The Food Startups Podcast

Along with 2 co-founders, Mike Schwartz created BAO Fermented Food and Drink company. Along the way, they decided to share their kitchen space and ended up with Organic Food Incubator. Tons of actionable tips. We talk about:

  • Mike's background and how it helped him get started
  • How the food incubator helps startups with coaching, documentation, and production
  • How to deal with large certification bodies like USDA and state health inspectors
  • Estimated time and money needed for USDA Organic certification
  • Why to charge retail prices at farmer's markets
  • The pros and cons of staying in NYC as opposed to the suburbs
  • About BAO and their 7,000 year old fermentation process
  • Keys to success for a small, startup food brand

Mentioned in the episode: 

Maridaje

Organic Food Incubator

Organic Food Incubator Company List

Bao Fermented Food and Drink

Creating an organic incubator kitchen

USDA Organic

Kickstarter HACCP

Simply Gum

Hella Bitter

Loliware Edible Cups

HACCP

GMP

 

Direct download: FoodStarupsEp37.mp3
Category:Food -- posted at: 7:57am CDT

Fresh off of a 2 million dollar funding, HowGood is poised to take off.  They score food products based on their health, environmental, and societal factors. Eight years in the making, it has been a long journey. Today, HowGood has over 100,000 food products in their database. We talk to founder Alexander Gillett and learn about:

  • Why he founded HowGood
  • When he knew he had a "real" business
  • How to find, organize and interpret food product data
  • Who the customers are and how they provide value to them
  • How startups can use HowGood for their own efforts

Mentioned in the show:

How Good
Organic Avenue
EPA Database
openFDA
MultiAd

Direct download: FoodStarupsEp36.mp3
Category:Food -- posted at: 10:47am CDT

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