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title: "Chipotle Names Eight Ventures to Its Accelerator Program, Including an Ostrich Farm"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/90e87495-7823-48f4-8d68-56d2e1fa7222
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/chipotle-names-eight-ventures-to-its-accelerator-program-including-an-ostrich-farm-2709022
category: "Mexican"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Mexican"
published: 2019-01-29T22:17:01.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:39:42.556Z
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# Chipotle Names Eight Ventures to Its Accelerator Program, Including an Ostrich Farm

**TL;DR:** Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. has named eight ventures to its first-year program, Chipotle Aluminaries Project. The program aims to help scale food-focused start-up ventures in areas such as alternative farming and food waste recovery.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2019-01-29. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/chipotle-names-eight-ventures-to-its-accelerator-program-including-an-ostrich-farm-2709022).*

## Story

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. has named eight ventures to its first-year program, Chipotle Aluminaries Project, according to an article on Food Business News . According to the article, the project was “ announced in August 2018 as part of the Chipotle Cultivate Foundation” and “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.”

In March 2019, each of the eight ventures selected will participate in a “boot camp” in Newport Beach where they will “create their plans for scale and receive coaching from industry leaders” including entrepreneurs and members of Chipotle’s c-suite, according to the article.

The eight ventures include Agvoice , a “mobile voice-interaction service designed for food and agriculture professionals to capture insights on the go"; American Ostrich Farms , “a vertically integrated producer of ostrich meat” made via more sustainable means than conventional meat production; Asarasi , a producer of “sustainable and renewable water harvested from the byproducts of maple trees”; GrubTubs , a service that collects restaurant leftovers and converts them into “sustainable animal feed”; and more, according to the article.

Katie LaTour is a staff writer for 1851 Franchise and Estatenvy. She has experience in copywriting, editing and translation, and has written content for brands including Coca-Cola, Ivivva and Ray Ban's. She holds a Master of Arts in Writing and Publishing from DePaul University and a B.A. in English and Spanish from the University of Dayton. Presently, Katie is working on a poetry collection and building a platform for Chicago creative professionals to share best practices.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- Coke (company)
- Chipotle Mexican Grill (company)
- sustainable products (topic)
- accelerator program (topic)
- alternative farming (topic)
- food waste recovery (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/chipotle-names-eight-ventures-to-its-accelerator-program-including-an-ostrich-farm-2709022). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/90e87495-7823-48f4-8d68-56d2e1fa7222).