Sharon Cryan is the Founder of FoodNerd, an innovative food technology company rethinking how we process and consume everyday nutrition. Sharon shares the inspiration behind FoodNerd's Mega Puffs, a first-of-its-kind cold-processed snack designed to preserve the full nutrient profile of fruits and vegetables, and explains how her early life experiences and legal background exposed major gaps in the food system. She also breaks down what "processed food" really means, the impact of ultra-processing on nutrient loss, and how her proprietary "nutrient lock" technology keeps food as close to its natural state as possible.

She further explores the challenges of educating consumers in a crowded grocery landscape, the importance of early childhood nutrition in shaping lifelong eating habits, and how modern food products influence children's taste preferences. Sharon also shares her mission to create transparent, convenient solutions for parents—helping them reduce food guilt while making healthier choices for their families.

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Vy Nguyen is the Founder and CEO of Lemon of the Sun, a sun care company reimagining how we protect our skin beyond traditional sunscreen. Vy shares the inspiration behind Sun Clad, an innovative laundry booster that transforms everyday clothing into UPF 30+ sun protective wear, and explains how living in Vietnam's intense UV environment sparked the idea. She also discusses the science behind the product, the challenges of creating a new consumer category, and how partnerships with dermatologists and TikTok helped build early traction.

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Sam Teicher is the Co-founder of Coral Vita, a company on a mission to solve one of our planet's greatest challenges: preserving and restoring coral reefs — at scale. Sam and Avril discuss the threats to coral reefs, and how Coral Vita's innovative land-based coral farms are helping dying reefs recover and thrive. They also discuss how Coral Vita's mission-driven approach positions the company to tackle reef restoration at the scale needed to make a real difference

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