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Apr 16, 2021

One-Stop Shop: NCFIL Featured in Business Facilities

The NC Food Innovation Lab was recently featured in “North Carolina: One-Stop Shop For Food Industry” in Business Facilities, a bimonthly magazine specializing in the site selection marketplace. The article originally…

Mar 25, 2021

EDPNC + NCFIL: A Reciprocal Relationship

There’s a new face at the Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina (EDPNC), and she’s quickly become a big fan of Dr. Bill Aimutis, executive director at the NC Food Innovation Lab (NCFIL). …

Mar 19, 2021

Growth in Plant-Based Proteins: Aimutis Featured in Business NC

NCFIL Executive Director Bill Aimutis was recently featured in “Growth Potential” in the current issue of Business North Carolina, a long-running publication sharing the stories of North Carolina’s business community.  Creating…

Mar 5, 2021

Big Idea Ventures Partners with NC State

In late January, Big Idea Ventures announced the launch of the Generation Food Rural Partners (GFRP) fund and its intent for NC State University to be its first partner. A leader in early-stage alternative protein…

Mar 4, 2021

NCFIL Executive Director’s Perspective: Jan/Feb 2021

NCFIL Facility + Business Update For the past few months, the NC Food Innovation Lab has been busy. Our Bühler twin-screw extruder arrived in late January, and we’ve worked hard on installing…

Feb 26, 2021

Alternative Proteins: Aimutis Featured in Food Engineering

NC Food Innovation Lab Executive Director Bill Aimutis was recently featured in “Alternative Protein Market Growth Shows No Signs of Slowing” in Food Engineering, a popular industry publication supporting the $630…

Feb 24, 2021

NCFIL Supports NC Mushroom Farmers

In our recent blog Rethinking Mushrooms, we sang the praises of the humble mushroom, noting the many varieties, the multitude of health benefits, and all the new mushroom products.  The North…

Feb 17, 2021

Rethinking Mushrooms

Why Mushrooms?  Perhaps you’ve seen or heard about the popular 2019 documentary Fantastic Fungi. Or you’ve seen the beautiful display of exotic-looking mushrooms on a recent trip to the local farmers market.  Whether…

Feb 3, 2021

NCFIL Benefits Accelerators, Incubators, Investors + Equipment Manufacturers

When we recently considered how the NC Food Innovation Lab benefits Start-Ups and Mid- to Large-Companies, we focused on these entities’ specific challenges and how NCFIL facilitates the execution of novel…

Jan 20, 2021

Blue Mountain Flavors: Partner in Food Innovation

Blue Mountain Flavors’ mission is to empower customers to flavor the foods of the future. Therefore, it makes perfect sense for this company to support the mission of the NC Food Innovation…