Matriark

Description

Matriark Foods is a social impact business that upcycles farm surplus and fresh-cut remnants into healthy, low sodium vegetable products for schools, hospitals, food banks and other foodservices. Matriark works with farmers and aggregators to make use of the vegetables that would otherwise go to waste, to instead provide nutritious food for people and reduce the environmental harms of food waste. They are using technology to manage their supply chains, inventory, sustainability tracking, and data analysis to underpin auditability of Upcycle Certified products.

What Makes it Regenerative?

• affixes value to undervalued
• enables circularity
• fosters community
• supports human well being
• facilitates coordination & consensus
• creates network effects
• enables measuring & monitoring
• aggregates sustainable industrial feedstock

Business Model

Matriark's business model includes sales of upcycled food products for B2C and B2B, as well as food waste management services with partner providers.

Risks & Limitations

• Supply chain dependence relying heavily on consistent access to surplus produce and scraps
• Product variety depends on what's available
• Cost of upcycling
• Consumer awareness of upcycled foods
• Competition as the concept of upcycled foods gains traction