Wait, now rice is bad for you, too? Eating rice once a day can increase arsenic levels in the body by up to 44 percent , according to new research from Consumer Reports. Consumer R[...]
A number of startups are linking farmers and eaters directly but most don’t focus on meat. But Chicago-based Red Meat Market, which connects local ranchers directly with consumers [...]
The USDA is asking developers to create web-based tools and apps that make it easier for farmers, ranchers and others affected by the drought to get information on drought conditio[...]
Craft Coffee is a monthly subscription service that delivers, well, craft coffee right to your door. They recently launched a fundraising campaign to expand the business and, in pa[...]
Ever go out to eat, have a delicious ethnic meal, and leave thinking you’ll never know how it’s made? Global Kitchen is a new startup that might have something for you. Laun[...]
The New York Public Library has one of the largest collections of historical restaurant menus in the world—around 45,000 in total. The NYPL makes the data available via CSV and an [...]
TangoTab is a deal maker with a conscious. Unlike other services like Groupon and Living Social, it has a socially responsible angle – it donates a meal for every coupon you use – [...]
Food Genius' business model has evolved, helping them land $1.2 million in funding and a partnership with GrubHub to launch Food Genius Reports, a restaurant trends dashboard for [...]
Supermarket News has put together some helpful infographics outlining key datapoints from recently published consumer insight reports on nutrition driven shopping behaviors and how[...]
This coming weekend, USAID is holding its first hackathon, Hacking for Hunger. It’s a chance for technologists, subject experts and others to build applications that a[...]
The rise of subscription-based commerce startups gives more people the option to try new products. One such company, serving those with food allergies, is Savorfull.[...]
Door to Door Organics recently received a $2 million, Series A investment. The equity investment was made by Greenmont Capital, which focuses on early-stage companies.[...]
Locu is a local-data company that began by helping restaurants digitize and share their menus. With its new API, it has a chance to become the backbone of applications that help us[...]
Today, Relay Foods, an online grocery marketplace for local foods, announced it has acquired Arganica Farm Club and raised $1.2 million to expand into the U.S. mid-Atlantic region.[...]
How often do you find yourself throwing away wilted greens or leftovers that have sat too long in your refrigerator? Probably a lot, according to a new NRDC report that shows the a[...]
The USDA is looking for input from the public to help determine the APIs and mobile optimized websites they should prioritize development of between now and May 23, 2013. [...]
There are a lot of restaurant-recommendation services — by our count 29 — that want to help you find the right restaurant or dish. They generally break down by those th[...]
At the July Food+Tech Meetup, the theme was distribution — more efficiently getting food from farm to fork. Presenters from three startups outlined how they are tackli[...]
Real Time Farms announced Sunday a new partnership with Food52. Through the partnership, the startup will explore new avenues for making their database of information about farms a[...]
Can the human condition be understood through the lens of food? I AM WHAT I EAT a new film project tells the stories of people from around the world, using food as a medium for exp[...]