Agricycle’s mission is to eliminate extreme rural poverty by reducing food loss and empowering rural women smallholders through market-based solutions. As a vertically integrated portfolio of ethically sourced and upcycled CPG brands, Agricycle manufactures and sells food-grade, zero-electricity passive solar dehydrators to preserve natural fruit abundances from remote communities in Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin American and the Caribbean. Agricycle has three brands: The Jali Fruit Co., Tropicoal Ignition and What the Fruit?!
This startup turns food waste into new brands
BY ADELE PETERS For female farmers growing mangos or pineapples in Kenya or Uganda , one of the main businesses challenges is simply getting food to customers: Without access to refrigerated storage or efficient transportation, food often spoils before it gets to a...
Milwaukee startup Agricycle raises $1.5M to make dehydrated fruit snacks
Agricycle Global, a Milwaukee startup and social enterprise, has closed a $1.5 million funding round to finance additional manufacturing of its zero-electricity dehydrators that make fruit products.