Jenny Du just wants to make sure we all eat our veggies. This PhD, entrepreneur, innovator and scientist is this week’s Consensus in Conversation guest! 

She is the co-founder and SVP of Operations at Apeel Sciences, a food innovation company that’s raised more than $700M in funding to date with its simple yet revolutionary idea: put a protective layer, or peel, around produce to keep them fresher, longer. 

Jenny shares her unique path to entrepreneurship, the origin story of Apeel, how they’re helping curb food waste, and what they’re working on today; all while breaking down the complex science at its core (in a digestible manner). 

More from the episode:

Apeel Website

Apeel on LinkedIn

Jenny Du on LinkedIn  

Conor Gaughan on LinkedIn

Episode Timestamps:

0:00 How Material Science is Giving Produce a New Life

00:52 Introducing Jenny Du

11:50 Entrepreneurs, Founders, and Imposter Syndrome 

15:55 Starting a Company to End Food Waste

19:02 Deconstructing Tomatoes to Unlock a Solution 

22:06 How the Supply Chain Ends in Food Waste

34:48 Next Up - Nature-Based Innovations

40:38 End Credits