Food+Tech Bites 11/22 -11/28

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Happy Holidays
Looking for creative holiday gift ideas? Give the gift of R&D-I-Y: mass collaboration to solve environmental problems. Check out Window farms hydroponic home kits and hydroponic education kits.

Windowfarms make some pretty rad gifts for teachers, gardeners, foodies, do-it-yourselfers, and environmental types!

The windowfarms project approaches environmental innovation through web 2.0 crowdsourcing and a method called R&D-I-Y (research and develop it yourself).

Information Bites

I am thrilled to welcome Nichelle Stephens as Food+Tech Connect’s new resident app expert! Be sure not to miss Nichelle’s Monday posts on the latest apps that are changing the way we produce, eat, and interact with food.

Last weeks not to be missed goodies: Fighting Food Deserts With An Android & Data For The Public Good, Elizabeth McVay Greene’s look at where we spend our food dollars & why they don’t make it to the farmer, an overview of the Farm Bill, and get your nerd on with newly released USDA farmers market data sets.

Council to Report on New York’s Food Industry, From Seed to Compost – NYT

Today, NYC Council member Christine C. Quinn releases “Food Works,” a report she commissioned to understanding NYC’s food system from farm to compost pile. The 86-page report lays out the Council speaker’s environmental, economic and health goals.

Bloom In Food Deserts: Apps Help Track New Fresh-Food Spots As Retailers Move In – Chicago Sun-Times

Mari Gallagher, who popularized the term “food desert” four years ago with her consulting firm’s groundbreaking report on Chicagoans’ public health, credits Android-operated mobile devices with enabling her to more easily document stores that sell food in the communities.

Michael Pollan on the Food Safety Bill – Washington Post

Michael Pollan talks with Ezra Klein about his thoughts on the Food Safety bill.

Economy 2.0? Meet ‘ifarmers’ – they plant, tweet – The Christian Science Monitor

Social-networking ‘ifarmers’ post messages from their tractor, or even from horseback, to reach consumers.

Food & Wine Magazine Serves Up Holiday Treats for the iPad – Mashable A Mashable favorite, Food & Wine’s holiday issue for the iPad includes photographs, recipes, and some how-to videos.