Category: Education & Discovery
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Foodvisor, a nutrition assistant app that aims to help people eat better, announced today that it has raised $4.5 million from the VC fund Agrinnovation (operated by Demeter) along with other angel investors. With this round, Foodvisor has raised $5.3 million to date. Foodvisor creates an AI-powered food diary that allows users to keep track…
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Foodborne illnesses are not only an unpleasant personal experience for millions of Americans each year, they’re a logistical concern for businesses, with the potential to drive and keep people (and their dollars) away for good. As our food supply becomes increasingly global, the ability to accurately and quickly identify the source of any pathogen causing…
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CPG heavyweight Chobani announced this week it is adding a new cohort to its popular Incubator program, this one designed to help current and former armed service members who are also food entrepreneurs grow their businesses. Dubbed, The Chobani Incubator Veterans Cohort, the program is set to take place over one week this December, according…
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Thinking of joining a food accelerator? While they’re not for everyone, these programs offer a growing number of startups access to things like mentors and potential investors, as well as assistance in taking a business to its next phase of growth. Yes, there’s some money involved in many cases, though experts will tell you that…
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For those new to cooking, it’s easy to feel lost the first few (or few dozen) times in the kitchen. But what if you had a personal cooking coach to text with questions about techniques, meal suggestions or even dinner party tips? That’s the idea behind Equal Parts, a cookware brand from Millennial-focused direct-to-consumer startup Pattern Brands.…
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MIT has closed down much of its Open Agriculture Initiative following allegations of academic dishonesty and improper dumping of wastewater, according to an article published in the NY Times. Late last week, MIT’s vice president of research, Maria Zuber, closed down all offsite work on the project, though she has allowed researchers to continue doing…
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California continues trekking towards its goal of diverting 75 percent of solid waste from landfills by 2020, this time tackling the problem of post-consumer food waste in the front of house. Come next year, restaurants in California will be required to provide a separate bin for customers to throw uneaten food scraps, soiled paper, and…
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As of yesterday, DoorDash has created a custom carousel featuring restaurants that offer Impossible Foods menu items. When consumers click on the Impossible filter on the DoorDash site, they’re taken to a separate page which shows only establishments offering delivery of the plant-based meat within their area. So far, the feature is available in 23…
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Food-X, who runs one of the most well-known startup accelerators in the food industry, announced today via press release the eight companies chosen to participate in Cohort 10 of its Food Innovation Accelerator program. The three-month-long program offers participating companies initial capital (up to $65,000 this year) along with curriculum, mentorship and networking opportunities as…
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This week GrainChain, maker of a software platform that helps track and manage agricultural commodities, launched a platform designed to help optimize the coffee supply chain in Honduras while putting more money in the pockets of farmers. GrainChain tracks the coffee-making process from every possible step and angle. Farmers go to their local coffee cooperative…
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The Food Network today announced the launch of its Food Network Kitchen video streaming service, which the network described as the “Peloton for Food.” I understand why they chose the Peloton analogy since it’s a combination of live and on-demand video classes delivered directly to your home. But after speaking with Peter Faricy, CEO Global…
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Have you ever watched Alton Brown or Ina Garten on Food Network and thought, “Wouldn’t it be great if these chefs were in my kitchen, walking me through the cooking process themselves, preferably over a glass of Chardonnay?” You’re in luck, minus the Chardonnay. At today’s Amazon event in Seattle, Discovery, Inc., which owns Food…
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