Christie Lagally of Rebellyous Foods with Zack Olson of Black & Veatch

<p>This episode is sponsored by the Black &amp; Veatch NextGen Ag Team. Learn more about Black and Veatch at www.bv.com</p> <p>We are excited to have two fantastic guests on today's episode. Christie Lagally of Rebellyous Foods and Zack Olson of Black &amp; Veatch.</p> <p>Christie Lagally is the founder and CEO of Rebellyous Foods, a food production technology company working to make plant-based meat price-competitive with traditional chicken products.</p> <p>Ms. Lagally is a mechanical engineer and holder of multiple patents in manufacturing technology. &nbsp;She spent much of her career in the aerospace industry working on commercial airplanes and spacecraft in testing, design, and manufacturing at Boeing Commercial Airplanes. &nbsp;Previously, Ms. Lagally served as a Senior Scientist for the Good Food Institute uncovering the technical barriers in the development of plant-based meat and clean meat (i.e. cultured meat). Ms. Lagally holds Bachelor's degrees in Organizational Psychology and Mechanical Engineering and a Master’s of Science in Mechanical Engineering.</p> <p>She is also an active member of the National Women’s Political Caucus of Washington, a co-founder of the Humane Voters of Washington (a political action committee) and serves as a Washington State Council Member for the Humane Society of the United States.</p> <p>Zack Olson is part of the Black &amp; Veatch Growth Accelerator which drives smart, rapid, profitable growth; discovers opportunities; and challenges convention. He is a co-managing director of the Growth Accelerator’s NextGen Agriculture business, and currently leads that engineering team. Throughout his career he has been involved in projects that required developing innovative and cost-effective solutions, in close collaboration with the end client, particularly pertaining to energy performance improvements.</p> --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/futurefoodshow/support" rel="payment">https://anchor.fm/futurefoodshow/support</a>