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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
What Condé Nast’s Ziplist Acquisition Means for the Startup’s 6.5K “Partners”
What publisher Condé Nast has acquisition of Ziplist means for the future of their existing 6,500 food partner websites and blogs.
My Robotic Kitchen Planned This Dinner Party at SXSW
This post outlines the rough prototype of a dinner planning app built r to customize, scale, and shop for a menu, then organize all of the required steps into one master to-do list.
Supermarket API Could Save Companies $100K+ Annually
Any company building apps or platforms to improve the consumer shopping experience knows that grocery product data is EXPENSIVE, costing $100,000+ annually to license. This data is often poorly structured and out of date, forcing those who purchase it to spend significant resources cleaning and restructuring it. Now, AisleFinder, a mobile app and website that helps consumers create a shopping list and identify their location in their local supermarket, is making that data available for free via their Supermarket
2011 Trends: Recipe Websites, Apps, & Publishing
home cooking experience is undergoing dramatic changes, in part thanks to the iPad, e-book readers and mobile phones. This trends report offers a detailed look at the world of recipes in 2011 and our predictions for what’s to come
Could Startups Fill USDA Data Holes?
Last month, 14 survey reports were cut or reduced to save the USDA Statistical Research Unit $11 Million annually. At the same time, over the past few years there has been an explosion of websites, software and apps developed to help farmers manage their farms, market and distribute their products and trace products from farm to fork. In light of the cuts, I ask:
Could the aggregate data produced through these platforms be utilized to supplant any of these survey reports
Investment Strategy- William Rosenzweig’s Plans for Food & Health Tech
[This interview is part of a monthly series of interviews with leading food and technology investors. Be sure to check out last month's interview with Ali Partovi.] Physic Ventures co-founder and Managing Director William Rosenzweig says the future is personalized food and health. The venture capital firm plans to invest in and support five to
Beth Hoffman on Hacking the Food System: New “Technology” in Agriculture
For decades, “technology” in agriculture has meant machines and chemicals – bigger combines, stronger pesticides, and now, genetically engineered seeds. Now, “technology” based on the sharing of information – data extracted from all points along the food chain – is helping to create a more transparent, equitable, and environmentally sound food system, and could save farmers and consumers money
Nicola Twilley on Hacking the Food System: Crowdsourcing What & Where Angelenos Eat
It takes millions and millions of tons of food to feed a city. Somehow, enough milk and produce and soda makes its way to, say, Los Angeles; somehow it all gets distributed — frequently unevenly. But no one actually knows where all that food comes from, who’s buying it, and from where
Food Genius Builds Netflix for Foodies By Digitizing The Dish
“What do I want to eat?” In the era of the Web, where everyone is an expert, this seemingly simple question is becoming increasingly more difficult to answer. How do we sift through the deluge of information to find recommendations from people whose tastes are similar to our own? Food Genius thinks they’ve solved the problem: they’ve digitized the dish
iTools: i got. you got-The Backyard Food Garden Exchange.
You are growing, growing, growing. But alas, you have 80 plums, and no lettuce. What do you do? Well, you can set them outside of your apartment and hope they magically get traded for a bowl of greens, or you can log on to igotugot.org and trade them with another urban gardner for a nice batch of arugula. The premise behind this site is easy – it’s social networking for urban farmers hoping to move their bounties. I love the concept, but most of all love the simplicity. Go to the site, enter your zip code, and you will see listings from within 100 miles
Future of Food Reviewing at Food 2.0
The days are numbered for critics and experts, but is the future of food really the present day user generated sources? How do location, friends, palate and automated recommendations play a role? Our panelists will explore the hypothesis that we’re rapidly moving towards external signals and factors to determine our next dinner. Join execs from Foodspotting, Yelp, Tasting Table, Bizzy, and Flavorize
Farmonic Launches Field Management Platform for Sustainable Farms
Interview with Kareem Shaya, Founder of Farmonic, a field management platform for sustainable farms. Shaya is a developer with no agricultural background, but recognizes the immense opportunity to use information technology to address the challenges farmers face managing their fields.
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
