Anna Hammond of Matriark Foods, Upcycling to Fight Food Waste

In todays episode we speak with Anna Hammond, the founder of Matriarch Foods. A company that upcycles farm surplus and fresh-cut remnants into delicious, healthy products for food service, retail, and emergency food.

We learn her story working in the arts to engaging local farmers in the New York City region, which lead to her discovering how we can extend the full value of our crops in our current food system. 

We discuss the skills she brings to the table, the scale of the problem of current agriculture industry and how she is expanding her business to fight food waste, bring healthy food to those in need, and changing the way people think of up cycling food. Tackling food waste is a critical channel to address the climate crisis and so the work of companies like Matriarch Foods and others are essential to immediately address our changing climate. 

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