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Investing in the Future of Food: Agricycle’s novel supply chain model lifts up impoverish farmers, reduces food waste & steadily supports CPG brands By Elizabeth Crawford A new business model developed by Milwaukee-based startup Agricycle that combines a vertically-integrated supply chain with a portfolio of upcycled brands is proving that with a little imagination and basic resources small growers can have an outsized impact on their local economy, the environment and global supply chain security.
Agricycle’s network of more than 35,000 farmers around the world is made primarily of small growers with as few as five fruit trees who typically would be dismissed by other ingredient suppliers for logistical reasons or unfounded quality control concerns. Without a route to market or method of preservation, many of these farmers live in extreme poverty while much of their fruit is wasted.
Beats 339 other companies, gets $10,000 to grow solutions to global farming food waste. By Michael Holloway - Dec 23rd, 2020 12:34 pm //end headline wrapper ?>Agricycle Global products. Photo from Agricycle Global.
Ending extreme rural poverty might seem like an impossibly grand goal for just one Milwaukee startup. But Agricycle Global appears to be on the right track with its latest achievement taking home the Consumer Food & Beverage Award for Innovation in Food Loss Mitigation at the 2020 Foodbytes! Pitch competition.
Agricycle Globa has been working towards bridging the gap between small-holder farmers and global markets through a vertically-integrated supply chain. The company seeks to cut out the middle man, allowing small-holder farmers to benefit from every crop that they grow without producing waste. This can be a big issue because small farms tend to be excluded from typical supply chains and lack the technology to properly preserve