food industry

“There's a long regulatory pipeline for getting your product approved for use in the food system or green, green-lighted to get in the food system. The customers in the food industry are highly risk-averse and slow, and the cost and the margin of products are q…”

“First of all, venture doesn't, wasn't touching food at that point, and so it was entirely friends and family we were looking for.”

“We have kind of a broken system in a way where most of the efforts go into growing corn, soy, and wheat. That is not necessarily good for people or the environment.”

“The challenge in the beauty industry, which is not the same thing in the food industry, is that it is not regulated to the extent that it needs to be, and people can make marketing claims like safe, clean, anything.”