Topic: Food Microbiology

Dr. Frederic Leroy, a Food Scientist and Professor at the University of Brussels, joins the program to discuss his background in bioengineering and food technology. Leroy explains how his academic focus on animal-sourced foods led him to notice a growing media discourse filled with hyperbolic claims about meat destroying the planet. He describes his transition from hardcore engineering to collaborating with anthropologists and psychologists to understand the societal push toward radical food system transformations.