The restaurant and dish discovery app space is getting crowded. In fact, I won’t write about another app unless it is powered by some innovative technology or employs interes[...]
Only one year after launching, semantic recipe site Yummly just broke through to 2 million monthly unique visitors, says CEO and co-founder Dave Feller. What’s been the secre[...]
Food+Tech Connect is expanding in order to meet the demand for more information about the latest innovations, investment opportunities, market research, and trends in the fast-grow[...]
We think South By South West, the largest digital-interactive conference in the United States, offers a unique opportunity to connect with and learn from a cross-disciplinary grou[...]
An interactive Google map created by development shop Small Farm Central has spruced up the new Color of Food directory locating farms and food institutions in communities of color[...]
Every year, thousands of people submit panels for SXSW, the largest digital-interactive conference in the United States. I am excited to have the opportunity to have submitted a pa[...]
‘Standards’ and ‘interoperability’ are fast becoming restaurant industry buzz words, at least from the tech side. Restaurants still largely operate in a ve[...]
*Jameson is a guest blogger for Food+Tech Connect and a middle school student at Sts. Philip and James School in Long Island, NY.* One in three Americans suffer from obesity[...]
A heavy-hitting group of investors including Dave McClure, Ilya Fushman, William Rosenzweig, Aki Sano and Tom Cole came together at “The New Food Chain: Investing in Food Sta[...]
Here at Food+Tech Connect, we are committed to promoting and facilitating the development of open standards for the reporting and sharing information about food. We do so because [...]
[Editors Note: This is the second story in a series about meat distribution. Food + Tech Connect will run these stories every Monday for the next several weeks.] “The question is, [...]
According to the Smarter Planet Blog, “In June, a team of five IBMers spent three weeks in Milwaukee as part of the company’s Smarter City Challenge grant program with the goal of [...]
In what interesting ways are food tech innovators using Google+? Joining Studiofeast founder Mike Lee for his first Google+ cooking demonstration two weeks ago opened my eyes to ju[...]
Meet Carly Chamberlain, co-founder of Gusta, a new platform that aims to help supper clubs, pop-up restaurants, and artisan teachers connect with 'foodies,' manage events, and buil[...]
Calling all Food Advocates & Designers This Saturday, August 13, 2011, Code for America and The Noun Project are bringing together designers and food advocates to create new s[...]
One by-product of the artisanal food movement’s renaissance in the United States is that consumers are demanding more information about what’s in our food, where it co[...]
This past Sunday I got to join Mike Lee of Studiofeast for his first Google+ Hangout Cooking Class. Google+ Hangouts is a free video conferencing service that allows you video cha[...]
Tomorrow (Sunday, July 31) I will be joining Mike Lee of Studiofeast for the Google+ Hangout cooking lesson he’s hosting at 6pm EST. Mike and collaborator Soo Baik will be de[...]
How can data exhaust produced through social networks be leveraged to improve web search? What business models are emerging based on the monetization of digital assets rather than [...]
Last week, Environmental Working Group released Meat Eater’s Guide to Climate Change+Health, to make it easier for consumers to green their diet and the planet. They partnere[...]
"What do I want to eat?" In the era of the Web, where everyone is an expert, this seemingly simple question is becoming increasingly more difficult to answer. How do we sift throug[...]
One of the great challenges of building a startup is ensuring that your product meets market demand. This seems to be particularly true for data-driven startups, whose initial prod[...]
You are growing, growing, growing. But alas, you have 80 plums, and no lettuce. What do you do? Well, you can set them outside of your apartment and hope they magically get traded[...]
Lilly’s Table, a weekly subscription service that offers seasonal recipes and meal plans, is the brainchild of a former personal chef, Lilly Steirer. Her idea is very near and dea[...]
Meet Jeff Lee, Co-Founder of 7Lunches, a digital advertising service that allows restaurants to share their daily specials, in 140 characters or less, with local diners through ema[...]