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[...]
Wouldn’t it be nice if you could easily and quickly find the exact recipe you want, based on your personal health profile and preferences? Yummly CEO and Founder David Feller[...]
One glaring hole in the Food+Tech Business Model Canvas is, of course, revenue. The central issue for an online media platform (or any start-up business!) is how to monetize (ie, [...]
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[...]
It was 8:00 a.m. on a Saturday morning in Soho, the streets lay quiet and Broadway was not yet filled with shopping tourists. Though one floor above, at co-working space Soho Haven[...]
Yesterday, the Food Safety Modernization Act (S. 510) debate began in the Senate. The contentious S. 510 legislation will significantly expand the FDA’s regulatory authority [...]
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Last week, I posted a provocation for a ‘Massive Brainstorm‘ on how we could use social media to affect the 2012 Farm Bill. Inspired by the use of social media in the m[...]
I’ve started a weekly newsletter to help you keep up-to-date about interesting events, companies, and research that are changing the way we produce, distribute, and consume f[...]
What would you do if there were no supermarkets, farmers markets, or csas? Two MIT students have a concept design that would allow you to print your food.[...]
Does your organization ever have problems that seem too difficult, large, or expensive to solve? If you work within the food system, your answer is most likely YES. Why? Because th[...]
Last Friday, I was extremely fortunate to attend The Feast Conference organized by AlldayBuffet. The Feast brings together creative entrepreneurs to feast on good, inspire action, [...]
Last week was Blog Action Day, a day where 4,319 Blogs and 33.2 million readers from 131 different countries came together virtually to highlight and read about clean water. In all[...]