Frenchman Romain Couderc is creating the 21st Century Daily Superfood here in Romania – Spinoa
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From Marseille to Tehran and back to Bucharest, Romain Couderc (@LinkedIn) is cultivating what the United Nations has declared the food of the future.
Although Romain is from the South of France, he’s been living in Bucharest for the past ten years. Explorer by nature, in this interview he shares what it was like traveling by bicycle through Iran, Turkey, India, Cambodia, Indonesia, and discovering innovative solutions to social challenges around food along the way. Inspired from the people he met and new ways of thinking, he’s bringing that innovation to Romania with his new startup Spinoa.
Take a journey with a modern day adventurer and experience what it’s like visiting exotic places, living in a foreign country, and discovering a food that has remarkable benefits. Some show highlights include:
5:19 – Romain’s visit to Madagascar
11:54 – how Romania has a strong cultural link to France
12:31 – when he first arrived in Bucharest (hint, he took a wrong bus)
13:43 – 13-month trip exploring several countries on a bicycle
14:48 - Iran and Turkey were some of the safest places they traveled through
15:00 – how people in the villages fought amongst eachother to welcome and have him stay in their homes
20:49 - The food that the United Nations declared the food of the future
22:26 Where he discovered spironila in Bangkok
26:20 the beneficial effects of spironila and yogurt
Hope you enjoy the conversation! - Eric