The Red Sea Farms Team in a mentorship session with Dr. Merle Jensen.
Pictured in the photo (clockwise from top left): Dr. Merle Jensen, Jana Hubbard, Mark Tester, Ryan Lefers


Our Finalist Teams are hard at work refining their pitch presentations with their mentors in preparation for the final Awards Ceremony. One of our Finalist Teams, Red Sea Farms, hosted a virtual meeting with Dr. Merle Jensen, one of our mentors, to discuss his feedback about their business case. Many thanks to Dr. Merle and all our mentors who continue to support the FoodTech Challenge and provide valuable insights and advice to our finalists.  Our mentors are local and global experts in agriculture and food technology in industry, academia, and policy circles. You can find out more about their profiles here. 

We are also excited to announce a new page we’re launching on our website titled Discover Other Opportunities. Here, we suggest additional resources for entrepreneurs such as yourself to identify opportunities beyond the FoodTech Challenge to help you establish a food or agriculture business in the UAE. We invite you to take a look!

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Fun Food Facts
Alternative meat - or food from vegetarian or vegan ingredients made to approximate the qualities of meat - is a fast-growing industry with a long history.

The first recorded use of meat alternatives was around 200 BC – 200 AD in China, where tofu was referred to as “small mutton”. Today, alternative meat can be made with gluten-based ingredients, fiber, and pea protein.
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