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From Brightfarms raising $4.9 million to build greenhouses on urban supermarkets to OpenTable acquiring Ness and getting into mobile payments , these are our top 5 picks from last week in food tech. Like what you read? Feast your eyes on the full roundup here. Or better yet, sign up for our newsletter and get the latest and greatest in food tech delivered to your inbox every week.

1. BrightFarms Raises $4.9M To Build Greenhouses On Urban Supermarkets

The round was led by GEN Partners, Emil Capital Partners and BrightFarms founder Ted Caplow. The capital will allow the startup to fund new greenhouse construction and build out its team.

2. OpenTable Buys Ness For $17.3M To Beef Up Mobile And Restaurant Recommendations – TechCrunch

The Ness app and site will be discontinued with the technology getting integrated into OpenTable’s product and development efforts.

3. How Technology Is Heating Up Food– Wired

Where large companies have struggled, startups are finding new and cheaper ways to meet consumer needs. Food startups are now tackling many of the problems in the food supply chain and bringing a faster cycle of innovation to the shelf.

4. Behind The Restaurant Tech Meetup Scenes

Nearly 100 members of the food tech community joined us for our NYC Food+Tech Meetup: How New Tech is Transforming Restaurants. We heard from 6 startups who are working to revolutionize the restaurant industry, from mobile payments to improving employee performance.

5. Organic Investment Fund Launched– Farming UK

The investment division of sustainable bank Triodos has launched a new €25.3m (£20.8m) investment fund, investing in leading, privately owned organic food and sustainable consumer product companies across Europe.

And don’t miss some of last week’s top stories:

2013 Food Tech Media Funding & Acquisition Trends Report

Increasing deal activity and deal sizes in the food tech and food media space resulted in $1.6b of investment in 2013 and $2.8b over two years.

Food Tech Media Startup Funding, M&A and Partnerships: December 2013

There were 8 notable food tech media acquisitions and 8 investments, for a total of $54 million in investment, in December 2013.