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The USDA is stepping up their online engagement and open data efforts with the Google+ Hangout and follow-up Twitter Chat they are hosting in conjunction with their updated Know Y[...]
Real Time Farms launched the FixAntibiotics Food Finder. The first of its kind map enables consumers to find retail locations, farmers markets, farms and restaurants selling meat [...]
In anticipation of the impending challenge of feeding 9 billion people by 2050 , the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Institute [...]
FixFood's Meat Without Drugs campaign breaks down how "superbugs" travel from the farm to you.
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A roundup of some of the alarming connections between the drug industry and the food industry.[...]
New survey results from Consumer's Union indicate that 86 percent of the consumers think meat raised without antibiotics should be available in their local supermarket.[...]
USDA dietary guidelines recommend that 50 percent of our daily food intake should be fruits and vegetables. But there is clearly a disconnect between the guidelines and the mere 2[...]
More and more restaurants, supermarkets, universities, hospitals, and food service providers are trying to figure out how they begin to source ingredients locally. FarmersWeb, a ne[...]
Two student groups tackling hunger and agriculture management challenges emerged as winners in the U.S. Finals of Microsoft's Imagine Cup Software Design Competition.[...]
In this video from his talk at The Long Now Foundation in 2009, Michael Pollan discusses the feasibility of genetically engineered crops designed to support sustainable agricultur[...]
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has recently released a new resource that will make its agricultural development strategy a whole lot easier. The [...]
Horto domi is a new Kickstarter project to develop open source environmental controllers for raised-bed gardens enclosed within a geodesic dome.[...]
Yesterday, the USDA launched Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food (KYF) Compass, a new digital report that details USDA support for local and regional food projects. The wealth of data[...]
A new report on the "water footprint of humanity" from scientists at the University of Twente analyzes and maps global water use from 1996 to 2005. According to the study, agricu[...]
Bon Appétit Management Company, which operates cafés for companies including Twitter, Yahoo! and eBay, announced Tuesday the rollout of a comprehensive farm animal welfare policy t[...]
Marija Jacimovic and Benoit Detalle have produced a beautiful stop-motion film that uses vegetables to visualize Pollan's "Food Rules" talk, given at the Royal Society for the enco[...]
Food and agriculture know are low margin industries. Paul Lightfoot, Chief Executive Officer of BrightFarms, a company that designs, finances, builds and operates greenhouse farms [...]
It's social, visual, viral, and easy to use, which are just some of the reasons why brands like Whole Foods, Food52, Chobani, Sustainable Table (GRACE Communications Foundation), C[...]
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[...]
Local food seems to be all the rage - but how big is the trend and how is it working out for small scale farmers? [...]
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 [...]
Monday, Food+Tech Connect announced the winners of the Farm Bill Hackathon, but several other interesting projects were also created.[...]
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[...]
Mark your calendar! On December 3, Food+Tech Connect & Gojee are bringing together journalists, technologists, designers, policy makers, and food data specialists to develop tools [...]
Farm Hack is a branch of the National Young Farmers’ Coalition that consists of blogs and events where people can share information and technological innovations in agriculture. T[...]
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