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Vol. II — No. 184Remarkable People · Exceptional CompaniesToday's Edition

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Patrick Mateer Put the Farmers Market in the Freezer
Founder · Operator · Executive

Patrick Mateer Put the Farmers Market in the Freezer

A 6:30 a.m. farmers-market shift showed him the absurdity hiding in plain sight: beloved local fruit, a brutally short selling season, and good harvests with nowhere to go. His answer was a regional cold chain built to make summer last all year.

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Seal the Seasons Put the Farmers Market in the Freezer - Then Had to Reinvent Its Own Factory
Consumer · Ecommerce · Climate

Seal the Seasons Put the Farmers Market in the Freezer - Then Had to Reinvent Its Own Factory

The North Carolina startup began with an $80,000 prize purse and its own freezing line. Its bigger idea arrived when it stopped trying to own the factory and turned spare capacity on family farms into a regional frozen-food network.

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The egg company that put a farm's name on every carton
Consumer · Ecommerce · Climate

The egg company that put a farm's name on every carton

How a 20-hen Texas farm turned radical transparency and 108 square feet of pasture per bird into a $759 million business - one carton at a time.

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