I am thrilled to announce the launch of Food+Tech Connect’s new service: The Food Tech Job Board. After months of personally connecting people, I’ve decided to make it [...]
Meet Dan Berger and Matt Tendler, co-founders of Social Tables, a newly launched social networking site geared towards both event planners and event guests. I was first introduced [...]
Slow Money NYC's inaugural Entrepreneur Showcase and Resource Exchange featured ten entrepreneurs, including AgSquared, a farm management and planning platform. Watch their present[...]
Online business directory eLocal USA created the following infographic to visualize the true environmental, social, and economic impacts of our purchases. (Click to enlarge) Source[...]
I’m very excited about this week’s set of iPhone apps. With a tip of the hat to the Fab Five freshmen from the Michigan Wolverines back in the 90′s, I give you: the Fab Four free i[...]
Meet Ying Guo founder of Growing Gardens Growing Kids, a pilot project in the South Bronx aimed at teaching kids how to grow fresh produce. Ying is currently leveraging a customiza[...]
Non-technical startup founders often struggle to find technical co-founders. Entrepreneur Emil Petrone has a solution: quit your job, leave your home for two months, and teach your[...]
You may have noticed a fresh, new look on USDA.gov last night – we’re excited to announce the launch of our redesigned website! Our redesign team has been hard at work designing a[...]
Meet Sharleen and Mark Thompson, co-founders of Eggzy, a flock management platform for backyard chicken farmers that allows you to manage egg production, record expenses, calculate[...]
In this video from the INTERACTION eleven conference, Carl DiSalvo speaks about the growBot Garden project. The project brings together designers, researchers, artists, farmers, ga[...]
John Reinhardt recently launched the urban agriculture zoning and food sovereignty ordinance mapson his blog Grown in the City. Among other things covered, Reinhardt and his brothe[...]
Last week, Jas and I moderated a core conversation at SXSW entitled How Technology is Revolutionizing the Way We Eat. In this forum, the audience was encouraged to participate and [...]
Interview with Kareem Shaya, Founder of Farmonic, a field management platform for sustainable farms. Shaya is a developer with no agricultural background, but recognizes the immens[...]
GOOD Food Editor Nicola Twilley launched GOOD magazine's new Food hub this past January. Through her editorial direction at GOOD, her blog Edible Geography, The Foodprint Project, [...]
Today I join bloggers, corporations, and citizens from around the globe in celebrating World Water Day, a day meant to highlight the importance of water. Food and agriculture are t[...]
Meet Mason Arnold, Co-founder and CEO of Greenling, the first and largest fresh, organic and local grocery delivery service in Central Texas. Greenling is tackling one of the great[...]
Meet Ryan Charles, co-founder of Consmr a new social sharing website for consumer packaged goods. The site allows you to rate, review, and check-in to grocery and drugstore product[...]
Meet Amanda Eamich, Director of Web Communications for the USDA Office of Communications. In December 2009, the White House issued the Open Government Directive, requiring federal [...]
“We believe that change is needed in the way we consume and produce food. We don’t pretend to have the answer to what that change should be. It’s complicated. How[...]
Meet Jonathan Shapiro, Founder of the recently launched Grubster, a new iPhone application and website that allows you to search for recommendations on specific dishes at a restaur[...]
My interview with Miriam Simun about her project making cheese from human breast milk, posted on both Food+Tech Connect and Grist, provoked a substantial amount of conversation. We[...]
A month and a half ago, I interviewed Miriam Simun about her project making cheese from human breast milk. The interview spread virally through various channels such as The AV Club[...]
“We knew that the data contained in the stack of weekly circulars on our dining room table was valuable, but could be much more valuable if it were presented in a more useful[...]
Food is leading the way for digital innovation in the publishing world. Gourmet Live, a whole new kind of interactive content experience, and Foodpress, WordPress.com’s first[...]