Why ChowNow Partnered With Uber, S2G Launches $125M Food & Ag Fund + More

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From the launch of a new $125M sustainable food and agriculture fund to and inside look at JetBlue’s new airport farm, 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. ChowNow Partners With UberRUSH To Bring Delivery To 3,000+ Restaurants

We chat with ChowNow founder Chris Webb about how the partnership works and how it propels ChowNow’s restaurant-first ethos.

2. Inside The Innovations From Expo Milano’s Malnutrition Hackathon

Presented by Future Food Institute & Food Innovation Program, Feeding Fair brought together 150 hackers to tackle some of the biggest malnutrition challenges.

3. Announcing Fail Friday With Plum Organics, Hungryroot, Farmigo + More

Join us on THURSDAY, November 12 to hear stories of failure and lessons learned from the CEOs of Plum Organics, Hungryroot, Farmigo, Lawless Jerky and AccelFoods. We’ll also have snacks, drinks and networking. Get in touch if you’re interested in showcasing your product.

3. New Food and Agriculture Fund S2G Ventures Launches With $125 Million – Wall Street Journal

S2G is looking for “soil to shelf” companies and has already backed eight of them, deploying 18% of its fund to these deals.

4. Food Delivery Startups Want a Voice As the On-demand Field Gets Crowded – San Francisco Business Times

Startups Like Are You Thirstie, Good Eggs and Handpick turning to written content as a way to stand out.

5. Bay Area’s Food-Delivery Boom and Its Ethical Dilemma – San Francisco Chronicle

DoorDash recently dropped its driver rate from $7 to $5 per delivery. The shift hasn’t made headlines, but here’s why it should.

6. Are CSA Subscriptions Earning Farmers a Living Wage? – Civil Eats

New research says the CSA model has caught on like wildfire in recent years. But it might not be the silver bullet for small farm survival.

7. Farm To Air? Why JetBlue Is Farming At A New York Airport – NPR

The goal of the farm is to promote urban agriculture, supply local schoolchildren with a living laboratory about healthy food and to give free produce to its crew members.