“Its accelerator for food startups, Chipotle Aluminaries Project, has a cohort of eight companies focused on sustainable food and development.” Click the link to learn how Ostrich meat can save the environment! | learn more
The Pegan diet
This term probably describes my current diet more closely than any other names I’ve come across. But you probably won’t hear me ever use it :). Also, I’m still all about the cheese and hummus, so… | learn more
Consumers love food delivery; and restaurants and grocers hate it.
From the WSJ: “Fresh food sellers can’t afford to ignore demand for fast, inexpensive delivery, and billions of dollars are being spent to build those services. For now, most orders remain unprofitable and many wonder if they will ever get the economics right.” | learn more
Regulators clear path for genetically modified salmon.
This is both interesting and a bit intimating. “U.S. regulators gave the green light on genetically modified salmon to grow about twice as fast as normal.” |learn more
This nearly $8 million tea brand was built on its founders knocking on 500 doors.
It’s always nice to read about some homegrown success. Congrats to the Tiesta Tea founders for the exposure! | learn more
Active ingredient in Roundup found in 95% of studied beers and wines.
“Glyphosate, the active ingredient in controversial weedkiller Roundup, has been found in 19 out of 20 beers.” I don’t know exactly how big of a deal this is, but there’s some folks who claim it causes cancer. I do find it at least noteworthy just how prevalent this weed-killer has become in our foods. | learn more
Amazon rumor to launch new grocery store business.
Not Whole Foods, and not Amazon Go, but another brand altogether. This supports the Stratechery analysis from July 2017 quite well. | learn more
Business of renting kitchen space heats up in China.
“In China’s biggest cities, restaurants are struggling to satisfy the appetites of customers ordering food delivery through apps on their phones. That’s leading to a booming market for renting kitchen space, without tables, chairs or waiters.” | learn more
On the US baby food market and disruption.
Axios thinks the $7 Billion market is ripe and ready for a shake-up, and they suggest direct-to-consumer baby food startup Yumi is in a good spot to capture share in the future. How do you feel about $5 fresh baby food jars delivered weekly? | learn more
A new take on lab-grown protein.
“Sustainable Bioproducts started as a research project from NASA, which aimed to discover what the environment on places like Jupiter and elsewhere in the galaxy would need to look like—physically and chemically—to look for life… Through that work, the startup discovered a fermentation process to efficiently grow edible protein from microscopic organisms that it hopes could one day be a replacement for animal-based meats.” They just raised $33 million to work toward this vision. | learn more