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Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. has named eight ventures to its first-year program, Chipotle Aluminaries Project, according to an article on <a href="https://www.foodbusinessnews.net/articles/13223-meet-the-eight-ventures-chosen-for-chipotles-accelerator-program?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=chipotle-names-eight-ventures-to-its-accelerator-program-including-an-ostrich-farm-2709022" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank">Food Business News</a>. According to the article, the project was &ldquo;<a href="https://www.foodbusinessnews.net/articles/12391-chipotle-mexican-grill-launching-accelerator-program?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=chipotle-names-eight-ventures-to-its-accelerator-program-including-an-ostrich-farm-2709022" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank">announced in August 2018</a> as part of the Chipotle Cultivate Foundation&rdquo; and &ldquo;the program was launched to help scale food-focused start-up ventures in the areas of alternative farming, food waste and recovery, and plant and alternative products.&rdquo;

In March 2019, each of the eight ventures selected will participate in a &ldquo;boot camp&rdquo; in Newport Beach where they will &ldquo;create their plans for scale and receive coaching from industry leaders&rdquo; including entrepreneurs and members of Chipotle&rsquo;s c-suite, according to the article.

The eight ventures include <a href="https://agvoiceglobal.com/?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=chipotle-names-eight-ventures-to-its-accelerator-program-including-an-ostrich-farm-2709022" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank">Agvoice</a>, a &ldquo;mobile voice-interaction service designed for food and agriculture professionals to capture insights on the go&quot;;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.americanostrichfarms.com/?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=chipotle-names-eight-ventures-to-its-accelerator-program-including-an-ostrich-farm-2709022" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank">American Ostrich Farms</a>, &ldquo;a vertically integrated producer of ostrich meat&rdquo; made via more sustainable means than conventional meat production; <a href="https://asarasi.com/?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=chipotle-names-eight-ventures-to-its-accelerator-program-including-an-ostrich-farm-2709022" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank">Asarasi</a>, a producer of &ldquo;sustainable and renewable water harvested from the byproducts of maple trees&rdquo;; <a href="https://www.grubtubs.com/?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=chipotle-names-eight-ventures-to-its-accelerator-program-including-an-ostrich-farm-2709022" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank">GrubTubs</a>, a service that collects restaurant leftovers and converts them into &ldquo;sustainable animal feed&rdquo;; and more, according to the article.

Read the full article <a href="https://www.foodbusinessnews.net/articles/13223-meet-the-eight-ventures-chosen-for-chipotles-accelerator-program?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=chipotle-names-eight-ventures-to-its-accelerator-program-including-an-ostrich-farm-2709022" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank">here</a>.

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