Archive for Category: "IdeaCOMM"
Nicola Twilley On Food As A Lens For Understanding & Changing The World
GOOD Food Editor Nicola Twilley launched GOOD magazine’s new Food hub this past January. Through her editorial direction at GOOD, her blog Edible Geography, The Foodprint Project, the “Landscapes of Quarantine” exhibition, and Future Plural she helps us use food as a lens through which we can explore, understand, and reshape conversations about the design of health, global trade, poverty, cities, the environment, and of course food
Greenling’s Vision For the Future of Grocery Shopping
Meet Mason Arnold, Co-founder and CEO of Greenling, the first and largest fresh, organic and local grocery delivery service in Central Texas. Greenling is tackling one of the greatest challenges facing local food systems: distribution. They use technology to shorten the supply chain and make it easier for consumers to access fresh, local produce through the delivery of CSA-style boxes
Consmr: Using Your Social Network to Inform Grocery Choices
Meet Ryan Charles, co-founder of Consmr a new social sharing website for consumer packaged goods. The site allows you to rate, review, and check-in to grocery and drugstore products, which can then be shared with friends through your social networks.
USDA Director of Web Communications Amanda Eamich on USDA2.0
Meet Amanda Eamich, Director of Web Communications for the USDA Office of Communications. In December 2009, the White House issued the Open Government Directive, requiring federal agencies to make important data available online and to increase transparency, participation, and collaboration. Eamich is changing the way the administration communicates with citizens by leveraging various new media tools. The USDA
Lovefre.sh: Crowdsourcing an Augmented Landscape Of Local Food
“We believe that change is needed in the way we consume and produce food. We don’t pretend to have the answer to what that change should be. It’s complicated. However, we see huge benefit in reducing the carbon footprint of our consumption by sourcing food locally wherever possible. Huge sense in the notion that by
Grubster Aims To Be The “Pandora of Social Restaurant Recommendations”
Meet Jonathan Shapiro, Founder of the recently launched Grubster, a new iPhone application and website that allows you to search for recommendations on specific dishes at a restaurant, currently available in New York and Austin. Like Eastdrink.it and Dinevore, Grubster wants to help you socialize, simplify, and optimize your dish choices at a restaurant. Shapiro
SXSWi Food+Tech Event- IdeaCOMM: Instant Data Evolves A Community
Join us in creating SXSW’s first-ever virtual farm-to-table community and feast on a new future of food. Sign up here to receive an invite. Want to have your startup featured at the event? We would love to invite yout to demo and pair your product with a chef who will use it to design the menu,
