“Materials are much more forgiving than protein isolates for food,” Brett Cotten tells AgFunderNews.
The partnership to co-produce automotive designs using mycelium-based products is MycoWorks’ first partnership outside the fashion world.
Bolt Threads leads the category, followed by several other startups developing biomaterials to replace animal- and petroleum-based fabrics.
The company aims to produce a new class of biomaterials and reduce fashion’s carbon footprint with its “microbial weaving” tech.
The New York-based company plans to scale up production of its fermented bio-textile called Mirai.
By joining the CanopyStyle initiative, Walmart will impel its suppliers to use alternate fiber sources such as ag byproducts.
The Tennessee startup is the first company in the US to grow the indigo plant at a scale usable by the commercial denim industry.
