Press Featuring Matriark

The New York Times: Front Burner

Acclaimed food writer and cookbook author Florence Fabricant covers Matriark’s new tomato sauces in her weekly Front Burner column

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The Guardian

From trash to table: will upcycled food save the planet?

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Food Network

Matriark Foods featured in What To Make with Common Food Scraps, According to Max La Manna

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The Boston Globe

These tomato sauces are made from too-big or too-small tomatoes. But they’re perfectly tasty

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Good Day New York

From farm to table: Climate week kicks off in NYC

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Mintel Global Food and Drink Trends 2024

Matriark Foods featured in Mintel Global Food and Drink Trends 2024 as an innovative brand informing consumers of how our processing can promote sustainability

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Crain's New York Business

Midtown-based Matriark looks to address the food-waste crisis

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Bloomberg

Upcycling Against Foodwaste

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TODAY: 7 female-founded food brands

Celebrate Women’s History Month with 7 female-founded food brands

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Thrillist: Pantry Goals

Climate-Friendly Pantry Staples for everyone. Journalist Jessica Sulima covers Matriark for Thrillist

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goop Editor's Pick

Matriark’s Upcycled Tomato Basil Pasta Sauce is THE “Pasta Sauce for the Planet”, and Anna Hammond is the activist change-maker behind the business

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Hunter College New York City Food Policy Center

2024 Climate Impact Changemaker: Anna Hammond

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FoodPrint

6 Upcycled Food Trends To Watch

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NOSH

Matriark Tackles Climate and Hunger Crises With Unique Omnichannel Approach

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Business Wire

FreshDirect Launches Rising Industry Producers and Entrepreneurs Program (R.I.P.E.)

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Food Tank

Matriark Foods Wants to Make Upcycled Products the Norm, Not the Exception

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Hunter College New York City Food Policy Center

Smart Pantry to Return to Hunter College Silberman Campus for Spring Semester

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Tribeca Citizen

Whole Foods One Wall Street has opened in Fidi

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Marketplace Morning Report

How economic uncertainty is affecting the food upcycling business

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Trendhunter

The Matriark Foods Upcycled Pasta Sauces Come in Three Flavors

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The Express Tribune

From waste to wonder - addressing global food crisis

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Food Tank

The Smart Pantry Offers Solutions for Students Facing Food Insecurity

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Hunter College NYC Food Policy Center

Interview with Anna Hammond, Founder and CEO of Matriark Foods

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Sentient Climate

Upcycled Foods Offer Creative Fix for Food Waste

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Trellis

These 12 Organizations are Creating Food Products from Upcycled Food Waste

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FoodxClimate

Matriark Featured in FoodxClimate article by Chiara Cecchini

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Too Good To Waste

Meet founders Sue Marshall of NETZRO, SBC, and Anna Hammond of Matriark Foods, from the Kroger Co. Zero Hunger | Zero Waste 2021 Innovation Fund Cohort

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Medium

Stanford GSB Impact Fund Backs Matriark Foods

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Trellis

Breaking the cycle with upcycled food

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Grocery Doppio

Grocery Doppio AI Disruptors: 6 Companies Upcycling Wasted Food

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GlobeNewswire

Upcycled Food Industry Report

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Food Tank

12 Organizations Creating Food Products From Upcycled Food Waste

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Hunter College New York City Food Policy Center

Women Changing the Food System in New York City

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Tetra Pak

Case study: Matriark Foods

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Total Food Service

Q&A with Anna Hammond, Matriark Foods

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Musings

Growing Solutions Out of Food Waste

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Waste 360

How Matriark Makes Nourishing Food Products From Would-be-Waste at Scale

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Chef's Roll

Matriark Foods - An Interview with Anna Hammond

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Podcasts Featuring Matriark

Purpose and Profit with Kathy Varol

Anna Hammond on Creating Access to Nutritional Food From Excess

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Eat For The Planet

Anna Hammond interviewed on Eat for the Planet

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Heritage Radio Network

Eating Matters: Matriark Foods

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Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg

Episode 394. Anna Hammond on Designing Waste Out of Our Food System

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Made to Sustain: The Podcast

Spectacular Upcycled Sauces: A Conversation with Anna Hammond of Matriark Foods

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Compass Group

Diversity Matters Podcast: Matriark Foods

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Awards & Certifications

Matriark Foods Joins 1% For The Planet

Matriark Foods is proud to announce our membership with 1% For The Planet, a global movement that inspires businesses and individuals to tackle the ecological challenges confronting our planet.

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Matriark Foods selected to The Kroger Co. Zero Hunger | Zero Waste Foundation’s Second Innovation Fund Cohort

From a pool of more than 145 applicants, the Innovation Fund Selected 10 startups to receive $100,000 each in upfront funding with an additional $1.5 million available, to launch innovative new consumer products made with surplus food or food byproducts and technologies to advance the upcycled food industry.

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Matriark Foods is a Certified Women-Owned Business

Matriark is proud to announce national certification as a Women’s Business Enterprise (WBE) and a Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) through the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), the nation’s largest third party certifier of businesses owned and operated by women in the US. WBENC’s national standard of certification is a meticulous process including an in-depth review of the business.

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Upcycled Certification Program Certified

Matriark Foods is now officially Upcycled Certified. Why is this important? By creating a uniform system for determining which products meet the rigorous Upcycled Certification Standard, you can be certain that the impact we track is verified. Just one case (12 cartons) diverts 10 lbs of vegetables from landfills which averts 26 lbs of GHGS, and saves 1,224 gallons of water from being wasted. Learn more about the certification process at Upcycled Food Association and BUY UPCYCLED.

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Matriark Foods invited into Foodbuy’s Diverse Supplier Accelerator Program

Matriark Foods was invited and selected into the Foodbuy Accelerator program for Minority and Women-Owned businesses. Foodbuy is the largest foodservice procurement organization in North America with over 80,000 customers in the education, healthcare, hospitality and leisure, restaurant, and gaming sectors.

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Matriark Foods selected for Huhtamaki Circular Economy Program by Food System 6

Chosen as one of 8 leaders from across the circular economy to receive mentorship and grant funding, Matriark Foods was selected out of over 800 applications from 51 countries to represent urgent changes needed to address climate change. A collaborative sprint in October and November provides mentorship, advising, and networking culminating with a week of immersive virtual programming and equity-free grants to accelerate implementation of sustainable and regenerative solutions.

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