview, John Martin! #foodsecurity #climatechange #agriculture #impact #innovation Victoria Young Bill Beth Corinna Marcelo Nicolas FAO Sven K.

Extreme Tech Challenge Startup Spotlight: Sustainable Planet

Extreme Tech Challenge Startup Spotlight: Sustainable Planet

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