New high-tech prototypes offer a window into the future of shopping and cooking. Here are two shopping and cooking innovations that might get you imaging the day when you checkout [...]
For the last few decades, we’ve all become familiar with the “Nutrition Facts” box that appears on the back of packaged food. But when you’re walking around the grocery store[...]
Information asymmetry puts consumers at a disadvantage. Investor Ali Partovi argues that enacting Prop 37 would "return us to a baseline of basic transparency from which a free mar[...]
On Wednesday night, the food+tech community packed into 4Food for the latest Meetup where the theme was the business of food e-commerce. There were over 140 people in attendance! T[...]
Partnerships can instantly boost a companies reach or offerings. In the food+tech space, we’re seeing a number of relevant couplings. OpenMenu and FoodTracker OpenMenu’s part[...]
Is the future of food brand advertising and recipe website monetization "native advertising"? Yummly thinks so. Today, the semantic recipe website launched what appears to be the f[...]
Working with the likes of Square, Dropbox and Yelp, Cater2me's office catering service makes it easy for companies to enjoy local, conversation-provoking foods from the best food t[...]
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 [...]
We have been following accelerator programs popping up around the country and became particularly interested with the ARK challenge, which launched its inaugural class in August an[...]
Craft Coffee is a monthly subscription service that delivers, well, craft coffee right to your door. They recently launched a fundraising campaign to expand the business and, in pa[...]
TangoTab is a deal maker with a conscious. Unlike other services like Groupon and Living Social, it has a socially responsible angle – it donates a meal for every coupon you use – [...]
Food Genius' business model has evolved, helping them land $1.2 million in funding and a partnership with GrubHub to launch Food Genius Reports, a restaurant trends dashboard for [...]
This coming weekend, USAID is holding its first hackathon, Hacking for Hunger. It’s a chance for technologists, subject experts and others to build applications that a[...]
The rise of subscription-based commerce startups gives more people the option to try new products. One such company, serving those with food allergies, is Savorfull.[...]
Door to Door Organics recently received a $2 million, Series A investment. The equity investment was made by Greenmont Capital, which focuses on early-stage companies.[...]
Locu is a local-data company that began by helping restaurants digitize and share their menus. With its new API, it has a chance to become the backbone of applications that help us[...]
Earlier this month, GoodGuide, one of the first startups to rate products on health, social and environmental factors using a scientific, research-driven approach, was acqui[...]
Today, Relay Foods, an online grocery marketplace for local foods, announced it has acquired Arganica Farm Club and raised $1.2 million to expand into the U.S. mid-Atlantic region.[...]
The USDA is looking for input from the public to help determine the APIs and mobile optimized websites they should prioritize development of between now and May 23, 2013. [...]
South By South West, the largest digital-interactive conference in the United States, offers a unique opportunity to connect with and learn from a diverse group of people using dig[...]
At the July Food+Tech Meetup, the theme was distribution — more efficiently getting food from farm to fork. Presenters from three startups outlined how they are tackli[...]
Real Time Farms announced Sunday a new partnership with Food52. Through the partnership, the startup will explore new avenues for making their database of information about farms a[...]