Apeel Sci­ences is a com­pa­ny that’s fight­ing the glob­al food waste cri­sis by uti­liz­ing nature’s tools to pre­vent waste in the first place — a sus­tain­able approach to the world’s grow­ing food demands. The company’s plant-derived prod­ucts help USDA Organ­ic Cer­ti­fied and con­ven­tion­al fresh food grow­ers, sup­pli­ers, and retail­ers main­tain pro­duce qual­i­ty and slow spoilage, which min­i­mizes food waste from the farm to the kitchen.

Apeel Sci­ences was found­ed in 2012 with a grant from the Bill & Melin­da Gates Foun­da­tion to help reduce posthar­vest food loss in devel­op­ing coun­tries that lack access to refrig­er­a­tion. Today, Apeel for­mu­la­tions have been proven effec­tive at reduc­ing the rate of spoilage for dozens of USDA Organ­ic Cer­ti­fied and con­ven­tion­al pro­duce cat­e­gories, and the com­pa­ny works with part­ners rang­ing from small­hold­er farm­ers and local organ­ic grow­ers to the world’s largest food brands and retailers.