As the restaurant industry continues to grow, hiring and retention has become increasingly challenging. Job turn-over, which is time-consuming and costly for operators, increased b[...]
Most articles about “finding the perfect cofounder” sound the same They’ll tell you where to look to find cofounders, they’ll talk about finding experience that fill in gaps in the[...]
A growing number of companies are using technology to streamline distribution and help consumers buy local food directly from small farmers and makers. “The local online food[...]
Connected kitchen devices took this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) by storm. From smart refrigerators and interoperability apps to futuristic cook tops and even a sma[...]
2013 was most definitely the year of the meal subscription. From specialty diet and healthy food dinner delivery to dinner kits, investment into the very crowded space just kept fl[...]
How much time do you spend worrying about your competitors? Do you get stressed whenever they come out with something new? Do you get jealous whenever you see them get press? Do yo[...]
From new investment funds to accelerator programs to crowdfunding platforms, 26 new private food and agriculture funding sources launched over the past year. We’ve compiled t[...]
2013 has been a whirlwind year in food tech. Investment continues to pour into the space, which is helping many game-changing companies grow. At the end of every year Food+Tech Con[...]
Investment in the crowded food subscription space just keeps coming. The Center for Innovative Technology’s (CIT) GAP Funds announced Monday that it has invested an undisclosed amo[...]
While there is a lot of discourse about how we’re going to feed 9 billion people by 2050, there are few who are actually putting their money where their mouth is to finance the inn[...]
What if you could you could scan your food to get a complete picture of its calories, ingredients and allergens, all in just 3 seconds? Welcome to the future, folks. TellSpec, a re[...]
Considering the enormity of our country, and the hodgepodge of influences on our regional cuisines, experiencing the breadth of American cuisine is virtually impossible. Joe Ariel [...]
There have been a bevy of meal kit subscription startups that aim to make home cooking more accessible, easy and healthy which have launched in the last year. Leading the pack, Fir[...]
Interoperability of data and systems are virtually non-existent when it comes to agriculture. But one company hopes to change that. On Wednesday, AgSquared, providers of cloud-base[...]
In September, we spoke with The Orange Chef Company about Prep Pad, its soon-to-launch quantified cooking kitchen scale. The company had raised 155 percent of its Kickstarter camp[...]
Investments continue to pour into startups tackling healthy eating and meal subscriptions. Last month, Real Food Works, a healthy meal delivery startup, announced it had raised $17[...]
Earlier this year, we spoke with David Spinks, co-founder of online cooking education platform Feast, about how he planned to bring cooking education to the masses. At the time, th[...]
Guest post by Kacey Kropp of National Young Farmers Coalition. The views expressed here are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the views of Food+Tech Connect. On the sm[...]
There’s a global movement of entrepreneurs developing technologies who are helping preserve and reinvigorate local food systems. They’re creating everything from sensors and softwa[...]
This monthly column highlights the most interesting acquisitions, financings and partnerships within the Food Tech & Media ecosystem – digital content, social, local, mob[...]
Today is Food Day. More that 4,500 events are taking place across the US to empower people to eat real food. From farmers and health officials to advocacy groups and students, peop[...]
The daily tasks of operating a food retail business or restaurant can be daunting, even for the most efficient multi-taskers. Too often, startups and legacy operators find themsel[...]