Category: Education & Discovery
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Here are three more innovative accelerators looking for companies that want to disrupt the food world.
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This week, Norwegian company, Quenched, launched a crowdfunding campaign for its smart-cocktail kit. Dubbed Q-Kit, the all-in-one cocktail set combines physical bartending tools with software, making it easier for at-home mixologists to create the kinds of drinks bars charge $17 for. There are many at-home bar kits on the market right now, from Keurig’s countertop…
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Affordable workspace is hard enough to come by in old New York when you’re an independent company on a shoestring budget. For independent food startups, it’s twice as difficult because it involves finding both office and kitchen space. Unless you have deep pockets and a good realtor, looking for either of makes getting your wisdom…
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Urban indoor farming company Square Roots announced today it has teamed up with Gordon Food Service, a food service provider and distributor in North America. According to a press release (sent via email), the partnership will give Square Roots the chance to expand its farming footprint significantly while making locally grown produce more widely available.…
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Non-profit Project Open Hand (POH) announced today a new CEO and, with that, further plans to expand its mission of treating chronic illness with doctor-recommended foods. The announcement itself is brief, stating only that the new CEO, Paul Hepfer, M.S., will be “instrumental in continuing to leverage and expand Project Open Hand’s relationships with government…
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When AB-626 (also known as the 2018 Homemade Food Operations Act) passed in California last year it ushered in the start of what we at The Spoon have started calling the Home Cook Economy. Now, home cooks in the Sunshine State are allowed to sell up to 60 meals a week and make up to $50,000…
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I’ve long wanted to grow my own produce, even if it’s just lettuce. But since I live in a third-floor walkup the size of a Macy’s fitting room (and that includes the fire escape), outdoor gardening is out of the question. At one point vertical farming as a solution would have been an outlandish solution,…
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If you’re like me, your wine choice is 96 percent based off of the label (and maybe 99 percent based off its proximity to your person). But for those who are serious about their vino, getting well-curated, exclusive bottles can be something of an obsession. Today Israeli blockchain startup Vinsent (formerly VinX) announced the release of…
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As discussed in a recent podcast, more and more large organizations are turning to startup accelerators to solve challenges in the food industry. But it’s not just major CPGs. The World Food Programme (WFP) — the largest humanitarian organization on the planet — has been working closely with startups since it launched its Innovation Accelerator…
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Nima, the company behind the eponymous handheld peanut and gluten detectors, is adding another arrow to its quiver of tools to help those afflicted by food allergies. The company announced today that it is running its own peanut and gluten tests on dishes from large restaurant chains and sharing its finding via an online guide.…
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For agtech startups looking to advance their business, the options are, ahem, growing. With the market predicted to be worth $13.50 billion by 2023, more and more companies are surfacing who marry technological concepts with farming practices (traditional or otherwise) to tackle a growing number of issues in the agricultural industry: cleaner energy, healthier crops,…
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I was shocked (in a good way!) to see that my local Safeway carried Ripple pea-based chocolate milk. It was something I wanted to try, but the thought of actually seeking out the store manager and asking them to stock it never occurred to me. WeStock is guessing that I’m not alone in my reticence…
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