<p>In this episode I sit down with my friend, Founder, CEO, and global leader in sustainable food, agriculture &amp; water systems, Udi Lazimy. We jump into his journey from his multicultural upbringing in Madison, Wisconsin, to becoming enamored with the wildness of the western US, his activism being awakened in the national parks of Montana, working with indigenous communities in Alaska, to his first job at a national forest organization in Colorado, exploring the world of agriculture in Seattle, taking a 2-year meditation, yoga, and cycling hiatus in Mexico and Europe, getting a Green MBA &amp; entering the tech world in San Francisco, and finally started his own consulting business &amp; FUDI Protein, which he operates from Mexico City.</p><p>Udi has worked in forest and public land conservation, sustainability, food advocacy, and has even been called the Indiana Jones of plants. Listen to hear how he plans to replace as much of the unsustainable protein market as possible, as well as how he ended up performing reiki on Woody Harrelson in the woods.</p><p>Resources &amp; sites mentioned in this episode:</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.greencorps.org/"><u>Green Corps</u></a>: The training program for environmental organizing Udi joined after college.</p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.americanlands.org/"><u>American Lands Alliance</u></a>: The national forest activism organization where Udi got his first job.</p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.ju.st/"><u>Eat Just</u></a>: The food tech company formerly known as Hampton Creek focused on developing sustainable, plant-based alternatives to animal products where Udi worked as Head Of Sustainability &amp; Sourcing.</p></li><li><p><a href="https://upcycledfoods.com/"><u>Regrained</u></a>: Udi’s friend’s food upcycling technology and ingredient platform, which includes Upcycled Food Lab, where he creates food products from spent barley.</p></li><li><p><a href="https://udilazimy.com/"><u>FUDI Protein &amp; FUDI Impact Partners</u></a>: Udi’s website where you can find all his different businesses and see the video of the mung bean protein that looks just like eggs!</p></li><li><p>The <a href="https://wefunder.com/fudi.protein"><u>Wefunder campaign</u></a> where you can invest in Udi’s new company.</p></li><li><p>Udi’s <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ulazimy/"><u>Instagram</u></a> where you can follow along with all of the cool stuff he’s doing. 😎</p></li></ul>