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FoodMaven Partners with Ardent Mills to Sell New Transitional Flour Press Release
FoodMaven today announced the company’s partnership with The Annex by Ardent Mills to sell its transitional wheat flour, easing the financial implications of transitioning and enabling them to deliver on the growing consumer demand for organic options.

How A Colorado Partnership Is Helping Wheat Farmers Go Organic
A partnership between two Colorado companies is helping farmers such as Ron Rabou, a fifth generation wheat farmer, transition to organic farming. FoodMaven and Ardent Mills are marketing a transitional wheat flour, which hasn’t yet achieved organic certification, to food service customers.

Food Waste Startups Like FoodMaven Are Getting More Investor Attention Than Ever
With the sustainability movement growing, startups seeking to rescue ugly produce and reduce food waste have become a hot buy for venture capital firms and other private investors.

America trashes 40% of its food. A Colorado startup is connecting the discards to dinner tables.
FoodMaven is part of a movement to find buyers for $3.50/lb. New York strips, “ugly” fruit and local produce in order to cut into America’s food waste problem.

5 Social Impact Startups to Know in Colorado
Colorado’s startup ecosystem has long been known by its Give First mantra since the term was coined more than a decade ago.

FoodMaven: Transforming the Food System
According to the USDA, up to 40% of the food grown by farmers is thrown away. That's over $200 billion worth of food every year. FoodMaven connects producers of food that doesn't reach the market, like blemished produce, to buyers such as restaurants, universities, hotels, hospitals, and more.

Celebrity Chefs Tim Ma and Brother Luck Join FoodMaven Advisory Board
FoodMaven today announced the addition of celebrity chef Tim Ma and celebrity chef Brother Luck to its Chef Advisory Board.

Hilton Teams Up With Startup FoodMaven To Source Local Food And Cut Waste
Colorado food-waste startup FoodMaven is teaming up with Hilton in Colorado and Texas to provide food from small local producers and prevent food from getting

FoodMaven raises $10M from Walmart’s founding family, PE firm Tao
The latest funding will support expanding the food distributor’s geographic footprint and technological capabilities, its co-founder and CEO said.

FoodMaven Hopes to Reduce Food Waste With Purchase of Anderson Beef
FoodMaven’s goal of positive social impact and added revenue for food producers go hand in hand.

Dallas Innovates: Socially Conscious Food Distributor FoodMaven is Expanding to Dallas
Colorado-based FoodMaven, a company with a social impact mission to affordably deliver food, makes its first move out-of-state by heading to North Texas.

Fortune: FoodMaven Sees Online Marketplace As Solution to U.S.’s Food Waste Problem
Some $160 billion of edible food is wasted every year in the U.S. Colorado Springs startup FoodMaven thinks it has a solution to the $161 billion-a-year problem: an online marketplace.

TEDxMileHigh: 40% Of Food Grown In The U.S. Is Thrown Away — Here's A Solution
Speaker Patrick Bultema is the CEO, Founder, and Executive Chairman FoodMaven, a Colorado-based company and online marketplace for surplus food from the grocery industry that would otherwise end up in landfills.

Forbes: Former Co-CEO Of Whole Foods Becomes A FoodMaven
FoodMaven is a new food startup that wants to reduce food waste by selling it to restaurants. Walter Robb, former co-CEO of Whole Foods, is an investor and shares why he believes this company can solve the problem and make money at the same time.

WSJ: How to Sell $15,000 of Tenderloin, Fast
FoodMaven is seeing profits in food that otherwise goes to waste, helping companies manage inventory, boost donations or sell surplus items.

Bloomberg: How FoodMaven Aims to Cut U.S. Food Waste
Patrick Bultema, co-founder and chief executive officer at FoodMaven, explains the company’s work to save and distribute unused food and the help they’ve received from members of the Walton family. He speaks with Bloomberg's Alix Steel on "Bloomberg Daybreak: Americas."
PRESS RELEASES

FoodMaven Announces New Sustainability Initiative with Local Hospitality Partners
FoodMaven, a Colorado-based startup, announced today an initiative aimed at helping hospitality institutions source local, sustainable food products f

Colorado Food Startup Expands to Dallas-Fort Worth
Colorado-based start-up FoodMaven has announced plans to expand to Dallas-Fort Worth as their first out-of-state service area.

Rapid Growth Spurs Expansion to New Warehouse | FoodMaven
With rapid growth, FoodMaven plans to expand its current facilities and has added a warehouse to meet demands.

Ben Deda Joins as Chief Operating Officer | FoodMaven
FoodMaven is excited to share that Ben Deda has joined FoodMaven as Chief Operating Officer. Learn more about Ben’s addition to the team here!

US Secretary of Agriculture Visits Colorado Springs Startup
FoodMaven got to sit down and talk with US Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue about the challenges of food waste.

Nancy Phillips joins as Board Member and Investor | FoodMaven
FoodMaven is excited to announce that Nancy Phillips is joining the FoodMaven team. Read on to learn more about Nancy’s addition to the board.

FoodMaven Announces $8.6 Million Series A Financing
FoodMaven announces Series A Financing with round lead by members of the Walton family and other major investors
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