Environmental Engineers Use Corn Waste to Treat and Filter Water
America is the top producer of corn in the world, and approximately 90 million acres of land here are used to grow this grain. Most of the corn in the […]
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Food Tech News: Carbon-Negative Cutlery at Target, Upcycled Food Label Launches
Welcome to your weekly Food Tech News round-up! Many companies in the food tech space made efforts to honor Earth Day, so this week all of our news is relevant […]
RipeLocker Raises $5M for its Low Atmosphere Approach to Extending Food Freshness
RipeLocker, a Seattle-area startup that makes specialized containers to extend the life of fresh food after harvest, announced yesterday that it has raised a $5 million Series B round of […]
Food Tech News: Compostable Milk Packaging, Vegan Fast Food Goes Public
Happy weekend, and welcome to the Food Tech News round-up this week. This week we have news on JOI’s new compostable packaging, Sunbasket’s single-serving prepared meals, and a vegan fast-food […]
Chipotle Diverting More Than Half Its Waste, Says Latest Company Sustainability Report
Chipotle has diverted 51 percent of its waste, the company said in its 2020 Sustainability Report released this week. The QSR chain said it was able to do much of […]
Food Tech News: Oat Milk Gin and a Traveling Grocery Store
Welcome to the weekend and the spring season! If you happen to find yourself caught in a spring shower while admiring wildflowers, this is the perfect time to scurry home […]
iFoodDS Raises $15 Million for Fresh Food Supply Chain Management
iFoodDs, a startup that provides fresh food supply chain management software, announced today that it has raised a $15 million Series A round of funding led by Insight Partners. Based […]
Imperfect Foods Will Be a Net-Zero Carbon Company by 2030
Online grocer Imperfect Foods announced today its pledge to become a net-zero carbon operation by 2030. Via a press release sent to The Spoon, the company claims this timeline is […]
Food Tech News: New Mushroom Oat Milk, Eco Bricks and Koji Ravioli
Califia Farms adds “mushroom milk” to product portfolio Califia Farms makes non-dairy milk, creamer, yogurt drinks, cold brew coffee, and the company announced a new milk product this week. The […]
Kroger’s Zero Hunger/Zero Waste Foundation Is Taking Applications for Its Innovation Accelerator
Startups, take note. The Kroger Co. Zero Hunger | Zero Waste Foundation (aka, the “Foundation”) is now taking applications for the second cohort of its Innovation Fund. The program, done […]
Sustainable E-Grocer Imperfect Foods Increases Series D Round to $110M
Imperfect Foods has increased its recently announced series D round to $110 million, up from $95 million. The increased round now includes two additional investors, Hamilton Lane and Blisce, and […]
Food Tech News: The World’s Largest Piece of Cultured Meat, Coca-Cola Delivery Via Drone
Welcome to this week’s Food Tech News round-up! We found some interesting tidbits this week, including the world’s largest piece of cultured meat, Coca-Cola’s drone delivery, Carnival Cruise’s step towards […]
