Last Friday, I was extremely fortunate to attend The Feast Conference organized by AlldayBuffet. The Feast brings together creative entrepreneurs to feast on good, inspire action, [...]
Last week was Blog Action Day, a day where 4,319 Blogs and 33.2 million readers from 131 different countries came together virtually to highlight and read about clean water. In all[...]
In the spirit of President Obama's call for innovation, the USDA decided to take a different approach toward fighting obesity- gaming & competition.[...]
"Would you ever eat 16 packs of sugar?" That's what NYC Department of Health is asking in their newly released internet “Pouring On the Pounds” campaign video.[...]
Are you a visual thinker? I am and I dig data. I know for most its not a very exciting topic. In fact, eyes tend to glass over as soon as I utter the “d word.” But, I[...]
Mashable's UN Week Digital Media Lounge revealed many business and hacker opportunities just waiting to be tapped into. Get ready to get your nerd on. Development organizations hav[...]
CNN & Foursquare are collaborating to encourage healthy eating & local sourcing. As of this past Sunday, you can follow CNN at Foursquare.com/CNN and unlock the new CNN “He[...]
We know that systems are complex and interconnected. I write a lot about the ways in which data, networks, information technology and the web relate to the food system and to each [...]
Yesterday, USAID Administrator Raj Shah dropped by the UN Week Digital Media Lounge (DML) to discuss the Obama administration’s MDG Action Plan. Shah spoke at length about th[...]
The first two days of the UN Digital Media Lounge (DML) provided great insight into how the world’s leading development organizations are leveraging technology to improve the[...]
This week, as heads of state gather for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Review Summit, NGOs, bloggers, and journalists will be convening at the UN Week Digital Media Lounge[...]
On Tuesday Twitter unveiled the New Twitter: an information network that allows us to share and discover the latest news and information about the things that matter most to us. Th[...]
The recent egg recall underscores the highly complicated and fragmented infrastructure of our food safety system. It has become increasingly apparent that we need to improve capabi[...]
As a new blogger, I never anticipated that our Visualizing our Food System post would spread so virally. It was incredible to see the response it provoked from people across a ran[...]