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Viraj Puri and the Shorter Journey of a Basil Leaf
A dinner in Brooklyn helped send Viraj Puri into rooftop farming. After building Gotham Greens into a national food business, he now guides the company from a different seat.
Aylon Steinhart and the persuasion of a scoop
Before he co-founded Eclipse Foods, Aylon Steinhart helped other people start food companies. His own experiment asked a deceptively demanding question: could plants deliver the pleasures people already expected from dairy?
Claire Cao Fang and the art of making oats belong
Before Wholly Moly! reached Chinese breakfast tables, Claire Cao Fang had worked on sports brands and internet businesses. Her next venture began with an old friend, an overlooked ingredient and a rather practical question: how would people actually use it?
Hamdi Ulukaya Bought the Factory Everyone Else Had Finished With
A junk-mail advertisement led him to a silent yogurt plant in upstate New York. What followed became a food company and a stubborn argument that factories, workers and newcomers deserve another look.
Caleb Wang Put a Family Archive in the Freezer Aisle
A finance operator went looking for the flavors he missed, then built the cold-chain machinery to share them. At MìLà, Caleb Wang treats every dumpling as both a product and a small act of cultural preservation.