Archive for Category: "Farms & Farmers"
Innovator Video: Food Chain
While consumer demand for information about where our food is coming from and how it’s grown is increasing, thus far there has been relatively little interest in the people that actually harvest it. A new film project explores labor practices within the United States agriculture sector and how the role the policies of large buyers, particularly supermarkets, play in perpetuating these practices.
Beekeeping 101: Online Classes Help Pay the Bills
The tech industry has brought about many recent innovations in business, but perhaps one of the most important for those in food+tech is the trend toward monetizing knowledge. No longer are entrepreneurs solely hoping low paying ads and internet product sales will pay the rent. Technology like webinars, ebooks and apps are helping innovative food
#Foodthanks: The Numbers
On Tuesday, I posted about the AgChat Foundations #Foodthanks campaign aimed at engaging the public in sharing thanks with those that grow and get our food from farm to table. Curious about the actual reach and scale of their campaign was, I used what the hashtag ?! to see what the statistics were for the
Thanksgiving #Foodthanks
Happy Thanksgiving! I hope you all are enjoying a delicious day with friends &/or family. I have so much to be thankful for this year, so I thought I would take a moment to give #foodthanks to all of the amazing farmers and food artisans that keep my belly and mind nourished. I feel truly
Agchat Foundation Launches Thanksgiving #Foodthanks Social Media Campaign
This Thanksgiving the AgChat Foundation has launched foodthanks.com and is asking people to thank those who help to grow and provide our food. The site offers five simple tips for how to show #foodthanks, which includes things like tweeting with the hashtag #foodthanks, blogging about the topic, and sharing links on the Facebook. The AgChat Foundation teaches
Food+Tech Bites 11/22 -11/28
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Feed on Data: Eating In Trumps Eating Out
In an article last week, I discussed data that shows that a farmer receives a dwindling portion of the consumer food dollar in the US. The data does not explain the ratio of whole foods to processed or prepared foods purchased, but one person who commented on that post attempted to reason, “The farmers’ share
Food Safety Information, Interoperability & Standardization In the Age of Twitter
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 over processed foods and fresh produce. The public debate was raging all day throughout my twitter feed, which inspired me to peruse google for food safety infographics. What I found
USDA Built The Dataset & Map, Now You Can Design a Farmers Market App!
In 2010, the USDA National Farmers Market Directory counted over 6,200 operational farmers markets in the country. That’s more than a 16 percent growth in farmers markets from 2009. In every state and season, shoppers flock to nearby farmers markets in search of healthy, fresh foods. Farmers markets can offer it all: from seasonal, fresh
Food+Tech Bites- 2nd Newsletter
Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. This weekly newsletter was started to help you keep up-to-date with interesting events, companies, and research that are changing the way we produce, distribute, and consume food. Have an idea, feedback, or an event coming up? Share it with me at danielle [at] foodtechconnect [dot] com.
Social Media: Rural Edition
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 the following tweet on Monday from Jason Boucher, an information technologist, writer in higher education, and independent artist manager from New Hampshire. I followed the
Massive Brainstorm: #IVOTED & The Farm Bill
The use of Twitter, Foursquare, and Facebook in 2010 mid-term elections helped to reach and engage a wide range of individuals who might not have voted otherwise. This serves as a potential model for activists to engage citizens in the fight for a new 2012 Farm Bill in. So, I’d like to propose a massive brainstorm around how these social media tools could be used to affect the Farm Bill policies
