US-based fast food chain Chipotle has completed a five-day bootcamp working with eight companies focused on sustainable food and development through its Chipotle Aluminaries Project, according to Crunchbase News.
Chipotle Aluminaries Project is a seven-month accelerator Chipotle launched in partnership with non-profit foundation Uncharted in August 2018.
The scheme focuses farming and agriculture technology, alternative farming systems, innovative food products, and food waste and recovery, but Chipotle does not directly invest in the startups.
The eight participants in question included red meat producer American Ostrich Farms, sustainable water provider Asarasi, restaurant waste recycler GrubTubs, hyperspectral imaging technology developer ImpactVision.
The batch was completed by food safety technology provider Novolyze, livestock data technology developer Rex Animal Health, vegetarian food producer Sophie’s Kitchen Plant-Based Seafood, and AgVoice, the developer of a voice-activated data system for farmers.