The following is a roundup of the latest news in food waste funding. This is presented each month in ReFED's Capital and Innovation Market Update. Sign up here to never miss a beat.
Food waste at the forefront:
- The Googler trying to cut food waste (opens in a new tab) (Politico)
- Faux action flicks starring fruits and veggies take aim at food waste (opens in a new tab) (AdWeek)
- Inside the global effort to keep perfectly good food out of the dump (opens in a new tab) (New York Times)
The latest in innovation:
- DeltaTrak and Ericsson IoT combat food waste with real-time cold chain traceability (opens in a new tab) (Ericsson)
- Doing avocado-eaters a solid the world over, Apeel introduces avocado freshness scanning system (opens in a new tab) (The Spoon)
- FoodLogiQ merges with ESHA Research to advance food safety compliance and supply chain transparency (opens in a new tab) (Cision)
- Nazca, Femsa and IDB invest US$7 million in zero-waste startup (opens in a new tab) (Bloomberg Linea)
- Windset Farms pilots shelf-life extension technology on tomatoes (opens in a new tab) (Packer Tech)
Government support:
- EPA awards Food Lifeline $200,000 for project to reduce methane, food waste in South Seattle (opens in a new tab) (EPA)
- New York City kicks off borough-wide curbside composting for the first time (opens in a new tab) (The Guardian)
ReFED is a U.S.-based nonprofit that partners with food businesses, funders, solution providers, policymakers, and more to solve food waste. Its vision is a sustainable, resilient, and inclusive food system that makes the best use of the food we grow. The organization serves as the definitive source for food waste data, providing the most comprehensive analysis of the food waste problem and solutions to address it. Through its tools and resources, in-person and virtual convenings, and services tailored to help businesses, funders, and solution providers scale their impact, ReFED works to increase adoption of food waste solutions across the supply chain.
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