- July 27, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
By Caroline Barnhill
Brother and sister duo Will Kornegay and Laura Hearns, both graduates of the Poole College of Management, are making waves in the food industry by combining two of their passions – reducing farm excess and fighting hunger with their company Ripe Revival. How? By taking excess fruits and vegetables from farms that would typically go to waste because they are misshapen or oddly sized and using a proprietary technology that concentrates healthy proteins and fruit compounds and modifies proteins so as not to trigger allergic reactions – all to create protein-packed fruit gummies.
But as any entrepreneur can tell you, starting a new business isn’t for the faint of heart. Hear more from Kornegay about launching Ripe Revival, navigating a company in the midst of a global pandemic, and a few lessons learned along the way…
How did you come up with the idea of Ripe Revival?
Laura and I both worked in the fresh…
