Local food is all the rage in the sustainability movement, but bringing local food to scale to build upon market demand for sustainably-produced edibles is not always an easy task.
A few students at Columbia University noticed that their campus colleagues were jonesing for healthy and appetizing food alternatives. To meet that need, the students created a business—which they titled NOM3 (i.e. Nom Nom Nom)—that would bring local and healthy food options (with a close eye on taste) to the Columbia campus, via a student-run truck.
To help their business get off the starting block, NOM3 recently entered and won the SmartView Eco Entrepreneurship Challenge. CRD Analytics hosted the Challenge to get Eco Entrepreneurs to submit a 30-second YouTube video about their idea, explaining how it could reduce our collective carbon footprint.
Here is the NOM3 video:
NOM3 was one of the three winners selected from the Challenge to pitch their sustainable startup to around 100 leading finance professionals at the Sustainability Round Table at the NASDAQ Market Site on May 14th. As winners, they also had the opportunity to participate with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) in the NASDAQ closing bell ceremony, and to be personally introduced to two conference attendees of their choice.
BrownFlynn was proud to sponsor Nom3 in the SmartView Eco Entrepreneurship Challenge. Principal Barb Brown and Director of BrownFlynn Learning Beth Meany joined them at the Sustainability Round Table and at the NASDAQ closing bell ceremony (click here to see our photos on Facebook!).
Below is our interview with NOM3:
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