Waste into Abundance - Capture lost foods via smart dehydration technologies! by Cornucopia Group

As someone who sees the effects of poor nutrition every day in my office, this project is of specific interest to me. From what I've read, and from what you took the time to explain to me and demonstrate for me, it's clear that your solution offers an excellent method for preserving all the nutrition that is being lost due to pointless waste. One statistic that you pointed out really stood out to me...that approximately 40% of agricultural production in the US is wasted before it even reaches the store due to spoilage from delays between transportation and processing and other such things. I applaud you and Cornucopias effort to "recapture" all that needless waste, and as you say convert it into abundance!

One question, is PS coating organic? 

Keep it up guys!

Dr. Gorman

Hi Dr. Gorman, and thank you for taking the time to speak with me about this project. 

As to PS coating's organic status: Currently there is one (out of 7) ingredients that is not technically organic (Potassium Sorbate), we are currently in the process of identifying and perfecting an organic alternative that achieves the same objectives. We anticipate that PS coating will have an organic version ready in the next 60-90 days. Our guys are working on it!

If you every have any other questions or ideas, please feel free to reach out to me. And if the fellow you mentioned who may be interested in investing reaches out I will be sure to let you know!

Chad

Thanks Wifey!

This is so important. This could be implemented in so many process facilities.

Many thanks Aissatou. (awesome name by the way, from whence does it originate?) 

I will definitely keep you in the loop. 

I would like to know if there are any questions you have about the proposal, and where you feel it could use more detail, or less etc. I want to be a clear, and transparent as possible, and seek to illuminate any dark corners that may be unclear to anyone reading the proposal.

Much appreciate, have a great day,

Cheers,

Chad

Hi Chad,

I think the part about where these actions can take place can be improved a bit. For instance, you can decide where you are going to start (as a pilot or stage 1 of the project) and then put a scaling up process whereby you say after X place, we will move to Y location.

It is great and very true that this can be done anywhere (we do all eat and have food waste after all!) but having clear lines about starting, mid, and end points, even at a high level, are very important and shows that there has been deliberate thinking into how to make this a reality.

Hope this helps.

And my name is a Senegalese version of the Arabic name "Aicha" :)

Thanks for your suggestions Aissatou. I will make a few adjustments to clarify our timeline, and future plans for expansion into numerous "waste" streams. For our project, there is a clear beginning (September 2016, when our first sweet potato harvest will be ready, and our first big batch of high quality ingredients can get out to market). The mid point will be once we have one or two of these upcycling projects in operation, and are up and running, and consistently identifying new wastes to convert into abundance. The end point is when either A) we run out of waste to convert, or B) We find a better way to do it, and transition into that.

I will be sure to add something more to that section before proposal creation ends. Thanks once again,

Chad.