Producing Fresh Mushrooms and Compost Year Round

Minneapolis, Minnesota
Food

This company grows culinary mushrooms, while recycling waste by-products, and is planning to install a retort, a large pressure cooker that uses steam to sterilize substrate materials in bulk. The outcome is a dramatic increase in production by improving batch size and room sterility.

Jam Vegan Bakery

Los Angeles, California
Food

This couple wishes to bring a vegan dessert truck to the Los Angeles area. They will provide baked goods that are pure 100% vegan with sustainable, all-natural ingredients. These desserts are hand-crafted gourmet treats and will be a great addition to the community. The business owners follow what they preach in that they are already on a plant-based diet, and this vision will help back them in their business venture.

Heritage Seed Co

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Food

This organic food collective is bringing back lost and rare plants to preserve and regenerate varieties. An online community will be built through Q&A, live chat, education and videos. The goal is to educate gardeners on the importance of local produce and sustaining plant life. The company is growing plants that are on a food list that is endangered and will sell these plants and the seeds at garden centres, food corporations and farmers markets.

Crazy Steve’s Pickles & Salsa

Upper Freehold, New Jersey
Food

This up and coming food business is this producer’s dream and passion. He sells pickles and salsa that have some really cool packaging and labels which are humorous, fun and entertaining as well as educational and inspiring. The product is gluten free, contains low sodium, is vegan, and is composed of natural ingredients. This product is already in production but expansion needs to take place due to demand.

Armadillo Ale

Denton, Texas
Food

This company hopes to open a small artisan brewery in Denton, TX called Armadillo Ale Works. Currently the business brews beer in ten-gallon batches using an old keg, two Igloo coolers, a couple of old tables, and a turkey fryer.

Taste of the Catskills

Delhi, New York
Food

This family-friendly event showcases food of the Catskills. With a variety of vendors including farmers, value-added food producers, and restaurants, attendees learn how food travels from farm to fork during fun-filled summer and autumn weekends on the grounds of Maple Shade Farm, a family-run farm in Delhi, NY. I have worked with several projects in the food industry.

Shake Lunch Up cook Book

Harlem Manhattan, New York
Food

Shake Lunch Up! Cookbook hopes to answer the question “What’s for lunch?” This cookbook is the healthy flavorful answer. The goal is to help all those who have struggled to eat healthier.

1821 Bitters

Atlanta, Georgia
Food

This food company is taking cocktails back to the roaring 20s with a line of handmade bitters, tinctures, shrubs, syrups, tonics, ginger beer and mixers. The formulas are complete and the product is awaiting production.

Fruiting House

Ham Lake, Minnesota
Food

This shiitake fruiting house brings more local mushrooms to the community. In the past the company has used enclosed canopy tents to do this, but for further growth are building this much bigger structure that improves humidity control.

Outdoor Grilling the Dutch way

Amsterdam, Netherlands
Food

This is a rough design barbecue that is easy to transport. The design includes 3 easily removable grills that allow for different cooking temperatures. Metal supports are included for lifting the middle grill to the same level as as the top 2 grills, creating a larger cooking area for larger food items.