Episode 168: Matriark Foods Is Reinventing Food Processing

The Checkout speaks with Anna Hammond of Matriark Foods about food processing, food waste and why packaged food brands need to invest in sustainable, regionalized supply chains.

https://www.matriarkfoods.com/aboutus Matriark Foods upcycles farm surplus and fresh-cut remnants into healthy, delicious, low sodium vegetable products for schools, hospitals, food banks and other foodservice.

14 million tons of perfectly usable vegetables never leave the farm gate because they are cosmetically imperfect, off-spec, or simply unharvested.*

19 million tons of perfectly usable vegetable remnants go to landfill.*

It takes $408 billion to grow, transport and dispose of the surplus — roughly 2% of U.S. GDP — with a greenhouse gas footprint equivalent to 4% of total U.S. GHG emissions.*

Matriark Foods works with farmers and aggregators to make use of the vegetables that would otherwise go to waste in the fields.

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