May 16, 2012
- Interactive design agency Teehan+Lax's "Labs" has developed a milk jug and Android mobile app that alert you when you are low on milk in your refrigerator
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May 15, 2012
- 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.
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May 14, 2012
- Most years there is a dominant tech solution at the National Restaurant Association Show (NRA). Not this year. This year, we saw a range of technologies clustered around a common theme: guest experience. Wait list management apps, tablets for table top ordering, and customer guest loyalty solutions are all new solutions to old problems — not just incrementally higher-tech versions of the same...
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May 11, 2012
- A new report released Monday, “Accelerating Progress in Obesity Prevention: Solving the Weight of the Nation,” by the Institute of Medicine (IOM), the health group of the National Academy of Sciences, outlines five obesity prevention actions that can accelerate societal-level prevention
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May 9, 2012
- San Francisco’s growing Food and Tech community gathered together to explore the state of the emerging sector at the recent Food Startups Meetup, featuring industry leaders from: Foodily, AgLocal, Love With Food, Zerocater, Good Eggs and Shopwell
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May 7, 2012
- 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.
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] - Organic Trade Association forecasts for 2012 and 2013 indicate that organic food and non-food sales will continue to grow nine percent or higher annually
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May 2, 2012
- While consumer demand for information about where our food is coming from and how it's grown is increasing, thus far there has been relatively little interest in the people that actually harvest it. A new film project explores labor practices within the United States agriculture sector and how the role the policies of large buyers, particularly supermarkets, play in perpetuating these practices.
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May 1, 2012
- New York’s first ever Food Book Fair is this weekend, May 4th-6th, in Brooklyn, at Williamsburg’s newly opened Wythe Hotel. The event is a celebration of food writing, reading, and eating and features a number of ticketed panels, free book signings, and other even more festive events. Our gracious host here at Food+Tech Connect,
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April 30, 2012
- Rev Ciancio demystifies 10 social networks, helping restauranteurs learn how to use these platforms to foster brand awareness, online engagement and better customer service
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