Kenneth J. Meyer

The Container Store, Inc. engages in the operation of storage retail stores. Its products include closet, storage, kitchen, bath, travel, shelving, laundry, and trash and recycling. The company was founded by William Arthur Tindell, Garrett Boone and John Mullen on July 1, 1978 and is headquartered in Coppell, TX.

BlueAvocado Co. provides online retail services. It offers reusable food-on-the-go, shopping and travel accessories. The company provides gro-pak, a grocery-shopping nirvana that includes multi-use bags, totes, and ventilated produce bags for use in malls, airports, gyms, and other applications. BlueAvocado was founded by Amy George, Paige Davis and Melissa Nathan in 2008 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Heatgen LLC engages in the development of self-heating packaging technology to heat food and beverages. It features fast and reliable, sustainable, safe, light and small, and easy to use. The company was founded by Brendan Coffey in 2009 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Part of Amazon.com, Inc., Fresh & Wild Ltd is a grocery delivery company based in London, UK. The British company offers local, organic, plant-based and other food products, as well as catering services. Customers can browse products, find recipes, and order delivery or pick-up. Fresh & Wild also offers gift cards for foodies. The private company was founded in 1998 by Shahid M. Hassan.

Fresh & Wild Holdings Ltd. retails fresh organic food products. Its activities includes organic food, natural food, and natural remedy retailers. The company is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

University of the Pacific is a nationally ranked university with a long tradition of dedicated teaching, small class sizes, practical experience and vibrant residential life. The breathtaking main campus in Stockton, California is home to seven schools and colleges, with more than 80 majors and programs of study. Pacific also has the McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento and the Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry in San Francisco. Total university enrollment is nearly 7,000, with 3,757 undergraduates in an average class size of 19 and a student/faculty ratio of 14:1. It is located in Stockton, California.

Academy of Oriental Medicine at Austin provides educational and training services. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

The Retail Industry Leaders Association operates a membership organization for retailers. The non-profit company is based in Arlington, VA.

USHG LLC owns and operates a chain of restaurants and cafes. The firm is a restaurant development group with a controlling interest in the Shake Shack quick-service restaurant franchise, eight fine dining restaurants, concessions in stadiums and other public spaces, a catering company, and a hospitality consultancy. The company was founded by Daniel Harris Meyer in 1998 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

The Organic Trade Association is an organization that monitors and certifies every step of the organic chain in accordance with NOP guidelines. The association is based in Brattleboro, VT. Laura Batcha has been the CEO of the private company since 2014. The association's board of directors consists of fifteen people, each serving a term of three years. The USDA organic standards allow most natural substances in organic farming while prohibiting most synthetic substances.

The Organic Farming Research Foundation (OFRF) is a non-profit organization founded in 1990 with the goal of advancing organic farming. OFRF is based in Santa Cruz, CA. The non-profit company works towards fostering the improvement and widespread adoption of organic farming systems through research, education, and federal policies. OFRF presents the 2022 National Organic Research Agenda (NORA), a report informed by surveys and focus groups conducted in 2020 with over 1,100 certified organic and 71 transitioning-organic farmers and ranchers across the United States. The report provides input and perspectives on their current organic production systems.

S2G Ventures LLC (S2G Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 by Victor E. Friedberg. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

FoodMaven Corp. engages in the operation of digital marketplace for dated and perishable grocery items approaching expiration. It also sells food to restaurants and institutions like universities and hotels and donates it to hunger-relief organizations. The company was founded by Patrick Bultema and Dan Lewis in 2015 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

Hungry Marketplace, Inc. operates a mobile food marketplace that connects foodies with local chefs. The firm offers HUNGRY, a marketplace that allows user to search and order made-to-order meals prepared by local chefs. It delivers fresh-cooked meals to foodies across District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia. The company was founded by Eman Pahlevani and Shy Pahlevani in June 2016 and is headquartered in Arlingtonm, VA.

Apeel Technology, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company. It offers Edipeel and Invisipeel solutions. The firm specializes in sustainable technologies, crops, food, agricultural services, health, environment and organic. The company was founded by James Rogers in 2012 and is headquartered in Santa Barbara, CA.

Ataraxis Biosciences, Inc. manufactures and distributes food testing devices. The company was founded on April 9, 2015 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

Springdale Ventures LLC (Springdale Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2019 by Daniel A. Graham and Gilbreath G. Genevieve. The firm is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

The LiveKindly Co., Inc. produces and distributes plant-based food products. It owns and operates a portfolio of start-up brands such as The Fry Family Food Co., LikeMeat, and LiveKindly Media. The company was founded by Roger Lienhard, Bjorn Witte, Marcus Keitzer, and Thomas Kindler in 2019 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Part of The LiveKindly Co., Inc., Livekindly Collective Co., Inc. is a global collective of entrepreneurs and business leaders that believes in the power of plant-based alternatives to make the food system sustainable. The private company is based in New York, NY. The company's portfolio of brands, including Oumph!, The Fry Family Food Co., and LikeMeat, provides consumers around the world with healthy, sustainable, and delicious food options. Livekindly Collective Co. is also the voice of the movement, communicating informative, entertaining, and inspiring content about veganism and the environment through its media and lifestyle platform, Livekindly. Livekindly Collective Co. was founded in 2020 by Kees Kruythoff, Jodi Monelle, Roger Lienhard. David Knoff has been the CEO of the company since 2022.