Cambridge Crops, co-founded by J-WAFS PI Benedetto Marelli, is using silk-based biodegradable coatings to extend the self life of produce. The technology could alter current methods of food packaging that rely heavily on plastics. Read more.
PostJune 11, 2020
A 2017 Rabobank-MIT Food Innovation Prize-winning startup group has found a solution that could dramatically reduce plastic packaging for produce
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