Too Good To Waste

#28 Maddison Gurrola - A Food Waste Fighting Food Scientist

October 06, 2021 21:23 - 52 minutes - 71.4 MB

Have you ever thought about what goes into developing a new food product and bringing it to market? What about being a part of the creative team that ideates, creates, tests, tastes, and researches these new products? Sound like fun? Well it is for Maddison Gurrola, a food waste fighting food scientist at Mattson. In this episode we talk about some of the many things Maddison does as a food scientist, her passion for reducing food waste, protecting the planet and the benefits of incorpora...

#27 Meet the Innovation Fund Cohort - Part 4

September 28, 2021 02:54 - 47 minutes - 65.7 MB

In this special episode we meet the founders from two more companies in the 2021 Innovation Fund Cohort, Sue Marshall founder and CEO of NETZRO, (starts at 03:33), and Anna Hammond founder and CEO of Matriark Foods (starts at 20:22). In spring of 2021, The Kroger Co. Zero Hunger | Zero Waste Foundation collaborated with Village Capital to help source, understand and unlock capital to support innovative solutions that prevent, recover and recycle food waste. They encouraged applications fro...

#26 Meet the Innovation Fund Cohort - Part 3

September 15, 2021 21:11 - 1 hour - 83.3 MB

In this special episode we meet the founders from two more companies in the 2021 Innovation Fund Cohort, Riana Lynn founder of Journey Foods, (starts at 03:28), and Adam Kaye and Jeremy Kaye co-founders of The Spare Food Co. (starts at 26:18). In spring of 2021, The Kroger Co. Zero Hunger | Zero Waste Foundation collaborated with Village Capital to help source, understand and unlock capital to support innovative solutions that prevent, recover and recycle food waste. They encouraged applic...

#25 Meet the Innovation Fund Cohort - Part 2

September 09, 2021 17:22 - 1 hour - 97.2 MB

In this special Innovation Fund episode Part 2, we meet the Founders from three more of the companies in the 2021 cohort, Kathryn Burnell Founder of reBLEND (starts at 03:35) Matt Olsofsky Co-Founder of Take Two Foods (starts at 23:39), and Claire Schlemme and Caroline Cotto Co-Founders of Renewal Mill. (starts at 44:53) In spring of 2021, The Kroger Co. Zero Hunger | Zero Waste Foundation collaborated with Village Capital to help source, understand and unlock capital to support innovative...

#24 Meet the Innovation Fund Cohort - Part 1

September 02, 2021 18:31 - 1 hour - 91 MB

In this special Innovation Fund episode we meet the founders from three of the companies in the 2021 cohort, Yoni Medhin co-founder of Grain4Grain (04:25), Kayla Casteñda and Erin Pontell with Agua Bonita (23:35), and Crawford Hawkins with Husky Beverages (40:10). In spring of 2021, The Kroger Co. Zero Hunger | Zero Waste Foundation collaborated with Village Capital to help source, understand and unlock capital to support innovative solutions that prevent, recover and recycle food waste. ...

#23 Teaming Up for Impact! The Kroger Co. Zero Hunger | Zero Waste Foundation and Village Capital.

August 06, 2021 00:49 - 1 hour - 83.9 MB

In spring of 2021, The Kroger Co. Zero Hunger | Zero Waste Foundation collaborated with Village Capital to help source, understand and unlock capital to support innovative solutions that prevent, recover and recycle food waste. They encouraged applications from innovators building high-growth, scalable solutions focused on the following challenge: “We seek to reshape the food system by supporting innovators who are elevating food to its highest use and disrupting the linear supply chain. T...

#22 Saving the Planet one snack at a time - with Jan Meyers and Channing Salava of Upcycled Grain Project

June 14, 2021 21:10 - 42 minutes - 58.1 MB

Rutherford Meyer has been described as a small dedicated team of foodies who are passionate about creating gourmet food products that enhance the lives of their customers and consumers. Over the past several years, their product range has grown considerably. And now most recently they've started an exciting new Kiwi brand called the Upcycled Grain Project that is taking on spent grain and scaling their sustainable snacking platform throughout New Zealand, the US and beyond. Learn what it ta...

#21 What's UP! Bonus Segment 04 feat. Alesha Hartley, We Are Nuts, NETZRO, and Gentleman Forager

May 29, 2021 22:25 - 20 minutes - 27.9 MB

May 29, 2021 - Stay up to date on all the latest in the Food Upcycling world with your hosts Kevin May and Rochelle Still. In this segment we get the latest news the Upcycled Food Association, and update on open enrollment for Upcycled Certification, and we take you to the Minnesota State Fair for the Summer Kickoff event where we meet the Jim and Michael Burt from the Reclaim Center/We Are Nuts, and the Gentleman Forager, Mike Kempenich. We learn about how they are using upcycled ingredien...

#21 - What's UP! Bonus Segment 04 feat. Alesha Hartley, We Are Nuts, NETZRO, and Gentleman Forager

May 29, 2021 22:25 - 20 minutes - 27.9 MB

May 29, 2021 - Stay up to date on all the latest in the Food Upcycling world with your hosts Kevin May and Rochelle Still. In this segment we get the latest news the Upcycled Food Association, and update on open enrollment for Upcycled Certification, and we take you to the Minnesota State Fair for the Summer Kickoff event where we meet the Jim and Michael Burt from the Reclaim Center/We Are Nuts, and the Gentleman Forager, Mike Kempenich. We learn about how they are using upcycled ingredien...

#20 Going Bananas and Gorilla Marketing with Caue Suplicy, Founder of Barnana

May 11, 2021 11:46 - 1 hour - 99.2 MB

Growing up in Brazil the healthy dried fruit snacks Caue Suplicy ate as a kid became the fuel for his triathlon pursuits and the vision that launched Barnana. Through it's evolution, Caue and his team have always stayed true to their commitment of putting people and planet first through it's partnerships with farmers and indigenous communities in the Amazon. Since Barnana was founded, they have upcycled over 100 million bananas into healthy, delicious snacks which are available nationwide. I...

#19 Making Everyday Earth Day with Dana Gunders and Turner Wyatt

April 22, 2021 12:29 - 59 minutes - 82.3 MB

On this special Earth Day episode, we welcome guest host Turner Wyatt, CEO of the Upcycled Food Association. Turner and I have a fun and enlightening conversation with Dana Gunders, Executive Director of ReFED and author of the Waste Free Kitchen Handbook. We reflect on what Earth Day means to each of us and how we all can have an impact in the goal of reducing food waste and protecting Mother Earth every day through the choices we make. On this episode we also celebrate a big announcement ...

#18 What's UP! Bonus Segment 03 feat. Rochelle Still, Jan Meyer, and Channing Salava

April 07, 2021 21:58 - 20 minutes - 28.7 MB

Stay up to date on all the latest in the Food Upcycling world with your hosts Kevin May and Rochelle Still. In this segment we also feature a bonus preview of an upcoming episode featuring Jan Meyer and Channing Salava talking with us about their company Upcycled Grain Project. Follow us on Instagram @toogoodtowaste_podcastThanks to our sponsors: NETZRO, SBC - www.netzro.us Upcycled Food Association - www.upcycledfood.org Produced by Hi-Fly'n Productions www.hiflyn.com Producer | Host: Kevi...

#17 Kiwis say YES to eliminating food waste! - Francesca Goodman-Smith

February 24, 2021 18:01 - 46 minutes - 63.9 MB

Episode 17 Summary When your goal is to send zero food to landfills by 2025, you have to get very creative with your research and solutions. That is exactly what Francesca Goodman-Smith has done in her role as the Waste Minimisation Manager at Foodstuffs, New Zealand's biggest grocery distributor with the largest group of supermarkets. We will learn what is being done throughout New Zealand with unused food to bring it to its highest value and back into the food supply chain. Visit www.t...

What's UP! Bonus Segment 02 feat. Alesha Hartley

February 13, 2021 02:44 - 21 minutes - 29.9 MB

What’s Up – a quick look at hot trends, and what’s happening right now in the world of Upcycled Food with your hosts Kevin May and Rochelle Still. in this segment we welcome special guest Alesha Hartley, the Certification Manager at the Upcycled Food Association. For more information, videos and links, check out the Show Notes at Visit www.toogoodtowastepodcast.com for all episodes and to learn more about the Too good To waste podcast series. Follow us on Instagram @toogoodtowaste_podcast...

#16 What's UP! Bonus Segment 02 feat. Alesha Hartley

February 13, 2021 02:44 - 21 minutes - 29.9 MB

What’s Up – a quick look at hot trends, and what’s happening right now in the world of Upcycled Food with your hosts Kevin May and Rochelle Still. in this segment we welcome special guest Alesha Hartley, the Certification Manager at the Upcycled Food Association. For more information, videos and links, check out the Show Notes at Visit www.toogoodtowastepodcast.com for all episodes and to learn more about the Too good To waste podcast series. Follow us on Instagram @toogoodtowaste_podcast...

#15 Shameless Pets with Co-Founder Alex Waite

January 20, 2021 17:35 - 56 minutes - 78.2 MB

Episode 15 Summary DID YOU KNOW THAT 63 MILLION TONS OF FOOD ARE THROW AWAY EACH YEAR?! Our guest Alex Waite, co-founder of Shameless Pets, shares how they create a delicious product out of ingredients that would have otherwise been wasted—that's called upcycling! Imagine a farmer’s leftover pumpkins after Halloween, apple pulp from a cider press, or lobster shells from a cannery. In the case of their treats, this unused food becomes an ingredient that is highly nutritious and ridiculousl...

#14 What's UP! Bonus Segment - 01

January 13, 2021 20:40 - 9 minutes - 13.5 MB

What’s Up – a quick look at hot trends, and what’s happening right now in the world of Upcycled Food. For more information, videos and links, check out the Show Notes at Visit www.toogoodtowastepodcast.com for all episodes and to learn more about the Too good To waste podcast series. Follow us on Instagram @toogoodtowaste_podcastThanks to our sponsors: NETZRO, SBC - www.netzro.us Upcycled Food Association - www.upcycledfood.org Produced by Hi-Fly'n Productions www.hiflyn.com Producer ...

#13 Mindful Cooking; In the Lab with Jonathan Deutsch, Certified Research Chef

December 16, 2020 16:27 - 50 minutes - 69.8 MB

What happens when the culinary arts and science paths cross and you have someone like Certified Research Chef Jonathan Deutsch there to inspire and guide you? How might the disruption to the foodservice and hospitality industry due to Covid19, lead to new opportunities and innovation that can have a positive impact on our food system, environment, health and nutrition? In this episode we explore these questions and a whole lot more as we kick off Season 2. For more information, videos and l...

#12 Too Good To Waste - Season 2 trailer

October 31, 2020 15:30 - 3 minutes - 4.65 MB

We have been busy lining up our guests for Season 2, and we’re excited to launch our first episode mid November in celebration of the 1 year anniversary of the Upcycled Food Association. This season we’ll digging deeper into topics like innovation and technology, new upcycled food products, problem solving and processes designed to make upcycling more efficient, food justice and equity, and we’ll be taking it global to find out what they are doing in other countries with food waste and upcy...

Make Food Not Waste with Danielle Todd

September 09, 2020 03:24 - 46 minutes - 43.5 MB

Wasted food is the food that can otherwise be eaten but is thrown away. This waste costs money — estimates are that families of four can save anywhere from $1600 – $2200 a year by not throwing as much food away. And it costs our environment because food that rots in landfills turns into a greenhouse gas that makes the earth hotter. In this episode we talk with Danielle Todd, founder and director of Detroit-based Make Food Not Waste to hear more about the creative programs and initiatives und...

#11 Make Food Not Waste with Danielle Todd

September 09, 2020 03:24 - 46 minutes - 43.5 MB

#11 Wasted food is the food that can otherwise be eaten but is thrown away. This waste costs money — estimates are that families of four can save anywhere from $1600 – $2200 a year by not throwing as much food away. And it costs our environment because food that rots in landfills turns into a greenhouse gas that makes the earth hotter. In this episode we talk with Danielle Todd, founder and director of Detroit-based Make Food Not Waste to hear more about the creative programs and initiatives...

#10 Doing What Our Grandmothers Did, with Anna Hammond, CEO of Matriark Foods

July 29, 2020 12:16 - 56 minutes - 52.6 MB

Seeing the tons of excess produce left in fields in addition to massive amounts of remnants from large scale fresh-cut facilities going to landfills, Anna Hammond saw an opportunity to address the urgent need of food insecurity, food waste and its and environmental impact. With the same basic principle our grandmothers lived by for generations, “use it don’t waste it”, she founded Matriark Foods. In this episode we learn about how Anna and her business partner Joyce Huang, CFO/COO, created t...

#09 Groceries on a Mission with Wes Hopkins, Chief of Staff - Imperfect Foods

July 09, 2020 19:13 - 50 minutes - 47 MB

Being awestruck in high school by the enormous amount of perfectly good food going to waste and learning about the newly formed Food Recovery Network, Wes Hopkins immediately volunteered to help. His experience and passion eventually led him to an internship with a new startup company founded by Ben Simon called Hungry Harvest. From the early days of knocking on doors trying to sell boxes of “ugly fruits and veggies” to now being a significant part of the fast-growing national company Imper...

#08 Cooking with Scraps with Lindsay-Jean Hard

June 24, 2020 02:34 - 39 minutes - 36.9 MB

How often do you throw away the peel of a pineapple, yet there is still lots of fruit and flavor left in it? What about broccoli stems, or apple cores? In this episode we meet Lindsay-Jean Hard, author of the cookbook Cooking with Scraps. She shares new and creative ways to look at peels, cores, rinds and stems as underutilized ingredients rather than parts to be thrown out. Once you see the potential, you will no doubt have fun coming up with your own ideas that are healthy for us and good...

#07 The Power of Food, Justice, and Community with Jess Harper

June 12, 2020 20:52 - 1 hour - 55.6 MB

What do you want this world to look like? In this episode we get to find out how Jess Harper is working hard every day to do her part to make it a better place for all people by growing, educating, activating and sharing her experiences working on food justice and localized food systems in the Denver area with the Metro Caring. We explore the beauty of connection to community through local growers and gardening, the power of listening, and the importance of everyone having access to healthy ...

#06 "Upcycled Food" defined with Ben Gray

June 03, 2020 18:25 - 57 minutes - 53.3 MB

Defining something as important and meaningful as “Upcycled Food” takes a large vision, incredible dedication, input from many different stakeholders, strong leadership and passionate collaboration. In this episode, we talk with Ben Gray who led the Upcycled Food Definition Task Force and learn about how it was defined, what it means, and what the future holds. For more information, videos and links, check out the Show Notes at https://www.toogoodtowastepodcast.com/post/ben-gray-ep-06 Than...

#05 Eating Adventure for Breakfast, with Caroline Cotto, COO of Renewal Mill

May 07, 2020 01:45 - 44 minutes - 41.1 MB

If you love adventure, stories of traveling the world, great food, and fighting climate change this episode is for you! My guest Caroline Cotto shares some of the significant things she has learned through her global experiences and how they have shaped what she is doing today. As the COO of Renewal Mill, she is directly involved in the operations, marketing, and innovation of the process of upcycling highly nutritious food byproducts into next generation ingredients and new food products. ...

#04 - Transforming The Table with Jenny Breen

April 22, 2020 02:18 - 49 minutes - 46.2 MB

Happy Earth Day! We are thrilled to bring you this special episode where we explore the amazing connection between what we eat, where it comes from, and who was involved in its production. Our guest Jenny Breen has been a part of the the local movement in the Twin Cities for decades. From her early days of cooking at the Seward Café where she got to interact with the local farmers delivering their produce, to opening and running the Good Life Café, Jenny has incorporated her passion for the ...

#03 - Weaving a Regional Small Grains Value Chain, with Alyssa Hartman

April 15, 2020 02:23 - 54 minutes - 50 MB

In the episode we talk with Alyssa Hartman the Executive Director of the Artisan Grain Collaborative. Their mission is to create a diverse regional grainshed built upon regenerative agriculture practices that steward the health of communities, local economies, and natural resources. Alyssa shares some great insights on some of the opportunities for specialty grains as well as some of the challenges faced throughout the value chain and how we can all be a part of creating solutions. For mor...

#02 - The new food revolution, where does it begin? with Sue Marshall

April 07, 2020 03:13 - 57 minutes - 52.8 MB

Throughout the food supply chain there are so many places where valuable food and food products are lost. This is often seen as the end of the food supply chain. A key goal for NETZRO is to help create new integrated solutions that help make what was once seen as "the end of the food supply chain" and turn that into the beginning of a "new food revolution". For more information, videos and links, check out the Show Notes at https://www.toogoodtowastepodcast.com/post/sue-marshall-netzro. ...

#02 - The New Food Revolution, where does it begin? with Sue Marshall

April 07, 2020 03:13 - 57 minutes - 52.8 MB

Throughout the food supply chain there are so many places where valuable food and food products are lost. This is often seen as the end of the food supply chain. A key goal for NETZRO is to help create new integrated solutions that help make what was once seen as "the end of the food supply chain" and turn that into the beginning of a "new food revolution". For more information, videos and links, check out the Show Notes at https://www.toogoodtowastepodcast.com/post/sue-marshall-netzro. ...

The new food revolution, where does it begin? with Sue Marshall

April 07, 2020 03:13 - 57 minutes - 52.8 MB

Throughout the food supply chain there are so many places where valuable food and food products are lost. This is often seen as the end of the food supply chain. A key goal for NETZRO is to help create new integrated solutions that help make what was once seen as "the end of the food supply chain" and turn that into the beginning of a "new food revolution". For more information, videos and links, check out the Show Notes at https://www.toogoodtowastepodcast.com/post/sue-marshall-netzro. ...

The Power of the Consumer with Turner Wyatt

April 01, 2020 00:08 - 56 minutes - 52.2 MB

Welcome to the very first full episode in the Too Good to Waste series. It was an honor to have the opportunity to interview Turner Wyatt, CEO of the Upcycled Food Association. Turner has a wealth of knowledge and shares his insights into our food systems, the upcycling food movement, how rescuing food and reducing food waste really can have a significant positive impact on our environment, and much more. From a high level perspectives to simple things we all can do in our homes today, this ...

#01 - The Power of the Consumer with Turner Wyatt

April 01, 2020 00:08 - 56 minutes - 52.2 MB

Welcome to the very first full episode in the Too Good to Waste series. It was an honor to have the opportunity to interview Turner Wyatt, CEO of the Upcycled Food Association. Turner has a wealth of knowledge and shares his insights into our food systems, the upcycling food movement, how rescuing food and reducing food waste really can have a significant positive impact on our environment, and much more. From a high level perspectives to simple things we all can do in our homes today, this ...

Too Good to Waste - Trailer episode

March 28, 2020 02:19 - 3 minutes - 6.31 MB

Welcome to the series Too Good to Waste! We have some exciting guests lined up for you so check out the trailer and watch for new episodes coming your way! Thanks to our sponsors: NETZRO, SBC - www.netzro.us Upcycled Food Association - www.upcycledfood.org --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/toogoodtowaste/message

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