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From NASA to Your Lasagna: Inside Maia Farms' Award Winning Mushroom Protein with Jason Mackay and Asha Wheeldon: SIAL Summer Bonus Episode

From NASA to Your Lasagna: Inside Maia Farms' Award Winning Mushroom Protein with Jason Mackay and Asha Wheeldon: SIAL Summer Bonus Episode13 aug18 min

Live from SIAL Canada in Montreal, Michael LeBlanc and Dr. Sylvain Charlebois meet the winners of the show's startup pitch competition: Asha Wheeldon, Founder and CEO of Kula Foods and a member of the Maia Farms team, and Jason Mackay, Chief Marketing and Sales Officer at Maia Farms. The Vancouver company turns oyster mushrooms and Canadian yellow peas into high-protein, clean-label ingredients, and just became the first ingredient supplier to take the prize.