Best of Earth911 Podcast: Relocalize Aims to Hyper-Localize Ice and Beverage Production

Growing, packaging, transporting, and distributing food is a major source of society’s emissions, accounting for approximately 26% of annual global emissions. Reducing the impact of food production is critical to bringing society back within the planetary boundaries, and Wayne McIntyre, cofounder and CEO of Montreal-based Relocalize, wants to “Decarbonize and hyper-localize food & beverage manufacturing.” The company is developing technology and a business strategy for decentralized food production using automated microfactories that are placed close to major consumer markets. It promises retailers “full control over their supply chain” in exchange for providing just 1,200 sq. feet of space for Relocalize’s operation. The result, Relocalize claims, will be up to 30% savings on products, 90% less CO2 emissions, and other operational savings because the food does not need to be transported long distances. You can learn more at https://www.relocalize.com/

Dive into the Earth911 archives to discover the innovation going on in local food production, distribution, and reuse:

• Earth911 Podcast: Freight Farms’ Jake Felser on Hydroponic Agriculture & Container Farming

• Best of Earth911 Podcast: Hungry Giant’s Chris O’Brien on Reducing Institutional Food Waste

• Best of Earth911 Podcast: Imperfect Foods’ Maddy Rotman on Eliminating Food Waste

• Earth911 Podcast: Farmstead’s Pradeep Elankumaran on Building Sustainable Food Delivery

• Earth911 Podcast: Eden Green CEO Eddy Badrina Talks About Vertical Greenhouse Farming

• Earth911 Podcast: Steve Groff on Regenerative Farming

Editor’s Note: This episode originally aired on July 22, 2024.