Guest post by Rebecca Chesney, communications and research manager, Institute for the Future. The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not reflect the views o[...]
Our future of dining series marches on, and week 6 was jam packed with innovative ideas. Nicolette Hahn Niman of BN Ranch explores how the future of food depends on grass, Darren W[...]
Hack a Better Future for Food Food+Tech Connect, in partnership with Applegate, Google, Chipotle andStudio Industries, is bringing restaurant and foodservice rabble-rousers togethe[...]
Sustainable meat producers face many challenges, like scaling distribution, inventory management and USDA certification. As part of the USDA certification process, the agency requi[...]
Rob O'Donnell of Applegate asks if open source solutions could lower the barriers to entry for getting smaller companies to use meat traceability tools. [...]
Studiofeast explores new approaches to cooking based on dish structure, rather than traditional recipe format. They believe this will result in a much more fulfilling experience in[...]
In this video from his talk at The Long Now Foundation in 2009, Michael Pollan discusses the feasibility of genetically engineered crops designed to support sustainable agricultur[...]
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[...]
FOOD 2.0: Open Source Food from Food Tech Connect on Vimeo. The Open Source Food panel raised a diverse and complicated array of ideas about what exactly open source is and how it [...]
On Thursday I discussed the loading of the data from the spreadsheet into a map. While the map is free, it is obviously limited. There are not nearly as many options for displaying[...]
In yesterday’s installment, I spoke of how we decided to store our data, what freeing the data means for us and for others, and how we found a simpler data solution that worked for[...]
In this five part series, Bob Wall breaks down how created the interactive mapping system for the food sovereignty, urban agriculture zoning, and food policy council maps. In part [...]
Please meet our newest contributor Bob Wall. Bob recently launched iTools: Urban Ag Technology, a weekly column on Grown In The City, that focuses on the intersection of urban agri[...]
Everyday, food lovers from all over the world log on to the web in search of recipes. A growing number of sites, such as Food52 and Gourmet Live, are helping to democratize, person[...]
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[...]
Happy 2011! A new year, a fresh set of goals. Ready to build something new? Or adopt a fresh approach to an ongoing project? If so, I have a post-holiday treat for you: a business [...]
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 ([...]
Last week I introduced Simon Sinek’s golden circle – which shows that successful innovators start from a clear conviction or purpose that inspires belief and loyalty. The purpose o[...]
Ready, Set,.. Where you do you start? Every entrepreneur is bursting with at least one good idea. Usually more. When you are bursting with good ideas and feel connected to multiple[...]
I am thrilled to introduce Christine Rico, my business and idea weaving advisor. Christine and I have been working together to take all of my ideas and the amazing people and oppor[...]
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[...]
Thank you so much to everyone who came out yesterday for the inaugural Food+Tech Hackathon! I will be covering all of the interesting people, projects, and outcomes from the event [...]
Crowdsourcing innovation is all the rage these days. Large corporations like IBM, Nokia, and GE have all created web-based platforms to gather the wisdom of the masses. When I firs[...]