Food+Tech Bites 11/29 – 12/5

Register: http://foodhack.eventbrite.com/
When: 12/4, 8AM – 8PM
Where: Soho Haven
Why: On December 4th citizens from around the world will be coming together at local hackathons to design, code, and create projects using open public data.

Special Treat: Domonic DiFranzo, one of the data.gov architects responsible for bringing Semantic Web Technologies to open government data will be joining us and kicking off the event with a talk on Food Ontology and the Semantic Web.

Jimmy Carbone of Jimmy’s No.43 has also graciously offered to sponsor delicious beer for the event.

Information Bites

Speaker Quinn Announces “FoodWorks New York” – The Council of The City of New York
Last Monday, Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn announced “FoodWorks New York”, a new effort by the City Council to produce the first ever comprehensive plan to use New York City’s food system to create jobs, improve public health and protect the environment.

Yelp introduces check-in offers, following Foursquare and Facebook’s leads – The Washington Post
Last Tuesday, Yelp upgraded its check-in feature–which had previously only offered users the chance to become the “duke” or “duchess” of an establishment by logging enough visits–to allow merchants to offer discounts or freebies to Yelpers who announce their patronage through its apps.

Gastro-Vision: Food and Technology in an Art Lab – art:21 blog
Stefani Bardin’s Eyebeam project takes viewers on a journey through the human digestive system withe the M2A™ and the SmartPill, which is a a hard capsule pill endoscope that can take pictures of the GI tract after being swallowed. Bardin has partnered with our friend Mike Lee of StudioFeast to prepared two meals for the project.

Creative Farming: My Father’s Pig Hut on wheels – Green State Fair
Ulla Kjarval writes about her father’s creative invention: mobile pig feeders and huts, so that they can move the pigs around their farm.

Agriculture Sec. Vilsack on U.S. Food Insecurity– CBS News
Secretary to the Dept. of Agriculture Tom Vilsack speaks to Katie Couric about food insecurity in America and how the government is providing assistance.

Taking a Twitter-Like Approach to Action Review: Creating a New Method By Stitching Others Together – ICT-KM
The Collaborative Reflection Challenge is a new way of engaging large groups of people to reflect on and share their thoughts on an event in a meaningful but way.

Parent Earth Newsletter
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