Milwaukee startup Agricycle Global recently launched Jali Fruit Co., a brand of sun-dried fruits grown by women farmers in sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean. The company makes the products using its solar dehydrators.
Agricycle co-founder Claire Friona created the dehydrator as part of a class at the Milwaukee School of Engineering. The solar-powered dehydrators are manufactured in Elkhorn in Walworth County and shipped overseas.
Agricycle’s solar dehydrators dry natural fruit from more…