What the World Eats [Infographic], 9 Food & Beverage Startup Accelerators + More

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From an inside look at how the New York Times is exploring how to feed the world and improve eating habits to MyFitnessPal’s integration with CookingLightDiet and MyRecipes, these are last week’s top food tech news stories. 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.

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Announcing 25 Scholarships to Our Restaurant Branding Bootcamp

On November 18, we’re hosting a first-of-its-kind restaurant branding bootcamp The Power of Brand: Growing Your Restaurant led by Union Square Hospitality Group’s former CMO (including special guests Danny Meyer and Richard Coraine).

We’re thrilled to be partnernering with ShopKeep to offer 25 restaurants FREE scholarships (normally $399). All you have to do is tell us what you’ll do with your new branding skills in this application.

New York Times Conference To Explore Feeding The World & Improving Diets

Featuring Mark Bittman, Michael Pollan and many others, Food for Tomorrow will explore how to feed the world and improve eating habits.

9 Food & Beverage Focused Startup Accelerators – Velocity

Featuring AccelFoods, Crafy Catalist, Food Hatch and more.

This French Startup will Dispatch a Professional Chef to Your Home – VentureBeat

La Belle Assiette raised $1.7 million in seed funding to continue growing and make key hires.

Forget Tofurkey. Here’s a New Batch of Meat Alternatives – Civil Eats

36% of Americans now say they seek out “meatless” meat. Here’s a look at some startups makting tasty and sustainable creations.

Calorie-Counting MyFitnessPal App Now Pulls In Recipes from Popular Sites – Mashable

When you visit any recipe page on CookingLightDiet and MyRecipes, a “log It” button will automatically add the recipe into your MyFitnessPal food diary.

Can Affordable Satellites For Farmers Help Solve The Food Crisis? – FastCo.Exist

As satellites become smaller and cheaper, they can help farmers get more precise data and squeeze more productivity from their lands.

What the World Eats [Infographic] – National Geographic

This interactive chart shows how the world’s diet varies. Select different countries to see how consumption has changed over time.