Armed with a dream investment team, and $6 million in Series A Funding, semantic recipe website Yummly is getting ready to build the world's first 'digital kitchen platform.' [...]
Cerealize, a new subscription website that allows consumers to design custom blended, organic breakfast cereal and have a box of it shipped to their home, took first prize for this[...]
Often startups try to attract talented teammates by offering benefits like ping-pong tables, video games, or gym memberships. While those things are valuable, a culture of good foo[...]
Two interesting surveys about technology use in restaurants predict trends for 2012. But the specifics of those trends seem to be lacking, and to find out more, Food+Tech Connect [...]
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 [...]
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[...]
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[...]
Speculation on 2012’s food trends are everywhere, from the newest “ethnic flavors” to the next super berry. But more interesting are the ways experts see technol[...]
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[...]
[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?][...]
Windowfarms, the open source hydroponic farming system and social network, has raised over $257,307 dollars on Kickstarter. The Windowfarms Project's success is a clear indication[...]
San Francisco’s growing Food and Tech community gathered together to explore the state of the emerging sector at a Food Startups Meetup, organized by Matthew Wise, Q&A p[...]
Grocery list and recipe search startup Ziplist uses a cadre of advanced technologies to make shopping and marketing easier and personalized, including natural language processing, [...]
One year ago, Anne-Victoire Monrozier and Grégoire Japiot, a wine company owner and a tech professional, decided to create a BarCamp - an open, participatory, workshopping event - [...]
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[...]
[This interview is part of a monthly series of interviews with leading food and technology investors. Be sure to check out last month’s interview with Ali Partovi.] Physic Ve[...]
Entrepreneurial Opportunity: There is huge potential for creating recipe, restaurant nutrition and grocery shopping tools that cater to non-English speakers. Additionally, educati[...]
This spirit of democratizing data is at the core of some of the most exciting things happening in the food tech space. From making healthier decisions to discovering deals to disco[...]
We had an amazing response - with more than 27 thought leaders responding to our question, and counting! The conversation will continue at Food+Tech Connect on Wednesdays, but be [...]
What attracted me to Foodfolio is that it is being used by grandmothers and mothers who want to preserve their recipes for the next generation. And if Foodfolio is helping that ca[...]
There are a lot of important lessons about building a successful online marketplace that can be learned from our experience working with Zaarly to source 20 lbs of grass-fed beef c[...]
We live in a backward world. A world where it is strange to know where our food comes from. Foods that are grown and processed without adulteration have to prove it, while the use [...]
My current work focuses on creating software that improves the home cooking experience. Over the past two years, I've worked with food writer Michael Ruhlman, and together we've st[...]