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Mori wants your strawberries to wear silk
A failed dessert experiment led to an edible protein coating. Mori is turning the silkworm’s oldest trick into extra time for food - and room to manoeuvre for the businesses that move it.
Jamie Strachan
Jamie Strachan is the CEO of Nabaco, a San Marcos, Texas agricultural-science company building natural, clay-based barrier coatings that extend the shelf life of fresh produce and cut food waste. A produce-industry executive with more than 20 years in the business, he previously ran Green Giant Fresh (Growers Express) and founded and chaired the leafy greens marketing effort in California. At Nabaco he is commercializing a patented, tasteless and odorless protection technology across pre-harvest, packaging, and post-harvest applications, including a distribution partnership with AgroFresh.