Mario Batali shares his vision for how technology can be used to improve the future of dining, including educating consumers and reducing food waste.[...]
An eMarketer report released this week outlines how user-generated content is a growing source of food inspiration online and offers some interesting stats.[...]
New research released today by Rosenheim Advisors, a strategic and financial consulting firm, and León, Mayer & Co., an investment banking and private equity firm, indicates an app[...]
What can tweets tell us about global food consumption and its impact on emotional well-being? FoodMood is an interactive data visualization project that aims to measure global food[...]
"How do I use the internet to attract more customers?" is one of the most frequent questions asked by restaurant and bar owners. While listing services and online ordering websites[...]
Rev Ciancio demystifies 10 social networks, helping restauranteurs learn how to use these platforms to foster brand awareness, online engagement and better customer service.[...]
There are two interesting pieces of news from last week on the ways social media is being leveraged to share information about food safety concerns, as well as to predict outbreaks[...]
Our SXSW food picks for those attending or following SXSWi on Twitter this week. I will be organizing some impromptu Food+Tech happy hours. Follow the hashtag #SXfoodtech for more [...]
It's social, visual, viral, and easy to use, which are just some of the reasons why brands like Whole Foods, Food52, Chobani, Sustainable Table (GRACE Communications Foundation), C[...]
Last Friday, Food+Tech Connect posted “Carbs are Killing You” as the Infographic of the Week, and we received almost 70 comments on the visual. The responses are interesting and ex[...]
This week’s Infographic of the Week was created by G+, and explains in detail the tech trends of the past year. But what Top Tech Trends of 2011 doesn’t tell you is th[...]
home cooking experience is undergoing dramatic changes, in part thanks to the iPad, e-book readers and mobile phones. This trends report offers a detailed look at the world of reci[...]
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 - [...]
[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[...]
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 [...]
I believe that we will start to see a new factor: social food cooperatives. Social tools will lead to an alternative food system to the extent that people choose to spend more time[...]
This year we witnessed first hand the power of open source tools to quickly spread the word about food system policy and planning. When Sedgwick, Maine passed the first food sover[...]
We can think about how to hack the food system through both pragmatic and applied innovation, and also through imaginative and critical engagements with agriculture and food. One o[...]
Studiofeast's Mike Lee decided to have a little fun during the Hurricane lockdown, asking his twitter followers : "Tweet me your hurricane food items, I'll tweet you back a recipe.[...]
We think South By South West, the largest digital-interactive conference in the United States, offers a unique opportunity to connect with and learn from a cross-disciplinary grou[...]
An interactive Google map created by development shop Small Farm Central has spruced up the new Color of Food directory locating farms and food institutions in communities of color[...]
Every year, thousands of people submit panels for SXSW, the largest digital-interactive conference in the United States. I am excited to have the opportunity to have submitted a pa[...]
The FAO hosted a tweet-up today on "Building a Food-Secure Future in the Horn of Africa." The discussion generated a fair amount of buzz from NGOs and interested world citizens ali[...]
Interested in food, tech, media, and startups? Food+Tech Connect is looking for a media strategy intern to help us build the food tech community and market new services. The ideal [...]
Content is king when trying to attract readers and keep them coming back to your site. How do you sustain an audience? Several well-known writers opened up about strategies for kee[...]