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From our Q&A with the startup that wants to organize the world’s food knowledge to organic grocery startup Good Eggs laying off 15% of its staff, these are last week’s top food tech news and innovation stories. Like what you read? Feast your eyes on the full roundup 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. 6 Food Crowdfunding Platforms Launch in 2014

Our round up of the crowdfunding and investor matching platforms that launched last year.

2. Edamam Helps People Eat Better Through Nutrition Data

The two year old nutrition data startup has built a semantic food technology platform, which generates real time nutritional analysis of 1.5 million recipes.

3. Announcing Crowdfunding for Food Entrepreneurs with Nomiku Founder

Lisa Q. Fetterman has raised over $1.3 million through crowdfunding for her sous vide startup, Nomiku, and she wants to help you succeed, too. This intensive one-day bootcamp will be held in NYC on March 28, and the e-course will be available online in May.

4. Organic Food Delivery Service Good Eggs Lays Off 15% Of Staff –TechCrunch

The startup confirmed the downsizing as part of its plans to restructure the operations side of its business.

5. The Staggering Challenges of the Online Grocery Business – The Washington Post

It’s a business that everyone seems to want in on, even though new data show it’s awfully hard to do profitably.

6. Veggies Gain Ground as Farm-to-table Chain Scores Funding –Fortune

Ten-outlet New York City restaurant chain Dig Inn has raised $15 million. Who knew sweet potatoes and kale could be so lucrative?

7. Is State-of-the-art Farming Coming to a Field Near You? –Guardian

Agtech are gaining investors’ attention, but convincing farmers to apply it to farming practices is a big challenge.

8. Cooking App Kitchen Stories Nabs $1.8M Seed – PE Hub

Investors included Point Nine Capital and Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments. It will use the funds to expand its team, build community and launch an Android app.