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Ryan Charles on Hacking the Food System: One Aisle Supermarket?
The digitization of food has ensured a critical mass of content surrounding many, but not all of the food choices we make. Web and mobile restaurant platforms provide recommendations down to the dish. When it comes to recipes you can take your pick from behemoths to emerging startups. Even with the perfect instructions how do you know which canned tomato is the best to make that sauce recipe
EATS+APPS: Feast on Food Apps During Social Media Week 2011
Food+Tech Connect is dedicated to building community for the growing food and tech sector- both online and off. I am thrilled to be working with Emily Cavalier of Mouth of The Border and Brian Quinn and Jonny Cigar of Noble Rot to bring the community together on next Tuesday, February 8, for an evening of great apps,
Yummly CEO David Feller On Food Data & Semantic Recipe Search
Wouldn’t it be nice if you could easily and quickly find the exact recipe you want, based on your personal health profile and preferences? Yummly CEO and Founder David Feller thinks so. Back in 2009, Feller recognized an opportunity to leverage recommendation engine technology to create a more intelligent recipe search engine, similar to Amazon
Where’s The Beef? Defining Food+Tech Connect’s Value Proposition
Hamburgers Tonight!, originally uploaded by jamieanne. To develop revenues for a business plan you have to have a clear idea of the value proposition. Or, to put it simply: Who will pay for what? This is the meat of the plan – the beef in the bun. To develop sponsorship revenue estimates for Food+Tech Connect
Why I Write About Food: Creating Community
What does—or could, or even should—it mean to write about food today? I am honored to join more than 40 amazing writers in a conversation about this question as part of a multi-site discussion hosted by Food Editor Nicola Twilley, in honor of the re-launch of GOOD magazine’s food section. It’s funny, in a million
CEO Brian Witlin On ShopWell & Their Data Driven Business Model
If you’ve been following this blog, you may have noticed that many of the startups I’ve interviewed are data-driven. Why? Because addressing even the seemingly most basic food system challenges, such as what to eat, requires the management of large amounts of data. I’ve spent the last eleven months speaking with people about ways t0
2010 Food+Tech Highlights
What a year for food and tech! It has been truly wonderful getting to know all of you over the past couple of months. I can’t wait to connect with more of you at the events (hackathons, classes, and nerdy tech dinners) that are in the works for 2011. Two weeks ago, my friend Charlie
And How!: Open Sourcing Food+Tech’s Business Plan
Last week I introduced Simon Sinek’s golden circle – which shows that successful innovators start from a clear conviction or purpose that inspires belief and loyalty. The purpose of Food+Tech Connect is to connect innovators that are empowering better decision-making throughout the Food System. Moving out on Sinek’s Golden Circle the next question is HOW?
Food Farm Connect: Building An Urban Agriculture Database
City dwellers around the country are finding creative ways to use their fire escapes, windows, backyards, and abandoned lots to grow food in the city. As the movement matures, decentralized networks and entrepreneurial ventures related to the production, processing, and distribution of food grown in the city have begun to sprout. These entrepreneurial ventures are
Pando Projects: Incubating Your Ideas & Empowering You To Change The World
“I see Pando as the first incubator for grassroots initiatives. We will support projects that can be carried out in less than 1 year for under $5,000, providing the project mentorship and online tools that people need to transform their ideas into action.” How often do you meet someone who wants to make your community project ideas happen?
Hacking For Social Good — Using Open Data to Make Sense of our Food System
It was 8:00 a.m. on a Saturday morning in Soho, the streets lay quiet and Broadway was not yet filled with shopping tourists. Though one floor above, at co-working space Soho Haven, there was a bustle of energy as developers, designers, statisticians, urban farmers, public officials, and researchers from across the city gathered for the
Food+Tech Bites 11/22 -11/28
Are you still not receiving food+tech bites in your inbox? Sign up here to ensure you get deliciously interesting food+tech news, tips, and the latest apps delivered right to your inbox! Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. SAVE THE DATE: FOOD+TECH HACKATHON 12/4-12/5 Details coming this week. Please contact me at danielle
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.
