Have you ever thought about what goes into developing a new food product and bringing it to market? What about being a part of the creative team that ideates, creates, tests, tastes, and researches these new products? Sound like fun? Well it is for Maddison Gurrola, a food waste fighting food scientist at Mattson. In this episode we talk about some of the many things Maddison does as a food scientist, her passion for reducing food waste, protecting the planet and the benefits of incorporating upcycled ingredients in new upcycled-certified food products. We learned about her adventurous journey to ultimately arriving at this exciting and fulfilling career with Mattson. Maddison also gives us insights on some of her personal philosophies, highs and lows about starting her own company, and some amazing wisdom she has gained through her many varied life experiences.

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Thanks to our sponsors:

NETZRO, SBC - www.netzro.us

Upcycled Food Association - www.upcycledfood.org

Produced by Hi-Fly'n Productions www.hiflyn.com

Producer | Host: Kevin May

Associate Producer | Ashley Brown

Creative Development | Sue Marshall

What's UP Co-Host | Rochelle Still

Contact us at kevin@toogoodtowastepodcast.com

In this special episode we meet the founders from two more companies in the 2021 Innovation Fund Cohort, Sue Marshall founder and CEO of NETZRO, (starts at 03:33), and Anna Hammond founder and CEO of Matriark Foods (starts at 20:22).

In spring of 2021, The Kroger Co. Zero Hunger | Zero Waste Foundation collaborated with Village Capital to help source, understand and unlock capital to support innovative solutions that prevent, recover and recycle food waste.

They encouraged applications from innovators building high-growth, scalable solutions focused on the following challenge:

“We seek to reshape the food system by supporting innovators who are elevating food to its highest use and disrupting the linear supply chain. This could include solutions such as imperfect produce lines, upcycled foods & meal kits, upcycled commercial ingredients and more.”

With nearly 150 companies applying, 10 were selection for the 2021 Innovation Fund cohort.

Meet the companies in the 2021 Innovation Fund Cohort:

Agua Bonita

Grain4Grain

Husky Beverages

Journey Foods

Matriark Foods

NETZRO

reBLEND

Renewal Mill

Take Two

The Spare Food Co.

Visit www.toogoodtowastepodcast.com for all episodes and to learn more about the Too good To waste podcast series.

Follow us on Instagram @toogoodtowaste_podcast

Thanks to our sponsors:

NETZRO, SBC - www.netzro.us

Upcycled Food Association - www.upcycledfood.org

Produced by Hi-Fly'n Productions www.hiflyn.com

Producer | Host: Kevin May

Associate Producer | Ashley Brown

Creative Development | Sue Marshall

What's UP Co-Host | Rochelle Still

Contact us at kevin@toogoodtowastepodcast.com

In this special episode we meet the founders from two more companies in the 2021 Innovation Fund Cohort, Riana Lynn founder of Journey Foods, (starts at 03:28), and Adam Kaye and Jeremy Kaye co-founders of The Spare Food Co. (starts at 26:18).

In spring of 2021, The Kroger Co. Zero Hunger | Zero Waste Foundation collaborated with Village Capital to help source, understand and unlock capital to support innovative solutions that prevent, recover and recycle food waste.

They encouraged applications from innovators building high-growth, scalable solutions focused on the following challenge:

“We seek to reshape the food system by supporting innovators who are elevating food to its highest use and disrupting the linear supply chain. This could include solutions such as imperfect produce lines, upcycled foods & meal kits, upcycled commercial ingredients and more.”

With nearly 150 companies applying, 10 were selection for the 2021 Innovation Fund cohort.

Meet the companies in the 2021 Innovation Fund Cohort:

Agua Bonita

Grain4Grain

Husky Beverages

Journey Foods

Matriark Foods

NETZRO

reBLEND

Renewal Mill

Take Two

The Spare Food Co.

Visit www.toogoodtowastepodcast.com for all episodes and to learn more about the Too good To waste podcast series.

Follow us on Instagram @toogoodtowaste_podcast

Thanks to our sponsors:

NETZRO, SBC - www.netzro.us

Upcycled Food Association - www.upcycledfood.org

Produced by Hi-Fly'n Productions www.hiflyn.com

Producer | Host: Kevin May

Associate Producer | Ashley Brown

Creative Development | Sue Marshall

What's UP Co-Host | Rochelle Still

Contact us at kevin@toogoodtowastepodcast.com

In this special Innovation Fund episode Part 2, we meet the Founders from three more of the companies in the 2021 cohort, Kathryn Burnell Founder of reBLEND (starts at 03:35) Matt Olsofsky Co-Founder of Take Two Foods (starts at 23:39), and Claire Schlemme and Caroline Cotto Co-Founders of Renewal Mill. (starts at 44:53)

In spring of 2021, The Kroger Co. Zero Hunger | Zero Waste Foundation collaborated with Village Capital to help source, understand and unlock capital to support innovative solutions that prevent, recover and recycle food waste.

They encouraged applications from innovators building high-growth, scalable solutions focused on the following challenge:

“We seek to reshape the food system by supporting innovators who are elevating food to its highest use and disrupting the linear supply chain. This could include solutions such as imperfect produce lines, upcycled foods & meal kits, upcycled commercial ingredients and more.”

With nearly 150 companies applying, 10 were selection for the 2021 Innovation Fund cohort.

Over the next few episodes we will be introducing you to all of the companies in the 2021 cohort.

Meet the companies in the 2021 Innovation Fund Cohort:

Agua Bonita

Grain4Grain

Husky Beverages

Journey Foods

Matriark Foods

NETZRO

reBLEND

Renewal Mill

Take Two

The Spare Food Co.

Visit www.toogoodtowastepodcast.com for all episodes and to learn more about the Too good To waste podcast series.

Follow us on Instagram @toogoodtowaste_podcast

Thanks to our sponsors:

NETZRO, SBC - www.netzro.us

Upcycled Food Association - www.upcycledfood.org

Produced by Hi-Fly'n Productions www.hiflyn.com

Producer | Host: Kevin May

Associate Producer | Ashley Brown

Creative Development | Sue Marshall

What's UP Co-Host | Rochelle Still

Contact us at kevin@toogoodtowastepodcast.com

In this special Innovation Fund episode we meet the founders from three of the companies in the 2021 cohort, Yoni Medhin co-founder of Grain4Grain (04:25), Kayla Casteñda and Erin Pontell with Agua Bonita (23:35), and Crawford Hawkins with Husky Beverages (40:10).

In spring of 2021, The Kroger Co. Zero Hunger | Zero Waste Foundation collaborated with Village Capital to help source, understand and unlock capital to support innovative solutions that prevent, recover and recycle food waste.

They encouraged applications from innovators building high-growth, scalable solutions focused on the following challenge:

“We seek to reshape the food system by supporting innovators who are elevating food to its highest use and disrupting the linear supply chain. This could include solutions such as imperfect produce lines, upcycled foods & meal kits, upcycled commercial ingredients and more.”

With nearly 150 companies applying, 10 were selection for the 2021 Innovation Fund cohort.

Over the next few episodes we will be introducing you to all of the companies in the 2021 cohort.

Meet the companies in the 2021 Innovation Fund Cohort:

Agua Bonita

Grain4Grain

Husky Beverages

Journey Foods

Matriark Foods

NETZRO

reBLEND

Renewal Mill

Take Two

The Spare Food Co.

Visit www.toogoodtowastepodcast.com for all episodes and to learn more about the Too good To waste podcast series.

Follow us on Instagram @toogoodtowaste_podcast

Thanks to our sponsors:

NETZRO, SBC - www.netzro.us

Upcycled Food Association - www.upcycledfood.org

Produced by Hi-Fly'n Productions www.hiflyn.com

Producer | Host: Kevin May

Associate Producer | Ashley Brown

Creative Development | Sue Marshall

What's UP Co-Host | Rochelle Still

Contact us at kevin@toogoodtowastepodcast.com

In spring of 2021, The Kroger Co. Zero Hunger | Zero Waste Foundation collaborated with Village Capital to help source, understand and unlock capital to support innovative solutions that prevent, recover and recycle food waste.

They encouraged applications from innovators building high-growth, scalable solutions focused on the following challenge:

“We seek to reshape the food system by supporting innovators who are elevating food to its highest use and disrupting the linear supply chain. This could include solutions such as imperfect produce lines, upcycled foods & meal kits, upcycled commercial ingredients and more.”

With nearly 150 companies applying, 10 were selection for the 2021 Innovation Fund cohort.

In this episode we learn more about the vision and mission of The Kroger Co. Zero Hunger | Zero Waste Foundation, and of Village Capital. We talk about the Innovation Fund cohort, what it is, how they are a;; working together on this initiative, and the impact potential from the companies that were selected this year and in the inaugural 2019 cohort.

Meet the companies in the 2021 Innovation Fund Cohort:

Agua Bonita

Grain4Grain

Husky Beverages

Journey Foods

Matriark Foods

NETZRO

reBLEND

Renewal Mill

Take Two

The Spare Food Co.

Visit www.toogoodtowastepodcast.com for all episodes and to learn more about the Too good To waste podcast series.

Follow us on Instagram @toogoodtowaste_podcast

Thanks to our sponsors:

NETZRO, SBC - www.netzro.us

Upcycled Food Association - www.upcycledfood.org

Produced by Hi-Fly'n Productions www.hiflyn.com

Producer | Host: Kevin May

Associate Producer | Ashley Brown

Creative Development | Sue Marshall

What's UP Co-Host | Rochelle Still

Contact us at kevin@toogoodtowastepodcast.com

Rutherford Meyer has been described as a small dedicated team of foodies who are passionate about creating gourmet food products that enhance the lives of their customers and consumers.

Over the past several years, their product range has grown considerably. And now most recently they've started an exciting new Kiwi brand called the Upcycled Grain Project that is taking on spent grain and scaling their sustainable snacking platform throughout New Zealand, the US and beyond. Learn what it takes to leverage the sustainable core values, mission and traditions of a successful company and build upon those to develop and exciting new brand extension. Jan and Channing tell us about how they started the ‘Upcycled Grain Project’ to play a part in minimizing waste, reduce our reliance on new resources and make great tasting snacks!

Visit www.toogoodtowastepodcast.com for all episodes and to learn more about the Too good To waste podcast series.

Follow us on Instagram @toogoodtowaste_podcast

Thanks to our sponsors:

NETZRO, SBC - www.netzro.us

Upcycled Food Association - www.upcycledfood.org

Produced by Hi-Fly'n Productions www.hiflyn.com

Producer | Host: Kevin May

Associate Producer | Amy Gilbert

Creative Development | Sue Marshall

What's UP Co-Host | Rochelle Still

May 29, 2021 - Stay up to date on all the latest in the Food Upcycling world with your hosts Kevin May and Rochelle Still. In this segment we get the latest news the Upcycled Food Association, and update on open enrollment for Upcycled Certification, and we take you to the Minnesota State Fair for the Summer Kickoff event where we meet the Jim and Michael Burt from the Reclaim Center/We Are Nuts, and the Gentleman Forager, Mike Kempenich. We learn about how they are using upcycled ingredients and finding was to reuse by products so nothing goes to waste.

Mentioned in this segment:

• The Kroger Zero Hunger/Zero Waste Foundtion Innovation Fund
• reBLEND Smoothie Pops on QVC
• Grounded Foods - Vegan Cheese
• Outcast Foods
• US Foods
• Upcycled Food Association Webinar: Design and Research Behind the Mark
• We Are Nuts - Maple Bourbon Almonds wtih NETZRO upcycled spent grain from the Twin Cities Spent Grain Co-op.
• Gentleman Forager - Mushroom products

Follow us on Instagram @toogoodtowaste_podcast

Thanks to our sponsors:

Upcycled Food Association - www.upcycledfood.org

NETZRO, SBC - www.netzro.us

Produced by Hi-Fly'n Productions www.hiflyn.com

Producer | Host: Kevin May

Associate Producer: Amy Gilbert

Creative Development: Sue Marshall

Co-host & Content Contributor: Rochelle Still