Kimberlie Le co-founded and is the CEO Prime Roots, a koji-based meat company, as a proud meat eater determined to dramatically transform global food systems and reduce the burden animal agriculture has put on our planet.

But what if it were possible to make meat alternatives with a different species than one of those three? In fact, a species so different it’s not even a plant at all. That’s exactly what Kimberlie Le of Prime Roots is doing.