Tech can fight food waste, but it’s ‘just one part of the solution’
May 24, 2023
Ending food waste may calls for bolder action (and thinking) than any one behavioral change or technology can provide.
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Brief: Meat giant JBS shutters its US plant-based meat division
October 3, 2022
The move includes closing down a 189,000-square-foot plant-based meat factory in Denver, Colorado, as well as getting rid of more than 100 jobs.
Consumers think grocery stores have a lot more work to do on sustainability
February 28, 2022
More than half of survey respondents said grocery stores must improve their sustainability claims and avoid greenwashing.
BRIEF: A Greener World adds to growing list of ‘regeneratively grown’ food labels
January 20, 2021
A Greener World joins a growing list of independent certifiers that are hoping to define regenerative farming and gain consumer attention.
Meet TRAY, our first investment in Restaurant Tech
August 14, 2019
Ever walked into a quick-serve restaurant only to find an anything-but-quick line that makes you turn around and walk straight back out again? Those lines may soon become a thing of the past, with the help of our latest investment, Tray.
Tariq Farid is taking edibles back with launch of new CBD business focused on traceability
August 6, 2019
Tariq Farid has been in the edible space for 20 years, but it’s not what you think.
Future Food: Jennifer Betka on How Consumer Signals Influence Her Work as CMO of Indigo Agriculture
July 4, 2019
Jennifer is an expert marketer with a career spanning many different industries outside of agriculture, most recently at StubHub the event ticketing business, so it’s really interesting to hear about her transition into this industry.
The FDA and Food Entrepreneurs Need to Better Define the Consumer
May 30, 2019
Here Shmuel Rausnitz writes about his concerns relating to the FDA and foodtech entrepreneur’s tendency to oversimplify consumer demands and needs across demographics.
Changing Consumer Preferences Will Impact The Farm
October 22, 2018
Falling behind the times can be detrimental to a business. This is especially true for farming, where changing consumer preferences can affect what growers produce and how they operate their farms, writes Remi Schmaltz.
Ava Technologies Raises $2m Seed Funding for Smart Indoor Gardens
June 8, 2018
AVA is one of a small number of consumer tech-enabled grow systems on the market, which collectively raised just over $4 million in funding in 2017, according to AgFunder data.
Ex-Whole Foods Employee: Amazon Tech Offers Beleaguered Brand Reset Button
June 20, 2017
Whole Foods’ acquisition by Amazon is a chance for them to restore the best part of the business, with technology and innovation as the driving force, writes Emma Cosgrove.
Unscrambling the Myths Around Egg Labeling at Easter
April 14, 2017
Cage-free, free-range, antibiotic-free? Lauren Manning explores whether these labels are all they’re cracked up to be.
Will Consumer Acceptance Be The Challenge for CRISPR Technology in Agriculture?
March 30, 2017
Gene editing was a key topic discussed at this week’s World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit in San Francisco.
How Consumer Preferences and the Role of Women are Informing Food & Ag Innovation
October 7, 2016
The idea for this week’s podcast came from Sanjeev Krishnan, founding partner at S2G Ventures, the Chicago-based food and agtech venture capital firm.
How Can CRISPR in Agriculture Earn Public Trust & Acceptance?
October 4, 2016
CRISPR has been lauded as the cheapest, fastest, and most precise gene-editing tool on the market, and it’s not subjected to the tainted GMO label, but for how much longer?
How Major Retailer Target is Collaborating with MIT and IDEO on Food Technology
October 23, 2015
What happens when one of America’s favorite retailers, one of the world’s most renowned research institutions, and a global design firm team up to explore the future of food?
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