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 [...]
After all those years of not eating red meat and cutting back on the mayonnaise, science now tells us it's carbs, not fat, making Americans overweight. This interesting infographi[...]
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 [...]
If you could plan your diet so that you got paid every time you chose a salad over a burger, would you chose the salad? would you chose the salad?
IBM “Master Inventor” Michael[...]
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[...]
The advice awaited me in my inbox Monday morning. “Use fat-free or low-fat evaporated milk in place of cream in coffee and tea for a smooth taste, more calcium, and little or no fa[...]
"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[...]
Any company building apps or platforms to improve the consumer shopping experience knows that grocery product data is EXPENSIVE, costing $100,000+ annually to license. This data is[...]
You have likely heard the paradox: 40 percent of food produced in the U.S. is thrown away (enough food trash to fill the Rose Bowl every day), yet it’s now estimated that one[...]
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[...]
“You’re about to die, what’s your last meal?” Anyone who signs up for Studiofeast's mailing list must answer this question. At the end of the year, the cooking collective then host[...]
In 1992, chefs Heston Blumenthal and Francois Benzi came up with a “food pairing hypothesis.” Now an article in Scientific Reports disputes the foodpairing concept. [...]
What could be more crowd pleasing than an infographic about coffee? How about an interactive visualization that allows coffee drinkers to chart their own caffeine use and preferen[...]
Chefs Homaro Cantu and Ben Roche of Moto in Chicago, have been experimenting with new ways to prepare and eat food for years. Now, the duo are exploring how the innovations pioneer[...]
On the Friday before Christmas, Food+Tech Connect brings you a graphic from the USDA's Economic Reporting Service to help put things into perspective.[...]
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” [...]
A comprehensive study released in October by Agro-Insight confirmed that while farmers in developing nations want access to agricultural information through instructional videos, [...]
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