WOA Raises $20M For Plant-Based Transition, Will Produce “World’s Lowest Carbon” Milk in Australia
WOA Raises $20M for plant-based transition, will construct Western Australia’s first oat milk factory for production of “world’s lowest carbon” plant-based drinks Wide Open Agriculture (WOA), an Australian company whose subsidiaries include Dirty Clean Food (DCF) and OatUP, announces it has raised $20 million to transition into plant-based production and construct a factory to initially focus on oat and then produce other varieties of plant milks. The funds will also support the expansion of a planned pilot facility to develop lupin proteins. WOA’s food brand, Dirty Clean Food, currently uses oats that are processed in Italy; the expansion activities planned with the fresh funds include the construction of what will be Western Australia’s first oat milk factory, so that the oats will be locally grown rather …
