Post Tagged with: "sustainability"
6 Food Panels Not to Miss at SXSW 2012
Our SXSW food picks for those attending or following SXSWi on Twitter this week. I will be organizing some impromptu Food+Tech happy hours. Follow the hashtag #SXfoodtech for more details!
The Story of Sushi: From Sea-to-Plate
“The Story of Sushi” is an enlightening tale of sushi’s journey from sea-to-plate. Created as a marketing video for Bamboo Sushi, a sustainable sushi restaurant in Portland, Oregon, the video offers a disturbing look at the sustainability implications- environmental and social – of our growing hunger for cheap sushi
Food Meets Technology at TEDxManhattan Changing the Way We Eat
“Changing the way we eat” means a lot more than simply cutting fat and calories from our diets.
Molecular Gastronomists Without Borders? [Video]
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Chefs Homaro Cantu and Ben Roche of Moto in Chicago, have been experimenting with new ways to prepare and eat food for years. Now, the duo are exploring how the innovations pioneered in their restaurant lab can be used to solve global challenges like the world food crisis and cancer. Watch their TED talk below
Farming First: How can we manage environmental sustainability with economic viability? [Infographics]
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Farming First, a multi-stakeholder coalition whose goal is to further sustainable agriculture development worldwide, has launched a six-part online infographic called “The Story of Agriculture and the Green Economy.” The series tells the story of agriculture’s potential for building a global green economy that can contribute to GDP growth, while also reducing carbon emissions. Question
[Infographics] Farming First: Reducing Poverty Around The World
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Farming First, a multi-stakeholder coalition whose goals is to further sustainable agriculture development worldwide, has launched a six-part online infographic called “The Story of Agriculture and the Green Economy.” The series tells the story of agriculture’s potential for building a global green economy that can contribute to GDP growth, while also reducing carbon emissions. Question
Video: January Food+Tech Meetup With Wholeshare & Meatshare
January Food+Tech Meetup With Wholeshare and Meatshare from Food Tech Connect on Vimeo. The January Food+Tech Meetup featured a conversation about developing new models for organizing food communities and getting food to those communities, moderated by Elizabeth Mcvay Greene. Matt Hatoun of Wholeshare and Melissa Mcewen of the Meatshare Meetup discussed how they are using
RecipeRelay: Using the Web to Socialize & Customize Cooking
Everyday, food lovers from all over the world log on to the web in search of recipes. A growing number of sites, such as Food52 and Gourmet Live, are helping to democratize, personalize , and socialize the cooking experience (click here for a more complete of social recipe sites). RecipeRelay is an interesting social recipe venture
Miriam Simun On Human Cheese, Biotechnology, & Sustainable Food
Would you try a slice of human cheese? I’ve asked this question at a dinner of artists and sustainable food advocates, at dinner with my family, and in conversation with friends. There are the brave few who say they would be interested in trying, however, most people react in utter disgust [note to self: bringing
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
2 Years Later… A Rooftop Environmental Science Lab is Born
Around two years ago (December 15th to be exact), I became the first paid employee of BrightFarm Systems (the New York Sun Works crew joined 16 days later). Our only project at the time was a rooftop environmental science lab– the Science Barge was ‘moving’ to a rooftop. Nancy Easton, NYC Deputy Mayor Dennis Walcott,
Windowfarms R&D-I-Y: Lessons for Crowdsourcing Innovation & Incentivizing Engagement
Crowdsourcing innovation is all the rage these days. Large corporations like IBM, Nokia, and GE have all created web-based platforms to gather the wisdom of the masses. When I first became interested in open innovation, I was both encouraged and fascinated by the growing interest in collaboration. My initial reaction was- this is great! This
Real-Time Farming With Gastronomic Guru Lindsay-Jean Hard
Real Time Farms is a web platform that uses crowdsourcing to help you understand where your food comes from. Local Food enthusiasts contribute geo-tagged photographs, tips, and edit information about what’s available at local markets and farmers. Kind of like the Wikipedia of farms, anyone can add or share information. The site also offers subscription-based
JustMeans Social Media, Technology and Change
With one week to go until the JustMeans Social Media, Technology and Change conference, I thought I would share a preview of what’s on the agenda. This conference brings together senior executives responsible for marketing, communications, sustainability, strategy, from leading organizations such as Burt’s Bees, Earthwatch Institute, Oxfam American, Pepsico, and the USDA. Full details
