Talking Shiitake
My mission is to help make our food system healthier, more sustainable and ethical. In a market where consumers are making more informed decisions about the food they buy, I believe that food businesses catering to these needs will be the most successful. I’m Michael Fox, CEO and Co-Founder of Shiitake mushroom company Fable Food. For years I’ve been obsessed with our food system. Welcome to my podcast where I Talk Shiitake with successful chefs, food industry executives and entrepreneurs to learn about what’s lead to their success in the food industry.
Talking Shiitake
Professor Peter Singer - what does the philosophical founder of the vegan movement think about our new beef and shiitake blended meat product?
Today I have the incredible honor of Talking Shiitake with Professor Peter Singer. In 1974 Peter wrote the book Animal Liberation which laid the philosophical foundation for the vegan movement. This book played a huge role in my going vegan and co-founding Fable so Peter has been hugely influential in my life. He’s done the same for many others too - in addition to helping lead the animal rights movement he’s helped lead the effective altruism movement and this year he retired as the Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University. He’s arguably the world’s most famous living philosopher and I’m incredibly proud to say he’s been a big supporter of Fable over the years from when we first met mushroom foraging in Melbourne until today.
In today’s episode we talk about our new Fable beef and shiitake mushroom product - blending beef from cows with shiitake mushrooms. I share our reasoning behind the product and get Peter’s thoughts on the ethics of it.
I’m honoured to present to you - Professor Peter Singer.