Jen Nguyen is the Vice President of Nutrition at Sweet Pea Plant-Based Kitchen. Sweet Pea is a plant-powered kitchen creating transformative paths to wellness, combining the benefits of its plant-centric food meal service and nutrition coaching to help people sustain a healthy life.
Expanding the Food and Ag Ecosystem
Event Overview
The Grow-NY competition attracted over 390 innovative, high-growth food and agriculture startups from 52 countries across the globe competing for $3 million in prizes. Of the 20 finalists that had the opportunity to pitch their business to a panel of judges, seven walked away as winners. In this session, you’ll learn about the winning startups’ technologies and solutions – which range from feeds for livestock that lower methane emissions to energy-efficient biobased insulation – and how they plan to revolutionize the food and ag industries.
View the full list of 2022 Grow-NY winners here.
RESOURCES / NEXT STEPS
Grow-NY
Center for Regional Economic Advancement
Vivid Machines
Sweet Pea Plant-Based Kitchen
Hempitecture
What You'll Learn
- A preview of some of the latest technologies and solutions being developed for the food and agriculture industries, both upstream and downstream
- The biggest challenges faced by food and agriculture startups as they scale their companies
- Resources and organizations that food and agriculture startups can use for support
Speakers
Jenn Smith’s role with Grow-NY draws on her background in craft beverage market development, most recently as the executive director of the New York Cider Association and the administrative director of the New York State Distillers Guild. She has also served as an NYC-based consultant to entrepreneurs creating value-added products and hospitality ventures. Before that, Ms. Smith was the marketing director of New York’s largest wine and spirits retailer, and earlier in her career she was a director of online community and customer engagement for Citigroup, Bertelsmann, and Time Inc.
Jenny Lemieux is co-founder and CEO at Vivid Machines. Vivid’s X-Vision system captures the visible and chemical details of every plant across an entire crop, from bud to harvest, to manage growth; predict yield; and provide means for early diagnosis of pests, diseases, and nutrient deficiencies.
Mattie Mead is the founder and CEO of Hempitecture. Hempitecture is on a mission to create healthy, energy-efficient building materials that positively impact people and the planet by capturing carbon dioxide and replenishing farmland. Its biobased insulation helps make construction projects more sustainable, healthier, and higher performing.
Jen Nguyen is the Vice President of Nutrition at Sweet Pea Plant-Based Kitchen. Sweet Pea is a plant-powered kitchen creating transformative paths to wellness, combining the benefits of its plant-centric food meal service and nutrition coaching to help people sustain a healthy life.
Jenn Smith’s role with Grow-NY draws on her background in craft beverage market development, most recently as the executive director of the New York Cider Association and the administrative director of the New York State Distillers Guild. She has also served as an NYC-based consultant to entrepreneurs creating value-added products and hospitality ventures. Before that, Ms. Smith was the marketing director of New York’s largest wine and spirits retailer, and earlier in her career she was a director of online community and customer engagement for Citigroup, Bertelsmann, and Time Inc.
Jenny Lemieux is co-founder and CEO at Vivid Machines. Vivid’s X-Vision system captures the visible and chemical details of every plant across an entire crop, from bud to harvest, to manage growth; predict yield; and provide means for early diagnosis of pests, diseases, and nutrient deficiencies.
Mattie Mead is the founder and CEO of Hempitecture. Hempitecture is on a mission to create healthy, energy-efficient building materials that positively impact people and the planet by capturing carbon dioxide and replenishing farmland. Its biobased insulation helps make construction projects more sustainable, healthier, and higher performing.
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The Grow-NY competition attracted over 390 innovative, high-growth food and agriculture startups from 52 countries across the globe competing for $3 million in prizes. Of the 20 finalists that had the opportunity to pitch their business to a panel of judges, seven walked away as winners. In this session, you’ll learn about the winning startups’ technologies and solutions – which range from feeds for livestock that lower methane emissions to energy-efficient biobased insulation – and how they plan to revolutionize the food and ag industries.
View the full list of 2022 Grow-NY winners here.
RESOURCES / NEXT STEPS
Grow-NY
Center for Regional Economic Advancement
Vivid Machines
Sweet Pea Plant-Based Kitchen
Hempitecturehttps://ecornell.cornell.edu/keynotes/view/K120822/primaryAmerica/New_YorkeCornell