Maricel Saenz, Compound Foods: Coffee without Coffee Beans, Ep 157

<p><strong><span style="font-size: 24pt;">Maricel Saenz, Compound Foods: Coffee without Coffee Beans, Ep 157</span><br /> <br /> <br /></strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">People continue to experience how global warming can have devastating effects on the world. Crop yields have already started to decline from rising temperatures, changes in rainfall patterns and extreme weather events.</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Climate change is threatening the future of many foods, and that includes coffee. This threat and her love for coffee inspired Maricel Saenz to launch</span> <a href= "https://www.compound-foods.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Compound Foods</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, a food science company to reinvent coffee.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Originally from Costa Rica, where coffee is ingrained in the national identity, Maricel wanted to dedicate her time and energy to creating solutions fighting climate change. Maricel left her first startup to create a product that could recreate coffee in a sustainable way. Coffee is one of the most consumed products in the world and it comes with a large water footprint. Maricel’s idea for Compound Foods is to replicate the coffee experience with less environmental impact.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode, I sat down with Maricel to talk about Compound Food’s mission in tackling climate change, her career in science without being a scientist, her journey of building a company at the start of the pandemic and the future of the coffee industry.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I hope you enjoy this conversation with Maricel Saenz.</span></p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <h2><strong>From fighting bacterias to fighting climate change</strong></h2> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Maricel shares why she left her first startup to start Compound Foods to fight climate change. Maricel’s experience in biotechnology and her longing to impact the world positively were the ca