Miquel Ros had been an information manager at Bloomberg when he started on a ‘side project’ to create an interactive map of his favorite cheeses, their origins, and the[...]
Last week I launched a Massive Brainstorm around the question: how can we use social media tools like Twitter, Foursquare, & Facebook to affect the 2012 Farm Bill? I received t[...]
Do you ever feel overwhelmed when trying to make healthy food decisions? Do you find yourself standing in the aisles of your grocery store trying to navigate ingredient lists, nutr[...]
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[...]
Here in NYC, the food and tech space is growing rapidly. On August 21st, I had the pleasure of attending Future of Local Media’s Eat. Blog. Love. The Future of Food, which ex[...]
With one week to go until the JustMeans Social Media, Technology and Change conference, I thought I would share a preview of what’s on the agenda. This conference brings toge[...]
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[...]
If there were no grocery stores, CSAs, or farmers markets, how would you use technology to get food? Food+Tech Meetup organizer Elizabeth McVay Greene posed this question to a grou[...]
Mashable's UN Week Digital Media Lounge revealed many business and hacker opportunities just waiting to be tapped into. Get ready to get your nerd on. Development organizations hav[...]
The first two days of the UN Digital Media Lounge (DML) provided great insight into how the world’s leading development organizations are leveraging technology to improve the[...]
The farmer usually knows best – for his or her land, crop, livestock, and profitability, among other things. As a girl on a Minnesota farm in the ‘80s and ‘90s, I was in awe of my [...]