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 (Politico)
- Faux action flicks starring fruits and veggies take aim at food waste (AdWeek)
- Inside the global effort to keep perfectly good food out of the dump (New York Times)
The latest in innovation:
- DeltaTrak and Ericsson IoT combat food waste with real-time cold chain traceability (Ericsson)
- Doing avocado-eaters a solid the world over, Apeel introduces avocado freshness scanning system (The Spoon)
- FoodLogiQ merges with ESHA Research to advance food safety compliance and supply chain transparency (Cision)
- Nazca, Femsa and IDB invest US$7 million in zero-waste startup (Bloomberg Linea)
- Windset Farms pilots shelf-life extension technology on tomatoes (Packer Tech)
Government support:
- EPA awards Food Lifeline $200,000 for project to reduce methane, food waste in South Seattle (EPA)
- New York City kicks off borough-wide curbside composting for the first time (The Guardian)