Post Tagged with: "agriculture"
Can FarmersWeb Help Local Food Go Mainstream?
More and more restaurants, supermarkets, universities, hospitals, and food service providers are trying to figure out how they begin to source ingredients locally. FarmersWeb, a new wholesale management tool and online marketplace, aims to make it easier for local farms and wholesale buyers to connect.
Microsoft Imagine Cup Finalists Tackle Real-Time Food Delivery & Livestock Monitoring
Two student groups tackling hunger and agriculture management challenges emerged as winners in the U.S. Finals of Microsoft’s Imagine Cup Software Design Competition
Innovator Video: Michael Pollan on Open Source Agriculture
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 agricultural systems
FAO’s Shiny New Agricultural Data & Information Sharing Tool
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has recently released a new resource that will make its agricultural development strategy a whole lot easier. The Agricultural Development Assistance Mapping (ADAM) tool is a platform that gathers information from diverse databases about agricultural development needs, objectives, in-country activities, and funding modalities, and aggregates
R&D Concept: Horto domi- the Open, Arduino Controlled Garden
Horto domi is a new Kickstarter project to develop open source environmental controllers for raised-bed gardens enclosed within a geodesic dome
Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food Data
Yesterday, the USDA launched Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food (KYF) Compass, a new digital report that details USDA support for local and regional food projects. The wealth of data and case studies are a valuable asset for those who want to help local food economies grow
Infographics of the Week: Water Footprint of Humanity
A new report on the “water footprint of humanity” from scientists at the University of Twente analyzes and maps global water use from 1996 to 2005. According to the study, agriculture accounts for a staggering 92% of annual global freshwater consumption. Production of cereal grains accounts for 27 percent, meat for 22 percent, and dairy for 7 percent of this consumption
BAMCO’s Role in Making New Farm & Food Data Available
Bon Appétit Management Company, which operates cafés for companies including Twitter, Yahoo! and eBay, announced Tuesday the rollout of a comprehensive farm animal welfare policy that has the potential to make significantly more information about growing practices available. As an industry leader with significant purchasing power, these commitments set an important precedent for increased transparency through certification, and with it an opportunity to open up data that has been largely unavailable
Stop-Motion Animation of Michael Pollan’s Food Rules [Video]
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Marija Jacimovic and Benoit Detalle have produced a beautiful stop-motion film that uses vegetables to visualize Pollan’s “Food Rules” talk, given at the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts (RSA) in 2010.
BrightFarms’ Business Model: How Tech & Efficiency Could Help Farmers & Consumers [Video]
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Food and agriculture know are low margin industries. Paul Lightfoot, Chief Executive Officer of BrightFarms, a company that designs, finances, builds and operates greenhouse farms at grocery retailers, is attempting to capitalize on what he sees as inefficiently produced fresh vegetables. And he recently secured a $4.3 million Series A equity financing round to do so
Eating Your Way Through Pinterest
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), Cabot Cheese, and now Food+Tech Connect are flocking to Pinterest.
Infographic of the Week: The Farm Bill Budget Visualizer
Looking for programs in the farm bill related to public health, international development or commodity support? The Visualizer is an invaluable tool that allows viewers to interact with the farm bill budget in ways not before possible.
Infographic of the Week: Direct Marketing of Local Foods
Local food seems to be all the rage – but how big is the trend and how is it working out for small scale farmers?
Infographic of the Week: Cotton vs Carrots
This week’s graphic compares the money given in subsidies to eight cotton farms in California to that spent on the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program supplying snacks to elementary schools in the state
Designers and Food Experts Create Infographics on Beef, New Farms
Monday, Food+Tech Connect announced the winners of the Farm Bill Hackathon, but several other interesting projects were also created
