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Articles by Robin Schatz
New Products: Little Sesame Launches Hummus For Kids
If you have a hankering for hummus but don’t want to make it yourself, there are plenty of brands to choose from—and at least a few of them may be as tasty and healthy as homemade. But what if you want to pack it in your child’s lunch box or take it along as a kid-friendly snack on a long car ride—and you want it to be organic and free of gums and preservatives? Little Sesame, a Washington, D.C.-based hummus startup, saw a clear gap in the marketplace and decided to do something about it. On Nov.
B-School Teams Focus on Flickr in Cornell 2024 Case Competition for Family Ownership
Olin Business School team wins the Case Competition for Family Ownership, the only such contest where students interact with a family business.
Brownies And Beverages: Greyston And Grace Farms Team Up To Do Good
Artisanal brownies are extra-delicious when their maker has a strong social mission around job creation. The same can be said for organic coffee and tea that benefits farmers in the developing world and raises funds to end forced labor worldwide. Why not package them together in a gift box, amplifying the potential for impact many times over? That was the thinking behind the collaboration of Greyston Bakery and Grace Farms Foods, two food-focused B Corporations owned by foundations.
Startup apoiada pela Hershey coloca o cacau na nova onda da reciclagem
O upcycling, uma espécie de alquimia culinária que transforma o desperdício de alimentos em ouro comestível, é uma das tendências ambientais mais encorajadoras em CPG (Bens de Consumo Embalados, na sigla em inglês).
Upcycling: Hershey-Backed Blue Stripes Makes Cacao Products From The Shells And All
Upcycling, a sort of culinary alchemy that turns food waste into edible gold, is one of the most encouraging environmental trends in Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG). The enterprising food companies in this space are hoping to make at least a small dent in the massive problem of food waste by making use of the byproducts of food production, as well as leftover plant and animal parts (think crispy fish skins) and imperfect produce.
Upcycling: Hershey-Backed Blue Stripes Makes Cacao Products From The Shells And All
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New Nonprofit Supports Black And Brown ‘CPG’ Entrepreneurs, Promotes Diversity In Natural Foods Industry
Breaking into the consumer packaged goods industry with a natural foods product isn’t easy for anyone. It’s always a challenge to attract investors, find the perfected copacker, refine your recipes and secure placement on retailers shelves. Black, indigenous and people of color (BIPOC), who are vastly underrepresented in the industry, face additional hurdles, from a lack of mentors and networks to access to capital.
Physician Promise Offers Asynchronous Telehealth for Personal and Couple’s Healthcare
Going to a doctor’s office for erectile dysfunction, hair loss, pre-menopause symptoms and many other personal or sexual health concerns wasn’t an option for most people during the COVID-19 pandemic. And these were uncomfortable subjects for most patients to discuss face-to-face with their doctor in the first place, says Dr. Shady Henien, MBA ’20, a structural interventional cardiologist and graduate of the Executive MBA Metro NY program at the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management.
Quri Vodka Distills Incan 'Gold' In Peru
Jonathan and Shirley Tourgee use quinoa grown on a small family farm in Peru to distill their new ... [+] Quri Vodka The story of Jonathan Tourgee's path from chemical engineer to CEO of a craft vodka startup is about love, entrepreneurship and the choices we make. And, not incidentally, it's also about quinoa, the high-protein seed revered by the Inca civilization and now distilled by Tourgee into Quri Vodka, sold in a classy gold and black bottle.
Impilo Supports Remote Monitoring of Patients for Telehealth Providers
April 25, 2022 By: Robin D. Schatz Telehealth is about more than doctors or clinicians holding remote, online video appointments with patients. During the COVID-19 pandemic, a growing number of physicians realized they could keep closer tabs on their patients’ progress between appointments, or post-operatively, by sending them home with remote monitoring tools, including blood pressure cuffs, pulse oxymeters, weight scales, and glucometers.
Hopscotch Connects Behavioral Health Clinicians to Pediatric Patients
April 18, 2022 By: Robin D. Schatz When Marla Leana Beyer, MBA/MHA ’20, enrolled in Cornell’s MBA and MHA dual-degree program, she already had a goal: to create a business that would address the growing mental health crisis among U.S. youth and serve the needs of pediatric behavioral health clinicians and their patients. Marla Leana Beyer, MBA/MHA ’20 Beyer, CEO and cofounder of telehealth startup Hopscotch, got her inspiration when she worked at a children’s hospital in upstate New York.
Covid-19 Accelerated the Adoption of Telehealth: ls it here to stay?
April 11, 2022 By: Robin D. Schatz Before the COVID-19 pandemic roiled the world, most medical visits took place in the doctor’s office. That’s what patients and doctors expected—and what insurers covered. But that all changed dramatically in March and April 2020, as the number of COVID cases exploded, hospital beds filled up, and healthcare practices restricted in-person visits.
How Firefighter-Owned Coffee Brands Are Supporting First Responders -And Growing Sales
Eli Held, a firefighter and paramedic for the Folsom Fire Department, started Muertos Coffee Co., in ... [+] 2018 with his childhood buddy Doug Walker, to support local communities and first responders. Muertos Coffee Co. Coffee is the essential fuel of any fire station, what with the long and unpredictable hours and the need to always stay alert. But, all too often, the coffee consumed at fire departments is less than inspiring.
HumanCo Raises $35 Million In Star-Studded Round, Acquires Vermont Baker Against The Grain
in a bridge financing round and acquired family-owned Against the grain. HumanCo In January 2021, Mondelez International fully acquired Hu Master Holdings, known for its paleo chocolate, snack foods and NYC restaurant, for a reported $340 million. (Mondelez took a minority stake in April 2019). Some folks might have considered this a good time for a busy entrepreneur to kick back and relax, but Hu’s former chairman and cofounder, Jason H.
お茶、代替肉の次は「マッシュルーム」 連続起業家の新たな挑戦
1998年、セス・ゴールドマンと共同創業者のバリー・ネイルバフはオネストティーを立ち上げ、アイスティー業界に創造的破壊をもたらした。同社は、フェアトレード認証を受けた有機栽培のお茶を、ペットボトル飲料にして販売したのだ。他のブランドよりも砂糖の量を控え、社会と環境に配慮したミッションを強く打ち出した。 10年後の2008年、彼らの見事な成功が注目を浴びた。コカ・コーラがオネストティー株式の40%を4300万ドルで取得したのだ。さらに3年後、コカ・コーラは残りの株式も金額非公開で取得した。 ゴールドマンは会社を売却した後も、子会社となったオネストティーで仕事を続け、2019年末までビジネスに関与した。現在は、植物性ミートのパイオニアであるビヨンドミートの会長を務めつつ、新たな「植物ベースのスナック」事業に、自身のビジョンと起業家としての手腕を活かしている。 そして2021年、ゴールドマンは「イート・ザ・チェンジ（Eat the Change）」を立ち上げた。メリーランド州ベセスダを拠点に、レストラン経営者でシェフのスパイク・メンデルソン（Spike...
Why Honest Tea Cofounder Seth Goldman Has Moved On To Mushrooms
Seth Goldman, founder of Honest Tea and chairman of Beyond Meat, has started a new venture called ... [+] Eat the Change. Their first product: mushroom jerky. Eat the change In 1998, Seth Goldman and his cofounder, Barry Nalebuff, disrupted the iced tea business with the launch of Honest Tea. The company offered fair-trade, bottled, organic brews with less sugar than other tea brands and a strong social and environmental mission.
食品廃棄物の問題に挑む米スタートアップ、約76億円を調達
砂糖の小袋と同じサイズの小さな袋は、世界の食品廃棄物の巨大な問題の解決に貢献できるだろうか？ シカゴを拠点とするアグテック系スタートアップ、ヘーゼル・テクノロジーズ（Hazel Technologies）のエーダン・モア最高経営責任者（CEO）は、果物や野菜の保存期間を3倍にできる技術に同社や地球の未来を賭けている。 ヘーゼル・テクノロジーズは先週13日、7000万ドル（約76億円）に及ぶシリーズCの資金調達ラウンドを終了し、2015年の創業時からの資金調達総額を8700万ドル（約95億円）以上に引き上げた。 米農務省から助成金を受けたことがある同社は、現在は12カ国で160ほどの顧客を抱えている。それには、ハスアボカドの世界最大の生産者ミッション・プロデュース（Mission Produce）や、キウイの世界最大の販売業者ゼスプリ（Zespri）も含まれている。 シリーズCラウンドは、ポンティファクス・アグテック（Pontifax AgTech）とシンガポールの投資会社テマセクが共同で率いた。...
Hazel Technologies’ Food-Waste Solutions Get $70 Million Boost From Investors
Hazel Technologies CEO Aidan . The company has just raised $70 million in a Series A round to to ... [+] scale up its food-waste technology, which can extend the life of produce threefold. Hazel Technologies Can a little sachet the size of a sugar packet make a dent in the world’s crushing food waste problem?
Robots and Bees: High-Tech, Vertical Strawberry Farm in N.J. Raises $50M in Series A Round
In 2018, Oishii, a vertical strawberry farm in Kearny, N.J. that depends on both bees and artificial intelligence, introduced New Yorkers to the Omakase Berry. The fragrant Japanese variety became the darling of Michelin-star chefs and the patrons of tony Eli’s Market on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. At $50 for a box of eight, this was luxury branding at its best.
Robots And Bees: High-Tech, Vertical Strawberry Farm In N.J. Raises $50 Million In Series A Round
Oishii grows its $50-a-box Omakase berry at an indoor vertical farm in Kearny, N.J. Thanks to a $50 ... [+] million Series A funding round, it will be expanding to other locations and eventually growing more varieties of strawberries and other produce. Drew Escriva In 2018, Oishii, a vertical strawberry farm in Kearny, N.J. that depends on both bees and artificial intelligence, introduced New Yorkers to the Omakase Berry.
How Dole Asia’s New $2 Million-A-Year Fund Is Seeking Solutions To End Malnutrition, Promote Sustainability
Pier Luigi Sigismondi, president of Dole Packaged Foods Worldwide, says the company’s new $2 ... [+] million-a-year Sunshine For All Fund will help support projects and ventures that promote sustainability and seek to end malnutrition.
Food Tech Startup Raises $8.2 Million For Gut Health Products-And Honors A Sister’s Legacy
Marc Washington, founder and CEO of Uplifting Resuilts Labs, raised $8.2 million Series A funding ... [+] to expand his nutrition brand Muniq. Muniq Muniq, a Black-owned, food-as-medicine brand, has raised $8.2 million in a Series A round to expand sales of its nutritional shakes that help lower blood sugar by improving gut health. Muniq is the creation of Marc Washington, the founder and CEO of Uplifting Results Labs.
Rethinking The Olive Bar: How Importer Divina Pivoted To Survive Amid COVID-19
When self-serve olive bars shut down during the COVID-19 pandemic, New York-based olive importer ... [+] Divina quickly pivoted to selling prepackaged olives in pouches. FOODMatch As you rush in and out of the supermarket these days, masked and girded for battle, you might not notice what’s missing from the shopping experience: the self-serve olive bar.
Startup que produz frango vegetal recebe investimentos de US$ 8 milhões
Divulgação Criada por empreendedores veganos, Daring está espalhado seus produtos pelos Estados Unidos Este mês, a startup vegana Daring planeja lançar seus novos pedaços de frango empanados à base de plantas em todos os 40 locais da rede de restaurantes Just Salad, nos Estados Unidos e no mundo. É um pequeno passo, mas muito significativo, para colocar esses produtos na boca de mais consumidores que desejam a experiência de um frango “sem o frango”.
Plant-Based Startup Daring ‘Challenges Chicken’ After $8 Million Raise
Daring cofounders Ross Mackay and Eliott Kessas are expanding their plant based chicken brand thanks ... [+] to an $8 million funding round Daring This month, vegan startup Daring plans to roll out its new breaded, plant-based chicken pieces at all 40 locations of the Just Salad fast-casual restaurant chain with outlets in New York City, Chicago and other locales.
Israeli Startup Shakes Up The Formula Market With Plant-Based ‘Milk’
Else is a new plant-based formula for toddlers, which is designed to supplement their solid food ... [+] diet. Else Nutrition USA While Mom and Dad sip their oat milk lattes at the local coffee bar, they may well be fretting over what’s in their toddler’s bottle. While many toddlers can’t tolerate cow’s milk or soy products, it hasn’t been easy for discerning parents to find a formula that is both clean-label and plant-based—without GMOs, corn syrup or harsh chemical processing, Perhaps until now.
Work From Anywhere: 4 Tips to Manage Remote Employees
Niner Bikes is based in Fort Collins, Colorado, but CEO Chris Sugai seldom goes there. Nor do many of the 30 employees at this high-end mountain-bike company. His accounting department is in Los Angeles, his marketing people are in Salt Lake City, and his quality-control staff is in Taiwan and Vietnam, where the company does its manufacturing. No one keeps track of employees' hours, and everyone is encouraged to go riding during the day.
Sister Act: A Tea Startup Steeped In Philanthropy
Sisters Lauren Beers (left) and Nicole LaCross, cofounders of PhilanthroTEA, are donating 20% of ... [+] their profits to charitable organizations PhilanthroTea Starting up any company, let alone a social enterprise, is tough in the best of times. Add the Covid-19 pandemic into the mix, and the challenges would seem to be almost insurmountable. But sisters Nicole LaCross and Lauren Beers aren’t easily deterred.
How Startup Invaio Aims To Support Good Bugs And Control Bad Ones-Sustainably
Ignacio Martinze, founding president and CEO of Invaio Sciences, which aims to support beneficial ... [+] insects and control harmful pests without the use of harmful pesticides. Invaio sciences As a longtime organic gardener, I have a love-hate relationship with bugs. Ladybugs, spiders and bees are my best friends; flea beetles, white flies and cabbage moths are my mortal enemies.
「アップサイクル食品」って何？ 米業界団体が定義、普及へ弾みなるか
ベーコンの切れ端で作ったジャム、いらなくなった魚を使ったジャーキー、醸造に用いた豆の残りかすを材料にしたグラノーラバーやパフスナック。こうした、食品を作る際に出る副産物やくずを加工して作った新しい食品は「アップサイクル」した食品と呼ばれるが、これまで標準的な定義はなかった。 一方、食品廃棄物に取り組むスタートアップが増え、消費者の間でもこうした食品に関心が高まっている。そうしたなか、半年前に米企業を中心に約70社が参加して設立された「アップサイクル食品協会」（本部コロラド州デンバー）は、定義を明確にする必要があると判断し、専門家らのプロジェクトチームを設立。チームは5月、アップサイクル食品をこう定義した。 「本来は人間の食用にされなかった原材料を用い、検証可能なサプライチェーンで調達・生産され、環境に良い影響をもたらす食品」 協会のターナー・ワイアット最高経営責任者（CEO）の説明によると、アップサイクルされた原材料は製品に付加価値を与えるとともに、食品廃棄物の削減に役立つことが求められる。たとえば、ホットドッグやベービーキャロットなどはこの定義に当てはまらない。...
How ‘Upcycled’ Ingredients Can Help Reduce The $940 Billion Global Food Waste Problem
ReGrained, which turns spent brewing grains into granola bars and snack puffs, is just one of 70 ... [+] companies in the Upcycled Food Association. ReGrained Jam made with bacon scraps; fish jerky that turns unwanted fish into something delicious; granola bars and snack puffs crafted from spent brewing grams.
Launching A New Beverage Brand In The Time Of Coronavirus
United Sodas of America launched on May 13, amid the coronavirus pandemic, with 12 natural flavors. United Sodas of America It’s a challenge to introduce any new food or beverage brand to the marketplace—even without a pandemic that has nearly ground the economy to a halt. Amid the COVID-19 crisis, most retailers won’t give shelf space to newcomers, and sampling is out of the question. Moreover, the need for social distancing pretty much rules out face-to-face meetings and travel for a budding CEO.
Hydrant Raises $5.7 Million To Expand Its Better-For-You Hydration Brand
New York-based Hydrant cofounders John Sherwin (left) and Jai Jun Kim raised $5.7 million in a ... [+] Series A round to expand their hydration brand. Hydrant Why not have some electrolytes for breakfast? Most people have heard that staying hydrated is a key to good health, but they don’t realize how much water the body loses overnight. In fact, it’s not at all unusual to wake up feeling dehydrated.
Why A Brooklyn Vodka Maker And A Texas Whiskey Distiller Have Joined The Hand Sanitizer Brigade
Brooklyn-based Air Co. recently shifted from producing high tech vodka with its eco-friendly alcohol ... [+] to making hand sanitizer. All bottles are being donated to hospitals and first responders in New York City amid the coronavirus pandemic. Air Co. In November 2019, Brooklyn-based Air Co. launched its new vodka with much fanfare, touting its eco-friendly properties and its clean, fresh taste.
How Revolution Foods Is Feeding Students As Schools Close Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
San Francisco Unified School District is partnering with its vendor Revolution Foods to distribute ... [+] meals to schoolchildren amid school closures intended to curb the spread of COVID-19, the pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus. Revolution Foods On Thursday, March 12, the San Francisco Unified School District, announced it was shutting down all of its schools in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
オーガニックベビーフードのアマラが急成長、200万ドルを調達
オーガニックベビーフード業界は急成長を遂げており、競争相手には不自由しないはずだ。しかし、サンフランシスコを拠点とするアマラ・オーガニック・フーズ（Amara Organic Foods）の最高経営責任者（CEO）ジェシカ・シュトゥルツェネッガー（Jessica Sturzenegger）は明らかに、優れた起業家につきものの「楽観的な遺伝子」を持っているようだ。 30歳になる彼女は、共同創業者ヴィッキー・ジョンソン（Vicki Johnson）とともに作り上げてきた新興ブランドのアマラが、消費者に特別な商品を提供しているのは間違いないと胸を張る。 子どもを持つミレニアル世代向けにベビーフードを販売しようと市場に新規参入した多くの企業と同様に、アマラも、新鮮な材料を使用した植物由来のベビーフードを製造している。保存料や遺伝子組み換え作物、添加物は一切含まれていない。しかし、競合他社と違うのは、同社のベビーフードがパウダー状になっている点だ。常温保存も可能で、冷蔵・冷凍する必要がない。そのため、保存も持ち運びも容易だ（水や母乳、乳幼児用ミルクなどの液体と混ぜるだけでいい）。...
How Coronavirus is Impacting Organic Brands → Your Weekly Organic Insider - Organic Insider
(The demand for Dr. Bronner's organic hand sanitizer has been explosive.) In light of COVID-19, which caused last week’s Natural Products Expo West to be postponed and is also wreaking absolute havoc around the world, I spoke with several leaders of organic companies to learn how this virus has impacted their business. Here are their edited answers.
Organic Baby Food Startup To Expand Its Reach With $2M Round
Jessica Sturzenegger, CEO and founder, Amara Organic Baby Food, scored $2 million in seed funding ... [+] from institutional investors Amara Organic Baby Food There’s no shortage of competition in the burgeoning organic baby food business, but Jessica Sturzenegger, the 30-year-old CEO of San Francisco-based Amara Organic Foods clearly has that optimism gene all good entrepreneurs possess.
How A Colorado Partnership Is Helping Wheat Farmers Go Organic
Wheat farmer Ron Rabou, who is making the transition to organic farming in Colorado, with his wife, ... [+] Julie, and their three sons. Justin Limoges Photography Ron Rabou, a fifth-generation farmer, grows wheat and other crops on about 8,000 acres in southeastern Wyoming. Like many other farmers, he has struggled to survive amid rising costs and plunging commodity prices. For him, the solution wasn’t one you’d might expect: he chose to go organic.
Why Vegan Entrepreneur Miyoko Schinner Is Suing California’s Ag Department—And Launching A New Product Line
Miyoko Schinner the founder and CEO of Miyoko's Creamery, which produces vegan cheeses and butter, ... [+] is getting ready to launch a new product line at the same time it is suing the California Department of Food and Agriculture.
New Products: Is This Aussie Favorite Your Next Superfood?
Emily Griffith founded Lil Bucks to bring sprouted buckwheat, to America, after falling in love with ... [+] the cereal in Australia. Lil Bucks Emily Griffith, the 27-year-old, Chicago-based founder of a new brand called Lil Bucks, has been obsessed with sprouted buckwheat ever since she first tasted it several years ago in a “life-changing” acai bowl in Sidney, Australia. “This one was so amazing because it had this incredible texture.
Why A Cardiologist Became A ‘Food-As-Medicine’ Entrepreneur
Dr. Elizabeth Klodas, a cardiologist, started Minneapolis-based Step One Foods to improve her ... [+] patients' health Step One Foods Dr. Elizabeth Klodas, a Minneapolis-based cardiologist who trained at the Mayo Clinic and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, realized more than a decade ago that conventional medicine wasn’t curing her patients.
Conheça a startup milionária de comidas para bebê
Entre os sabores oferecidos pela Yumi, existem opções como pitaya e chia Quando Angela Sutherland estava grávida de seu primeiro filho, ela ficou chocada ao saber que havia mais opções para encomendar comida fresca para seu cachorro do que para seu bebê. “O cérebro cresce para 80% de seu tamanho adulto em mil dias”, diz Angela, que, na época, trabalhava na parte operacional de uma empresa de capital privado.
Why Founders Of Warby Parker, Casper, Uber Are Betting On A Baby Food Startup
Yumi cofounders Angela Sutherland (left) and Evelyn Rusli are expanding their baby food delivery ... [+] business thanks to $8 million in new funding from a group of high-profile entrepreneurs. Yumi When Angela Sutherland was pregnant with her first child, she was shocked to learn there were more options for feeding your dog fresh food than your baby. “The brain grows to 80% of its adult size in 1,000 days,” said Sutherland, who previously worked on the operations side at a private equity firm.
Opinion | We welcome the updates to our hate crime laws
sebastianosecondi / iStock / Getty Images Plus By Robin Schatz Hate crimes are on the rise and, for too long, Pennsylvania’s infrastructure has been ill-equipped to respond. As the director of government affairs for the Jewish Community Relations Council of the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia, I’ve had the good fortune to work closely with state legislators on ways to keep Jewish and other minority communities safe. On Oct. 30, I was proud to stand shoulder to shoulder with state Reps.
How A Hoppy Tea Startup Draws Craft Brew Lovers—And The Sober Curious
Hoplark HopTea cofounders Dean Eberhardt (left) and Andrew Markley in their Boulder, Colo. brewery, ... [+] which produces a sparkling tea brewed with hops. HopLark HopTea The first time I took a swig of Hoplark HopTea, I’ll admit I wasn’t expecting much. Iced tea is seldom my go-to beverage, but I was intrigued by the slightly weird concept: a canned, sparkling tea that is brewed with hops, just like a craft beer, but without any sugar, gluten, or calories–or for that matter, any alcohol.
Can A New ‘Supernut’ Help Reforest Brazil’s Savanna? The Cofounders of Barùkas Are Betting On It
Superfood hunter Darin Olien, cofounded Barùkas, a social enterprise that's selling a supernut from ... [+] Brazil's Cerrado, a vast savanna that is undergoing massive deforestation. Proceeds will help reforest the land. Barùkas About five years ago, Darin Olien, a self-professed superfood hunter, was checking out varieties of palm fruit in the Brazilian Amazon. That’s when he first heard about a highly nutritious nut that grows in a vast, neighboring region, known as the Cerrado.
Profile in Leadership: Maggie Chan Jones, MBA ’09, founder and CEO of Tenshey
Empowering women to become leaders September 5, 2019 By: Robin D. Schatz Maggie Chan Jones, MBA '09, formerly the global chief marketing officer at software giant SAP, was named one of the world’s most influential CMOs by Forbes magazine in 2017. That same year, she launched Tenshey, a startup devoted to advancing gender diversity and leadership development through executive coaching.
How The Three Women Of Saratoga Courage Honor The Founder's Legacy By Growing Their Craft Vodka Brand
Courage Distillery's co-owners Kellie Fisher,(left) Serene Mastrianni, and Holly Shishik took over after founder Serge Shishik's death in 2016. ©16LawrenceWhite. All Rights Reserved In 2013, Serge Shishik, a pharmacist, dreamed of opening a craft distillery in order to take advantage of a pure water source running behind his home, just north of Saratoga Springs in upstate New York. He knew nothing about the booze biz, but he did understand chemistry.
A General Mills Alum Rethinks The Humble Bean With Diverse Flavors—And A Social Mission
Ibraheem Basir, founder and CEO of a Dozen Cousins, is fusing natural foods knowhow from years at General Mills with the flavors of black and Latino cultures. A Dozen Cousins Ibraheem Basir, founder and CEO of the new natural foods company A Dozen Cousins, was working for General Mills leading new product innovation for its natural foods brand Annie's when entrepreneurial inspiration struck.
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