date:Sep 27, 2019
For unsuspecting consumers, its truly amazing just how many natural materials can be turned into straws. In addition to glass and metal, there are now straws made from avocado pits and rye.
Last April, an Australian start-up founded Mister RYE -as part of the University of Adelaides new ThincLab Waite incubator program- a company that makes straws from, yes, rye. Founders Marion Vigot and Alexis Branlard formed a partnership with an organic rye grower about 120 miles east of Adelaide and plan t