The first graduating ARK Challenge class launches companies to gamify grocery shopping, test food quality, connect retailers with small farmers and more.[...]
As consumer distrust of food labels and food allergies grow, these researchers are developing iPhone tools that will bring transparency to your smartphone.[...]
Looking for creative gifts for the food nerds in your life? We've got you covered with our top product, app, book and tasting box picks. These gifts are perfect for a variety of bu[...]
Recap of the Hack//Meat projects tackling universal meat industry challenges including farm consolidation, food labeling and consumer empowerment. [...]
The Hack//Meat hackathon winners helps improve communication along the supply chain and matches consumer demand for sustainable meat with grocery supply.[...]
Hacking Meat is an online conversation exploring the ways that data, technology and new communication methodologies can be used to create a more sustainable, profitable and healthy[...]
Mark your calendar! From December 7 - 9, Food+Tech Connect, GRACE Communications and Applegate are bringing together technologists, entrepreneurs, creatives, policy experts, non-p[...]
There are many citizens, restaurants, bars, retail shops and farmers in need of everything from clothes, food and technical assistance to financial support, help cleaning up and hu[...]
Information asymmetry puts consumers at a disadvantage. Investor Ali Partovi argues that enacting Prop 37 would "return us to a baseline of basic transparency from which a free mar[...]
Is the future of food brand advertising and recipe website monetization "native advertising"? Yummly thinks so. Today, the semantic recipe website launched what appears to be the f[...]
Wait, now rice is bad for you, too? Eating rice once a day can increase arsenic levels in the body by up to 44 percent , according to new research from Consumer Reports. Consumer R[...]
The USDA is asking developers to create web-based tools and apps that make it easier for farmers, ranchers and others affected by the drought to get information on drought conditio[...]
Food Genius' business model has evolved, helping them land $1.2 million in funding and a partnership with GrubHub to launch Food Genius Reports, a restaurant trends dashboard for [...]
Supermarket News has put together some helpful infographics outlining key datapoints from recently published consumer insight reports on nutrition driven shopping behaviors and how[...]
Today, Relay Foods, an online grocery marketplace for local foods, announced it has acquired Arganica Farm Club and raised $1.2 million to expand into the U.S. mid-Atlantic region.[...]
Three infographics break down and visualize staggering food waste data, how it relates to hunger and what consumers can do to reduce their waste. [...]
How often do you find yourself throwing away wilted greens or leftovers that have sat too long in your refrigerator? Probably a lot, according to a new NRDC report that shows the a[...]
The USDA is looking for input from the public to help determine the APIs and mobile optimized websites they should prioritize development of between now and May 23, 2013. [...]