Food Bloggers, meet the new food content aggregator- FoodPress. FoodPress will highlight the hottest food-related posts from WordPress.com. The new site is a collaboration between [...]
In need of some Monday inspiration? Hopefully this video of Tim O’Reilly’s OSCON Conference 2010 keynote talk will do the trick! I stumbled upon it last night and was i[...]
Neighbor Dining is a new social dining concept conceived of by creative artist Luong Lu and European energy provider Vattenfall. The idea is to use a social media platform that int[...]
Here in NYC, the food and tech space is growing rapidly. On August 21st, I had the pleasure of attending Future of Local Media’s Eat. Blog. Love. The Future of Food, which ex[...]
Cooking for Geeks: According to O’Reilly Media, “If you’re a programmer, hacker, or maker who is interested in learning how to cook, this book is for you.” [...]
New York Times food columnist Amanda Hesser has long captured the hearts of foodies worldwide. Last year, with the launch of food52, she and co-founder Merrill Stubbs, began charmi[...]
With one week to go until the JustMeans Social Media, Technology and Change conference, I thought I would share a preview of what’s on the agenda. This conference brings toge[...]
What would you do if there were no supermarkets, farmers markets, or csas? Two MIT students have a concept design that would allow you to print your food.[...]
Does your organization ever have problems that seem too difficult, large, or expensive to solve? If you work within the food system, your answer is most likely YES. Why? Because th[...]
Cover of Hungry City: How Food Shapes Our Lives It is my pleasure to invite you to join us for the 2nd annual “Hungry New York” to celebrate the strategic and creative synergies be[...]
If there were no grocery stores, CSAs, or farmers markets, how would you use technology to get food? Food+Tech Meetup organizer Elizabeth McVay Greene posed this question to a grou[...]
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.[...]
Meet your Feast Feast food community (above). Innovations at the table are rebuilding community and creating models for innovation across a wide range of disciplines. The Feast Con[...]
"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[...]
I am thrilled to invite you to join me for what promises to be a deliciously thought-provoking culinary ideation experience. Over the past couple of months, I have been working in [...]
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[...]