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Is IFT’s Launch of an AI Tool For Food Scientists an Indicator of Where Trade Associations Are Going in Age of AI?
July 3, 2025 Michael Wolf

July 1, 2025

From Red Bull to Zevia, Amy Taylor Shares Lessons Learned From a Career Built Around Buzzy Beverages

June 30, 2025

Study: AI-Powered Drones Fuel Advances in Precision Ag for Early Detection of Crop Stress

June 26, 2025

Could Lasers Made From Olive Oil Be The Next-Gen Freshness Detector or Use-By Label?

February 1, 2025

A Conversation With Bear Robotics’ John Ha on LG Deal and The Future of The Company

SOUND Nutrition Uses Ultrasonic Waves to Craft Protein Bars

May 20, 2021 Ashlen Wilder

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Protein bars are seemingly now a staple in the American diet. This packaged food is a preferred snack of everyone from athletes to those who work in the office all […]

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Oceanium Raises £2M to Turn Seaweed into Food and Packaging

May 19, 2021 Chris Albrecht

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UK-based seaweed processing startup Oceanium announced today the first close of a Seed II Round of funding worth approximately £2 million ($2.7M USD). The round was led by Green Angel […]

Survey: Online Grocery Had $8.4B in Sales in April, Down 10 Percent from March

May 19, 2021 Chris Albrecht

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Some of the stats we’re watching closely as our nation slowly comes out of the pandemic are those for online grocery sales. Namely, will the e-commerce curbside pickup and delivery […]

Maine Colleges and Hospitals Will Get CEA-Grown Greens Thanks to Sodexo and Vertical Harvest

May 19, 2021 Jennifer Marston

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Foodservice and facilities management company Sodexo announced this week it will partner with controlled environment agriculture (CEA) grower Vertical Harvest to source greens from the latter’s forthcoming vertical farm in […]

Click & Grow’s Tabletop Smart Garden Is Insanely Popular on Kickstarter Right Now

May 19, 2021 Jennifer Marston

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It says something about the popularity of at-home indoor farms when a Kickstarter campaign for one meets its funding goal in 20 minutes.  Such was the case recently with Click […]

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Wavemaker Labs Working on Nommi, an Automated Kitchen Robot

May 19, 2021 Chris Albrecht

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Corporate product development investor and incubator Wavemaker Labs is adding Nommi, an “automated delivery kitchen” robot to its portfolio. Wavemaker CFO Kevin Morris shared the previously unknown endeavor during a […]

Daring Secures $40M in Series B Round for Plant-Based Chicken

May 19, 2021 Ashlen Wilder

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Daring, which makes realistic plant-based chicken analogues, this week announced a $40 million Series B funding round. According to a press release sent to The Spoon, D1 Capital Partners led […]

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A Virtual Restaurant Brand to Support Bitcoin, ‘Take On’ Big Pizza

May 18, 2021 Jennifer Marston

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Bitcoin Pizza Day is coming up, which makes it an apt time to launch a bitcoin-themed virtual pizza restaurant. Anthony Pompliano, an entrepreneur and investor, announced today he is launching […]

Q1 2021: AppHarvest Bets on Robots, Strawberries and More Data in the Greenhouse

May 18, 2021 Jennifer Marston

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Control ag company AppHarvest is adding more of both crop types and technologies to its budding greenhouse network, according to the company’s Q1 2021 earnings call this week. That includes […]

On-Demand Pay App DailyPay Raises $500M in Capital

May 18, 2021 Jennifer Marston

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On-demand payment service DailyPay announced today it has “secured” $500 million in capital, according to a press release sent to The Spoon. Of that number, $175 million comes from a […]

Eat Just’s GOOD Meat Raises $170M, Brings Its Cultivated Meat to More Restaurants

May 18, 2021 Jennifer Marston

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Eat Just announced today that its GOOD Meat division has raised $170 million in new funding. The round included UBS O’Connor, Graphene Ventures, K3 Ventures, and others, and officially makes […]

Pizza Robot Company Picnic Raises $16.3M Series A, Adds Strategic Partners

May 18, 2021 Chris Albrecht

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Picnic, which makes pizza assembly robots, announced today that is has raised a $16.3 million Series A round of funding. The new round was led by Thursday Ventures, with participation […]

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