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For several months our team at Good Eggs has been researching the local food phenomenon around the country. We’re looking for ways in which technology can help grow and sustain loc[...]
As modern technology is adopted in widespread regions of our planet, it can provide poor people with access to many forms of media. Innovations like the internet and satellite tech[...]
One of eight SXSW's Interactive Accelerator Finalists in the Innovative Web Technologies category announced today, AgLocal aims to use technology to empower carnivores to buy meat [...]
"Changing the way we eat" means a lot more than simply cutting fat and calories from our diets. [...]
Last month, Food+Tech Connect recounted some of the challenges to scaling up farmer-to-farmer instructional video sharing programs. But improving access to instructional videos is [...]
Public protest of the government's attempt to restrict information on the internet through SOPA / PIPA has postponed the debate for the time being. But the question of open and fr[...]
The tech industry has brought about many recent innovations in business, but perhaps one of the most important for those in food+tech is the trend toward monetizing knowledge. No l[...]
"Knowing where your food comes from" is arguably today's biggest food trend. But to Source Map CEO Leonardo Bonanni PhD, traceability is far more than a fad. [...]
Looking for programs in the farm bill related to public health, international development or commodity support? The Visualizer is an invaluable tool that allows viewers to interac[...]
The U.S. Agency for International Development is celebrating 50 years as an organization. And after so many years of focusing on agriculture, the organization clearly has much know[...]
Several new initiatives have boasted high tech help for farmers in the face of climate change. But what do we currently know about how global warming will affect agriculture and c[...]
This week’s Infographic of the Week was created by G+, and explains in detail the tech trends of the past year. But what Top Tech Trends of 2011 doesn’t tell you is th[...]
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) helps farmers around the world share the risk and bounty of their harvest with those in their region. But what happens when your “community” [...]
Local food seems to be all the rage - but how big is the trend and how is it working out for small scale farmers? [...]
A comprehensive study released in October by Agro-Insight confirmed that while farmers in developing nations want access to agricultural information through instructional videos, [...]
This week's graphic compares the money given in subsidies to eight cotton farms in California to that spent on the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program supplying snacks to elementary [...]
FarmPlate.com is offering one year of free online marketing to farmers and small food-related businesses affected by Irene. Listing over 35,000 businesses across the country, FarmP[...]
The Village Voice Web Award was given on December 7, 2011 to Liza De Guia for her series “Food Curated.” Hurricane Irene Aftermath: The Story of Maple Downs Farm was a [...]
Windowfarms, the open source hydroponic farming system and social network, has raised over $257,307 dollars on Kickstarter. The Windowfarms Project's success is a clear indication[...]
The weather has not been kind to farmers this year. Extreme Thanksgiving, designed by Resource Media, visualizes how your Thanksgiving dinner may have been affected by the element[...]
An open call to filmmakers, designers, illustrators, web developers, photographers, anyone and everyone, to engage in the good work of producing savvy media about the "Agrarian Ren[...]
Last month, 14 survey reports were cut or reduced to save the USDA Statistical Research Unit $11 Million annually. At the same time, over the past few years there has been an explo[...]
[Video] Elizabeth McVay Greene of Plovgh talks of connecting consumers directly with farmers. [...]
Food+Tech Connect has created a simple time line (with lots of links) below to illustrate the State of the Farm Bill, and to explain that, in the end, the outcome of all this Congr[...]
No less than nine visualizations have hit the virtual airwaves in the past few months looking at the crisis in the Horn of Africa, each taking a slightly different approach to hung[...]
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