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Startups in the food industry, and the food tech sector in particular, have seen quite a bit of turmoil over the past year. Prominent, well-funded companies like Good Eggs, Kitchen[...]
Rebecca Chesney of the Institute for the Future imagines a networked food future, in which natural and artificial objects can work in concert with each other.[...]
The first graduating ARK Challenge class launches companies to gamify grocery shopping, test food quality, connect retailers with small farmers and more.[...]
FarmersWeb lays out the challenges and opportunities for technology help disrupt the way we buy and sell whole animals.[...]
From a meat as a data structure to meat processing, these 6 icons help us think about the intersection of meat and information technology.[...]
Will Turnage explores software solutions for scaling small-scale local meat from an online marketplace for the group buying of meat to a custom ordering system local butcher shops.[...]
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 [...]
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[...]
This video from our July Food+Tech Meetup looks at innovative food distribution solutions. [...]
Fujitsu announced yesterday that it will be launching “Akisai,” a cloud-based platform to improve management of Japan’s food and agriculture industries, this Octo[...]
Peer-to-peer sharing, traceability and enterprise software are just a few of the ways technology is catalyzing a flexible, resilient and sustainable food system. With food tech as[...]
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 [...]
Knowing where food comes from and how it was grown is a top priority in an increasing number of American households. But aside from costly technological solutions employed by larg[...]
In honor of the first national Food Day, Food+Tech Connect is highlighting 5 innovative ways technology is being used to improve access to fresh, local food. The following selectio[...]
My focus has mainly been on solutions that try to pull some larger "levers of change" in the food system. Lately I've been talking with some funders and investment advisors who are[...]
[Editors Note: This is the fourth story in a series about meat distribution. Food + Tech Connect will run these stories every Monday for the next several weeks.] Exactly how much m[...]
The pork belly trade is over. Well, not exactly over, but done with on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. The reason: no one is trading frozen pork bellies any more. 50 years ago w[...]
You are growing, growing, growing. But alas, you have 80 plums, and no lettuce. What do you do? Well, you can set them outside of your apartment and hope they magically get traded[...]
Meet Sharleen and Mark Thompson, co-founders of Eggzy, a flock management platform for backyard chicken farmers that allows you to manage egg production, record expenses, calculate[...]
Illustration by Melkorka Kjarval Grass-fed beef has become a household name, but despite unprecedented awareness and demand, many American producers find themselves struggling to m[...]
Miquel Ros had been an information manager at Bloomberg when he started on a ‘side project’ to create an interactive map of his favorite cheeses, their origins, and the[...]
Do you ever feel overwhelmed when trying to make healthy food decisions? Do you find yourself standing in the aisles of your grocery store trying to navigate ingredient lists, nutr[...]
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