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FYTO: Food for dairy cows and hens
Improving food production processes to increase sustainability and reduce the environmental impact from the meat and dairy industries is of utmost importance to meet the ever-increasing demand for food in an environmentally conscious way.
Ryp LABS: Keeping fruit fresh longer
The UN estimates that over $2.6 trillion worth of food goes to #waste per year, which equates to a staggering 50% of all food produced.
Greencovery: Recovering organic acids and amino acids from side stream waste
Food production creates large amounts of waste during the manufacturing process, known as by-products or side streams. Upcycling the waste can help make use of the otherwise discarded ingredients and thereby reduce the CO2 footprint of the factories and help create more sustainable food products.
Aleph Farms: Lab-grown steaks from non-genetically engineered cells
Founded in 2017 by Didier Toubia and Shulamit Levenberg, Aleph Farms is a foodtech company that operates in the sustainable food ecosystem by cultivating real steak directly from the natural cells of cows.
MeliBio: Honey production without Bees
Founded in 2020 by Aaron M. Schaller and Darko Mandich, MeliBio, Inc. is developing a proprietary technology based on synthetic biology, precision fermentation, and plant science that replaces honeybees as a medium for honey production, therefore saving bees and producing honey.
Ÿnsect: Vertically farming insects for more sustainable protein
Founded in 2011, Ÿnsect has been transforming farmed insects into premium #animal feed. The #startup is developing innovations to farm insects at a large #scale and #automating processes to turn insects into the highest quality raw materials.
SafetyNet Technologies: Reduces bycatch and allows selective fishing
Daniel Watson and SafetyNet Technologies are on a mission to improve the #sustainability of fishing by reducing bycatch.