Journey Foods, an Austin-based food technology company, is launching a new collaboration with colleges and universities to support students in food technology research. The initiative, JourneyLabs, aims to diversify people working in food technology and create more data around food and nutrition.

Journey Foods was founded by Riana Lynn in 2018 with the goal of addressing inefficiencies in supply chain management to better feed the growing population. Lynn explains that data can help companies manage their supply chain, improve transparency in the food system, and improve accessibility to nutritious foods.

“We provide key actionable data that helps companies improve on their food science and supply chain opportunities, with a focus on data that supports nutrition, sustainability, and cost goals,” Lynn tells Food Tank.

Lynn believes that the research around food and nutrition conducted by universities can help advance the work of Journey Foods even further. To support this research, Journey Foods announced that they are launching JourneyLabs, a fellowship program that provides publicly funded grants to college-aged students at partnering universities across North America and Hong Kong.

“Journey Foods has built really great relationships with universities over the years, whether that is with students interested in food science, data science, or economics. Their work has really supported our growth and our research,” Lynn tells Food Tank.

Read the full article about transparency in the food system by Morgane Batkai at Food Tank.