In the United States 35 percent of adults and 17 percent of children are obese. Medical costs related to obesity reached 147 billion in 2008 alone. And obesity-related conditions i[...]
The influx of recipe websites and the army of food blogs has generated a plethora of data about personal preferences, cooking methods, ingredient substitutions and geographical inf[...]
There has been an explosion in new resources and technologies for local and regional food systems. The folks over at Food Hub recently launched an interactive graphic to hel[...]
The latest infographic from Column Five and Massive Health maps the Satiety Index against the Inverted Glycemic Index to determine which foods fill you up and keep you satisfied.
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Where does your food come from? The answer is more difficult than you might imagine. Thankfully, a growing number of tech savvy entrepreneurs are leveraging their Web2.0 acumen an[...]
I’ve been a pescatarian for 17 years. This past year I made the decision to try my best to eat only sustainably grown and sourced seafood. While there were a number of reason[...]
Source: Jokr Every week we track the business, tech and investment trends in CPG, retail, restaurants, agriculture, cooking and health, so you don’t have to. Here are some of this [...]
This is a guest post by Errol Schweizer, Host of The Checkout Podcast, Co-Founder, Board Member For Natural Products Retail and CPG, Writer at Forbes.com and Former Whole Foods VP [...]
Source: NBC News Every week we track the business, tech and investment trends in CPG, retail, restaurants, agriculture, cooking and health, so you don’t have to. Here are so[...]
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S2G Ventures' The Future of Food in the Age of COVID report explores the pandemic's impact on food & agriculture and identifies innovation opportunities.[...]
Institute for the Future talks about its foresight research & how biodiversity creates new opportunities for human and planetary health, flavor & business.[...]
This is a guest post written by consulting firm Rosenheim Advisors; it highlights the most interesting acquisitions, financings and partnerships within the Food Tech & Media ec[...]
Guest post by Dr. Robyn Metcalfe, director/founder of Food+City The digital revolution is on track to completely transform our food system. We’re not the only ones who think so: t[...]
Participants in The Food Lab’s Challenge Prize can now launch Barnraiser campaigns to raise awareness, build customers and raise funds to grow their businesses. [...]
We're partnering with Force Brands to launch “Fail Friday." Join us on December 11 and hear stories of failure from Plated, Sweet Loren's, Health Warrior and more. [...]
Covering everything from the grocery store of the future to the home growing revolution, these our our SXSWi food tech panel picks. Vote for your favorites by 9.5. [...]
We've curated a list of all the food, health and ag panel proposals for SXSWi 2015. From insect eating to designing for food deserts, check them all out here. [...]
Guest post by David Feller, Founder & CEO, Yummly. The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not reflect the views of Food+Tech Connect. Netflix understand[...]
Every year, Food+Tech Connect dives into the trends that are transforming the way our food is produced, sold and consumed. Earlier this week, we published a roundup of the yearR[...]
Americans are addicted to sugar. On average we each consumed 130 pounds of the stuff in 2012. To get an idea of just how much that is, check out Jamie Oliver’s wheelbarrow d[...]
Ever wonder why cooking chicken always seems less desirable than preparing a juicy steak or why wine and cheese are a match made in heaven? The answers to such food pairing queries[...]