Post Tagged with: "local food"
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.
Dining on Data: How APIs Are Transforming The Way We Eat
APIs are transforming the way we eat. Whether it’s at home, or when you are dining out, consumers (and developers) are empowered like never before. The combination of a great user experience powered by valuable data will lead to some revolutionary new culinary apps.
Get Your Local Farm & Food Data: Local Dirt & Locavore Launch Widget & API
Local Dirt and Locavore recently launched a free search widget and API for their farm, farmers market and CSA mapping data. There are over 35,000 United States and Canad-based farms, farmers markets and CSAs in their combined databases, which you are now able to integrate into your own website or mobile app
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
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
Surveys of Chefs and Consumers Find Technology Use, But More Info is Needed [Survey]
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Two interesting surveys about technology use in restaurants predict trends for 2012. But the specifics of those trends seem to be lacking, and to find out more, Food+Tech Connect has created a quick survey.
Technology Accelerating Food’s Transformation to Services Economy
For several months our team at Good Eggs has been researching the local food phenomenon around the country. We’re looking for ways in which technology can help grow and sustain local food systems worldwide, accelerating the changes that are already having major positive impact in the world
Windowfarms Raises $223K+ on Kickstarter to Manufacture New System Locally
Windowfarms, the open source hydroponic farming system and social network, has raised over $257,307 dollars on Kickstarter. The Windowfarms Project’s success is a clear indication that increasingly more people care about buying and growing their food locally. But, do they care about local manufacturing?
Innovator Video: Elizabeth McVay Greene on Farmers Communicating Directly with Consumers
[Video] Elizabeth McVay Greene of Plovgh talks of connecting consumers directly with farmers.
5 Online Tools Helping Small Food Producers Market & Distribute Their Products
In honor of the first national Food Day, Food+Tech Connect is highlighting 5 innovative ways technology is being used to improve access to fresh, local food. The following selection of online marketplaces and management tools exemplify how user centered design, visualizing impact, and crowdsourcing are being successfully used to help small producers distribute and market their products
FarmHack: Farmers and Designers Working Together
Farm Hack is a branch of the National Young Farmers’ Coalition that consists of blogs and events where people can share information and technological innovations in agriculture. This includes things like a better way to trellis tomatoes or information about creating a tool lending library
Hacking the Food System Round Up
We had an amazing response – with more than 27 thought leaders responding to our question, and counting! The conversation will continue at Food+Tech Connect on Wednesdays, but be sure to also check out the contributions by the amazing bloggers, ranchers, startups and academics below.
Building a Marketplace: Zaarly Helps Source 20 lbs of Beef Cheek
There are a lot of important lessons about building a successful online marketplace that can be learned from our experience working with Zaarly to source 20 lbs of grass-fed beef cheek with only two days notice.
Meat Distribution Part 2: Technology on the Range
[Editors Note: This is the second story in a series about meat distribution. Food + Tech Connect will run these stories every Monday for the next several weeks.] “The question is, do you really want to be a rancher, or do you want to be a meat company,” says Loren Poncia of Stemple Creek Ranch,
IBM Helps City Leaders Explore Feasibility of Aquaponics Initiative in Milwaukee
According to the Smarter Planet Blog, “In June, a team of five IBMers spent three weeks in Milwaukee as part of the company’s Smarter City Challenge grant program with the goal of helping city leaders explore the feasibility of their urban farming initiative.”
