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09 Jul 2013
It was a weekend of communal ideation, open conversation, hands on hacking and farm-to-fork eating.
For 48 hours on June 21-23, over 250 food industry experts, farmers, tech geeks and creatives convened at Hack//Meat Silicon Valley, a hackathon to prototype the future of sustainable meat. Organized by Food+Tech Connect in partnership with Applegate and GRACE Communications Foundation, the event produced 24 hacks that tackled industry challenges including increasing the supply of sustainable meat, whole animal utilization, and the terroir of grassfed beef.
We’ve put together of photo montage of the highlights of Hack//Meat Silicon Valley below. To view the full collection of event photos please visit our Flickr or Facebook pages.
Hackers, hackers everywhere during opening remarks
Danielle Gould of Food+Tech Connect, gives the weekend’s opening remarks
Stakeholder Jonathan Kaplan of NRDC surrounded by attentive hackers getting ready for the meaty weekend ahead
Destin Layne of GRACE Communications Foundation gives opening remarks highlighting the role of advocacy
Stephen McDonnell of Applegate presentes the Applegate challenge
Jenny Murphy of “Best Use of Technology” winning team, Agent Yum, and Jonathan Brill of “Best Design” winning team Beefopedia
Hackers talking with Marilyn Noble of the American Grassfed Association to better understand the challenges facing the bulk buying process
Lefty Ayers of ReRide Ranch and Mark Wilhelms of Red Meat Market
Stephen McDonnell, Jill McDonnell and Becca Brown of Applegate talk to hackers about how we can make it easier for young farmers to find land available for long-term farming
Brothers Nick and Zane Reed, members of the “Best Design” winning team CowShareWithUs
Hackers dining with Jonathan Kaplan of NRDC learning why we need consumers to demand meat raised without antibiotics
Greg Plotkin of American Farmland Trust, Eve Cohen of Animal Welfare Approved and Mark Wilhelms of Red Meat Market
Post-it filled whiteboard during the ideation phase of Hack//Meat SV
American Grassfed Association challenge team, MeatUs, ideating on how to increase transparency in the bulk buying process
Kathryn Quanbeck of NMPAN listens to team pitches
Yummly Recipe API demo
Matt Abdou and Jenny Murphy of “Best Use of Technology” winning team, Agent Yum
Saturday night nose-to-tail pig roast presented by Google
Josh Daniel, Tim West of Cosemble and Destin Layne of GRACE Communications Foundation
The amazing Google food team
Stephen and Jill McDonnell of Applegate in a meaty conversation with Philip Rooney and Kenneth Ng
Hackers hard at work while eating nose-to-tail Google fare
Mitchell Davis of the James Beard Foundation, Alexis Finch of Women Innovate Mobile and a group of hackers discussing how we can leverage place, breed and season to maximize deliciousness in grassfed meat
Kent Schoberle and Ryan Farr of 4505 Meats literally “hacking meat” in their butchery demo
4504 mobile meat shop yielded grassfed goodie bags for lucky Hackers
Danielle Gould of Food+Tech Connect leads off the final presentations while Agent Yum waits patiently to present their hack
Emily Olson, Usha Kizhakekara, Sharbani Roy and Meesha Ham presenting Think Meat, a tool that communicates key information about food to consumers at their point of decision
Jason Crayne presenting “Best Design” winning hack Beefopedia, a web-based portal that educates consumers on and celebrates the qualities of heritage beef
Judges Nicolette and Bill Niman, Michiel Bakker and Chris Cosentino recording hack scores
Cash Cow, a “Meat Button” and smart scale solution to help butchers track profitability
Philip Rooney, Krithika Yetchina and Daniel Pifko presenting MeatUs, a web-based solution that provides direct to consumer, whole-animal ordering
Judges Nicolette and Bill Niman, Michiel Bakker, Amol Deshpande, Chris Cosentino, Niko Hrdy and Anya Fernald.
Kevin Watt the moment his team, FarmStacker (an AirBnb-like tool that helps young farmers enter the profession by connecting them to land and capital while utilizing stacked agriculture) was named “Grad Prize” winner
Danielle Gould, Mariana Cotlear, Nina Meijers & Holley Atkinson, the Food+Tech Connect Hack//Meat SV team
Grand Prize winning team FarmStacker (Rob Trice, Wendy Millet, Kevin Watt, Emily Wang, Amy Bao) with Danielle Gould of Food+Tech Connect and Stephen and Jill McDonnell of Applegate
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