Science of Eating: Navigating the Pet Food Landscape
December 3, 2016
Hosted by Lorien Clemens
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Episode Description
Anyone walking in the aisles at the pet shop knows that pet food is a complicated, crowded industry. This week's episode will give you some guidance to help you navigate the pet food landscape -- explaining what the road signs mean, helping you translate the key marketing and providing suggestions on how to cut through the hype to find a clear path to the best food for YOUR fur kids. We'll dig into the science behind nutritional guidelines, chat with folks on both sides of the kibble vs. raw pet food aisle, plus we'll share some cool gadgets and tools out there to help you tackle some of the most common eating issues for our pets.
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What an exciting time to be a technology geek and a pet parent! There's a tech boom in the pet industry with innovative apps, websites and products, as well as cutting-edge scientific research and advances for fur kids.
Pet Lover Geek digs into 21st century pet product tech trends. New and established pet parents will learn about new innovations, important scientific developments, fun, quirky and definitely geeky tools, products and services for their furry family members.
Digital lost pet prevention and recovery tools help get missing pets home quickly. Robots, gadgets and gizmos are for you, your home and your pet. The science behind why what's good for you can be deadly for Fluffy. We feature websites and smartphone apps that are worth it, or are a waste of time and money. If it's geeky, techie, doggie and kitty, we'll be talking about it.
Join Lorien Clemens and a menagerie of innovators, experts and pet enthusiasts as they talk tech on Pet Lover Geek.
Lorien Clemens
Lorien Clemens serves as Director of Marketing at PetHub, Inc. Lorien joined PetHub, Inc., in June 2011 as the little start-up was just a wee pup. Since her joining PetHub, the lost pet recovery software service has become a respected industry leader. She has guided PetHub to its wins of multiple pet industry awards, including two Dog Fancy Magazine Editors' Choice Awards, the PetAGE Magazine Retailer Silver Select Award, and two Pet Business Magazine Product of the Year Awards for its unique digital ID tags and online services. Most recently, PetHub was named one of Business Insider Magazine's 50 Coolest New Businesses in America.
Individually, Lorien was named the Pet Industry Network’s 2014 Pet Industry Woman of the Year and was a keynote speaker at their national conference in 2015. In early 2016, Lorien was also honored by PetAGE Magazine as one the pet industry's Women of Influence.
Nestled in the woods outside of the tech-mecca of Seattle, Washington, Lorien lives with a Boston Terrier, a Border Collie Lab mix, two cats and her husband, a true nerd in his own right. An avid fan of science fiction and die hard technophile, she loves investigating new, exciting tech trends and all things geeky and pet related.
