Cusp 2017 video: food upcycler Bertha Jimenez on combining and connecting.

Updates  /  09.11.18
“Waste is just an untapped resource. Upcycling is the future of food.”
“Waste is just an untapped resource. Upcycling is the future of food.”

Cusp 2017 presenter Bertha Jimenez is the co-founder of RISE, a startup that turns organic industrial waste into value by converting it into raw materials. Currently focusing RISE on converting by-products of the beer and wine industry into food grade materials, Dr. Jimenez recently received her Ph.D. from NYU, where her doctoral thesis was entitled The Entrepreneurial Sandbox: The Role of Co-Curricular Programs on Nurturing Student Entrepreneurs.

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