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
Food Network
Matriark Foods featured in What To Make with Common Food Scraps, According to Max La Manna
The Boston Globe
These tomato sauces are made from too-big or too-small tomatoes. But they’re perfectly tasty
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
TODAY: 7 female-founded food brands
Celebrate Women’s History Month with 7 female-founded food brands
Thrillist: Pantry Goals
Climate-Friendly Pantry Staples for everyone. Journalist Jessica Sulima covers Matriark for Thrillist
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
Modern Farmer
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Hunter College New York City Food Policy Center
2024 Climate Impact Changemaker: Anna Hammond
Business Wire
FreshDirect Launches Rising Industry Producers and Entrepreneurs Program (R.I.P.E.)
Hunter College New York City Food Policy Center
Smart Pantry to Return to Hunter College Silberman Campus for Spring Semester
Marketplace Morning Report
How economic uncertainty is affecting the food upcycling business
Hunter College NYC Food Policy Center
Interview with Anna Hammond, Founder and CEO of Matriark Foods
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
Hunter College New York City Food Policy Center
Women Changing the Food System in New York City
Podcasts Featuring Matriark
Purpose and Profit with Kathy Varol
Anna Hammond on Creating Access to Nutritional Food From Excess
Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg
Episode 394. Anna Hammond on Designing Waste Out of Our Food System
Made to Sustain: The Podcast
Spectacular Upcycled Sauces: A Conversation with Anna Hammond of Matriark Foods
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.