The future of food will include less meat, but combining insights in food, flavor and technology Foodpairing wants to ensure it's no less delicious. [...]
Food & Water Watch is convinced that we can’t shop our way out of our meat system problems – first we need to change the bad policy that has gotten us here.[...]
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 [...]
Hacking Meat is an online conversation exploring the ways that data, technology and new communication methodologies can be used to create a more sustainable, profitable and healthy[...]
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 [...]
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[...]
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[...]
Interactive design agency Teehan+Lax's "Labs" has developed a milk jug and Android mobile app that alert you when you are low on milk in your refrigerator .[...]
APIs are transforming the way we eat. Whether it’s at home, or when you are dining out, consumers (and developers) are empowered like never before. The combination of a great us[...]
Food gets it's fair share of bad press these days, and for good reason. Food+Tech Connect wants to help you explore new ideas for how information and technology can be used to chan[...]
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.' [...]
It is clear that there is a real need, and a real opportunity, to use data to tell the stories of the food movement and to support advancements in agriculture, advocacy, science an[...]
In this video from TEDxManhattan, James Beard Foundation Executive Vice President Mitchell Davis talks about taste as a powerful tool for social change. [...]
In this Innovator Series Video, Mihir Desai of Cross (X) Species Adventure Club talks of using science in our everyday lives to hack the food system.[...]
Adam Hofmann, Director of Marketing and Community Development at Zaarly, discusses creating a format to connect people throughout the food system.[...]
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[...]
The recent “Food Dialogues” - organized and funded by the year old U.S. Farmers and Ranchers Alliance - has a multi-million dollar annual budget, and the membership of some of the [...]
In honor of our one-year anniversary, Food+Tech Connect is asking leading food and technology innovators – how can information and technology be used to hack the food system?[...]
Tomorrow (Sunday, July 31) I will be joining Mike Lee of Studiofeast for the Google+ Hangout cooking lesson he’s hosting at 6pm EST. Mike and collaborator Soo Baik will be de[...]
One of the great challenges of building a startup is ensuring that your product meets market demand. This seems to be particularly true for data-driven startups, whose initial prod[...]
Up until a couple of weeks ago, the largest event I had ever organized were dinner parties for 10 in my apartment. Then the Food+Tech Hackathon came along. With 12 days of lead ti[...]
If you’ve been following this blog, you may have noticed that many of the startups I’ve interviewed are data-driven. Why? Because addressing even the seemingly most bas[...]
What a year for food and tech! It has been truly wonderful getting to know all of you over the past couple of months. I can’t wait to connect with more of you at the events ([...]
This Batch, uses the power of the web and smart supply management to offer local produce that's more on demand. Consumers win by getting more choice and flexibility of when they p[...]