Eater demand for healthy, sustainable & convenient food is spurring a whole new generation of CPG concepts.
From greens & value added products grown in city rooftop greenhouses to direct-to-consumer frozen foods that are both healthy & delicious, startups are radically rethinking how food products are developed, packaged & sold.
Join us to hear from some of the game-changing startups who are re-engineering food at our September Food+Tech Meetup. Founders will do a deep dive into their business models, approaches to product development & lessons learned. We will also have networking with the community & lots of great food & drinks to sample from Beyond the Shoreline, Gotham Greens, Zesty Z, Bushwick Kitchen, Daily Harvest, Rise Flour, Seek Food, Regrained, Remedy Organics+ More!
SCHEDULE:
6:30 - 7:30: Networking + Snacks
7:30 - 8:45: Presentations + Q&A
8:45 - 9:30: More Networking
CONFIRMED PRESENTERS:
Viraj Puri, co-founder & CEO of Gotham Greens
Gotham Greens is a global pioneer in the urban agriculture industry & a leading regional producer of hyper-local, premium-quality produce & fresh food products. The company provides its retail, restaurant, & institutional customers with a local, year-round supply of produce under the highest standards of food safety & environmental sustainability. Gotham Greens has built & operates over 170,000 square feet of greenhouse across 4 facilities in New York & Chicago & was founded in 2009 in Brooklyn, New York.
Rachel Drori, founder & CEO of Daily Harvest
Founded in 2015, Daily Harvest delivers convenient superfoods to your freezer with 29 flavor combinations of smoothies, soups, chia parfaits, overnight oats, & sundaes. Each cup is co-created by our team of nutritionists & Michelin-trained chefs & come packed with exotic superfoods, whole, organic fruits & vegetables, & no refined sugars or preservatives. Each is perfectly portioned; so all you have to do is take a cup out of the freezer, add your liquid of choice & blend, heat, or soak. All produce is picked at peak nutrition & frozen on the farm, so it's just as fresh & nutritious as the farmers market.
David Benzaquen, CEO of Ocean Hugger Foods
Founded by Certified Master Chef James Corwell, Ocean Hugger Foods' mission is to protect our vulnerable oceans & fisheries by offering plant-based seafood alternatives that delight even the most discerning of palates. Our first product is Ahimi, a tomato-based alternative to Ahi tuna used in sushi & poke. Our product will soon be available at Whole Foods in October.
HOST:
Primaryis the brainchild of Lisa Skye Hain, Danny Orenstein, & Brian Hain. In the winter of 2015, Lisa (an entrepreneurial community builder) approached Danny (a design construction specialist) to launch a vision she created in 2012. Realizing that wellness had helped each of them excel in both work & life, the founders embarked on a journey to combine both elements into a thriving workspace community -- leveraging Brian's health & fitness expertise as Chief Wellness Operator.
