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Seal the Seasons

‘Profit with Purpose’ Mission + Major Sales Growth Lands Seal the Seasons in NYC Food Business Accelerator

Startups as interested in having a social impact as developing their products can find it difficult to communicate to investors how their mission can translate to business. It’s a struggle especially felt by Hillsborough-based Seal the Seasons, which has technology that flash freezes farm-grown produce to later sell to consumers at local community grocery stores, all while donating 20 percent of profits to end hunger. But in 2016, investors and consumers started listening. The founders closed a seed round and grew from selling produce in seven local stores to more than 500 across the region. And that momentum helped...

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