Category: Food Waste
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Since the lack of innovation around food waste reduction in the home has long been a personal pet peeve of mine, I couldn’t help but get a little excited when I caught word of the Shelfy. According to the gadget’s Kickstarter page, it is a “smart device that will make your food last longer” by…
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Today Apeel announced they would unveil new freshness detection technology for avocados this week at the Fresh Produce Association Global Produce & Floral Show. The system, based on hyperspectral imaging technology, starts by shining a light that penetrates several millimeters below the skin. From there, it utilizes a sensor to measure how much light is…
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Turning food waste into a usable commodity might seem like magic, but it’s a reality for companies such as Vienna-based LIVIN farms. The company has announced a €6 million Series A round led by venture Investor Peter Luerssen, allowing it to expand its team and solution. As a player in the alternative protein space, LIVIN…
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Last week, The Spoon teamed up with the team from ReFED to showcase innovators building food waste reduction solutions to help food retailers and manufacturers to better manage their inventory, find secondary outlets for surplus and create systems and processes for optimal on-site handling. Featured startups that presented during this one-hour session included Too Good…
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While in graduate school Matt Schwartz had an epiphany. At the time, he was learning about the food system as part of Stanford University’s Earth Program and also participating in an internship with food tech investor Dave Friedberg, and it was this combination of advanced education with a front-row seat to food tech innovation that…
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Last month, food waste reduction and food insecurity startup Goodr raised an $8 million Series A funding round. When Jasmine Crowe founded the company, the Atlanta-based startup used technology to help large food service providers reduce food waste. Over the past two years, Goodr has expanded its business to provide expertise to companies looking to…
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Hamburg-based biotech startup Mushlabs may have created the perfect storm in its approach to creating a clean, nutrient-rich plant-based meat alternative. The company can hit the ground running without worrying about costly infrastructure and potential distribution partners by applying its proven technology and a sound business approach. Mushlabs has announced a relationship with Bitburger Brewery…
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Everything is getting more expensive lately, and food is near the top of the list. For those of you who work outside of the home (and don’t have free and tasty food as a work perk), you’re probably trying to figure out how to fight the suddenly very real problem of lunchflation. The easiest and…
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Like many transformative ideas, the genesis behind TIPA, an Israeli company with a novel way to reduce plastics in the environment, came from the need to solve an obvious problem. Daphna Nissenbaum, TIPA’s CEO, and co-founder was bothered by the mountain of plastics around her and wanted to find a solution that would benefit her…
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Back in late March of 2020, Silo CEO Tal Lapidot had a decision to make. The dark clouds of a global pandemic had gathered overhead, threatening to derail his company’s progress on finishing a product he’d been working years to deliver. The product, called the Silo food storage system, was a new take on a…
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I find food tech fascinating – especially the products and solutions that have a shot at fixing a real problem in our food system. Tackling issues like food waste, food insecurity, nutrition, and accessibility, technology can give us the tools to change habits and systems. But, I admit I haven’t always adopted tech in my…
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While Google has long focused on making sure they run their kitchens efficiently and minimize food waste, the pause on food service brought on by the pandemic gave the tech giant a chance to step back and evaluate how they could do an even better job. Now, with workers heading back to the office, Google…
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