Why Vertical Farming Won’t Grow Without More Data
Vertical farming got a lot of attention at the very end of 2018, from Bowery’s $90 million funding round to news of major corporations starting their own farms. But amid […]
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Vertical farming got a lot of attention at the very end of 2018, from Bowery’s $90 million funding round to news of major corporations starting their own farms. But amid […]
There are plenty of companies out there making sensors that allow beekeepers to monitor their hives. What sets BroodMinder apart is that it makes all of the data generated by […]
Why do we need a data structure for food? It’s something that the consumer probably doesn’t know about it at all. In fact, if a company is doing their job right, […]
This is the post version of our weekly newsletter. If you’d like to get the weekly Spoon in your inbox, you can subscribe here. One of the things I learned in my […]
When I think of interesting food products, I often think of Bill Mitchell, a legendary food scientist who stumbled upon what would eventually become Pop Rocks. Hunkered inside a General […]
Walmart is leaving no stone unturned when it comes to getting you your groceries. As of today, that includes testing out its own delivery service (h/t Food Dive). The retailing […]
Yesterday, restaurant-management software maker Toast announced a partnership with BevSpot, whose own software simplifies the order tracking and inventory process for restaurants. The new solution claims to save businesses time […]
The thing about baking is that the precise instructions can be off-putting for freewheeling cooks who like to improvise. The strict amounts, proper technique and exact temperatures may feel too […]
Between Facebook and Cambridge Analytica, “data” has almost become a different kind of four letter word. But acting out of fear can make it easy to forget that data can […]
If you learn one thing while covering restaurant software companies, it’s that there are a lot of restaurant software companies. Payment systems, HR, inventory management. Not to mention all of […]
There’s growing consumer interest in knowing where your food comes from. In some cases, it came from a corporate farm. In others, it passed through the hands of slaves on […]
A couple years ago, one of the executives responsible for the Crockpot and Mr. Coffee brands admitted his company was unprepared for the transformative effects of making a product ‘smart.’ […]