Misen Crowdfunds $356k in 5 Days, Blue Apron Launches Wine Delivery: Weekly Top Stories

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From an inside look at the redefined chef’s knife project that’s taking Kickstarter by storm to restaurant payments app Cover getting acquired by Velocity, these are last week’s top food tech news and innovation stories. Like what you read? Feast your eyes on the full newsletter here. Or better yet, sign up for Food+Tech Bytes and get the latest and greatest in food tech delivered to your inbox every week.

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1. How Misen Crowdfunded $356k In 5 Days To Redefine The Chef’s Knife

We chat with crowdfunding bootcamp alumni Omar Rada about the evolution of Misen, why the campaign’s been so successful and his advice for other projects.

2. 10 Steps to Getting into Whole Foods: #2 Can Your Recipe Scale?

Producing your home-made food product at scale is no small feat. Bandar Foods shares tips for standardizing your recipe, working with co-packers and more.

3. Food Crowdfunding: From Chewable Coffee to Grass-fed Beef Delivery

Kick-ass projects including a Netflix for wine education, grass-fed beef delivery, protein beer and more.

4. Meal Delivery Start-up Blue Apron to Sell Wine, Sees Growth Opportunity – Reuters

People who subscribe to Blue Apron meals can sign up for a wine pairing option for $65/month.

5. Payments App Cover Sells to Velocity – Fortune

The terms were undisclosed. Velocity plans to keep Cover’s brand alive and its 20 employees on board.

6. Agtech Accelerator Yield Lab Opens for Class of 2016 – Exclusive – AgFunderNews

The accelerator will give agtech entrepreneurs the opportunity to access $100,000 in funding and nine months of mentoring and support.

7. Majoring in Food: Colleges Offering More Courses, Degrees – Civil Eats

The demand for college and university classes focusing on food systems is exploding.