This weekend, I participated in a hackathon (a word that, until this weekend, I’d use with much trepidation because I knew that at any moment someone might ask me what the $#@! a h[...]
With Hack//Dining NYC just a little over a week away, we are excited to announce our lineup of rockstar Judges. Hailing from Union Square Hospitality Group, International Culinary [...]
Sidsel Robards of NY Sun Works on how educating our children about science through urban hydroponic farming can help create a more sustainable food future.[...]
Swipely's VP of sales highlights how new technologies are helping restaurants simplify everything from schedule and employee management to marketing and loyalty.[...]
It was 6 years ago I was first introduced to the world of PR. I picked up an internship at Ruder Finn Interactive where I continued to freelance for about a year. At the time, Twit[...]
The future of meat production is going to require extraordinary innovation. Our global population is predicted to reach 9 billion by 2050, both demand and prices for meat are set t[...]
The restaurant industry has typically focused on executing menu consistency and promotion to get customers in the door. Though it is plausibly the most important piece of their bus[...]
Guest post by Naithan Jones, founder and CEO of AgLocal. The views expressed here are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the views of Food+Tech Connect. 1. Gear Your Mi[...]
In August 2011, I hosted a Google+ Hangout (see the video below) to understand how the food world was using the new service. Among those that joined the Hangout were Rob Spiro and [...]
For 48 hours on June 21-23, over 250 food industry leaders, entrepreneurs, technologists and creatives convened at Hack//Meat Silicon Valley, a hackathon to develop hardware and so[...]
Food+Tech Connect and GRACE Communications Foundation present Hacking Meat, an online conversation exploring how information and technology can be used to hack (or reimagine[...]
Food+Tech Connect and GRACE Communications Foundation present Hacking Meat, an online conversation exploring how information and technology can be used to hack (or reimagine[...]
We need a digital tools to empower eaters with information that build demand for sustainably raised meat, say Dawn Undurraga & Kari Hamerschlag of Environmental Working Group.[...]
Beef Stakes, an art project by ITP student Sarah Hallacher, offers a sensory examination of 2011 beef production and consumption data from the top 4 U.S. producing states: Nebraska[...]
Food+Tech Connect's update of volunteer, donation and eating opportunities to support Sandy recovery efforts. share tips to @foodtechconnect on twitter, on Facebook or in the comm[...]
For the next couple of months, Food+Tech Connect will be posting a weekly update of volunteer, donation and eating opportunities to help support recovery efforts. Please share tips[...]
As a software engineer descended from three generations of butchers, Mike Caprio uses his ability to decompose complex problems into structured solutions to break down some of the [...]
There are many citizens, restaurants, bars, retail shops and farmers in need of everything from clothes, food and technical assistance to financial support, help cleaning up and hu[...]
[This article is part of a series of Food+Tech Connect 2011 Trend Reports. Others in the series include Recipe Websites, Apps & Publishing and Where Does Your Food Come From?][...]
[Editors Note: This is the third story in a series about meat distribution. Food + Tech Connect will run these stories every Monday for the next several weeks.] In mid July, the En[...]
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 [...]
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[...]
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[...]