2014 Food Tech Media Funding & Acquisition Trends Report
Over $5.3B of private capital was invested into the U.S. food tech sector from 2012-2014, with investment in 2014 almost doubling from the previous year.

Why We Need to Uber-ify Food Distribution
Jennifer Goggin of FarmersWeb makes a case for applying Uber’s on-demand model to local food distribution, in order to catalyze a healthier future in our Internet of Food series. 

Dig Inn on Democratizing the Farm-to-Table Movement
We chat with founder Adam Eskin about Dig Inn's innovative supply strategy, the role tech plays in operations and his plans to cultivate a veggie revolution in our Internet of Food series. 

Transforming the School Food Movement through Online Cooking Education
Chef Hollie Greene of JoyFoodly is all about helping parents, teachers & kids eat more veggies. So she launched a crowdfunding campaign to fund a healthy cooking program for an entire school.

Food + Enterprise Creates Breeding Ground for Sustainable Food System Innovation 
We chat with co-founder Derek Denckla about Food + Enterprise's unique approach, his goals for the event and more. Save $50 on tickets now with code "FTC".

Last Week’s Top Food Tech News & Innovation Stories
From an in depth look at why the foodservice industry is ripe for disruption to Yelp diving into food delivery by acquiring Eat24 for $134M, these are last week’s top stories.

Crowdfunding For Food Entrepreneurs Bootcamp
Wanna launch a winning crowdfunding campaign? Take this course to learn how to launch a winning campaign from Lisa Q. Fetterman, who raised $1.3M for her sous vide startup Nomiku. In-person 3.28 and online in May.

Apply to Exhibit at Seeds&Chips for FREE
Want to showcase your game-changing food or ag product and mix and mingle with food tech heavyweights? Apply to exhibit at Seeds&Chips - March 26-29 in Milan, Italy - today (includes free travel and accommodations)!

28 NYC FoodTech Entrepreneurs You Must Know - AdWeekly
A standout list of food tech movers and shakers including Amanda Hesser, Benzi Ronen, Matt Salzberg and more. 

UT Food Lab Hosts Innovative Food Competition - The Daily Texan
Presenting ideas ranging from cricket protein granola to edible bags to jam made from discarded fruit, 20 teams showcased their innovations.

Tech Giants Are Eating All The Food Tech Startups - DC Inno
A Q&A with EatStreet CEO Matt Howard about his industry’s changing market landscape and what it may mean for his business.

Food Accelerator Backs Six Startups - Crain's New York
AccelFoods picked six startups to join its list of funded brands, including two New York-based brands: Orto Harvest and Element Snacks. 

Instacart’s Retail Partnerships Delivering - PYMNTS
Its partnership with Whole Foods has already seen it deliver incremental sales. Is the startup disrupting the grocery retail market? Or is it saving it?

Healthy Meal Delivery Service Kitchfix to Open its First Retail Location - RE Journals
Its retail storefront will offer its signature healthy pre-packed meals, salads, sides and snacks all available for take-away. 

Walmart Is Taking On The E-Retail Giants - Market Realist
E-commerce sales grew from $1.6B in fiscal year 2005 to ~$10B in 2014 and are expected to come in at $12.5B in 2015.

Organic ambition: General Mills Has Big Plans for Small - NewHope360
The company plans to grow natural & organic business from $600 million to $1 billion in five years. 

Global frozen food market to reach $156 B by 2020 - IFT
The global frozen food market was valued at $122.1B in 2013 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 3.6% from 2014 to 2020. 

These Amazing Food Packaging Ideas Could Massively Reduce Landfill - Mirror
Food packaging of the future might crack like an egg or peel like an orange AND decompose much more quickly than plastic.

Restaurant Tech Restocked For Tomorrow And Beyond - TechCrunch
On almost every front within hospitality — be it point of sale, loyalty, delivery or sourcing — change is in the air.

Berlin-based Rocket Internet Announces $717m Investment in World’s Hottest Food-Delivery Startups - Customs Today
It has invested $568 million in Delivery Hero and $149 million into Hello Fresh. 

Managing Your Restaurant Deliveries With Trackin Is Like Playing SimCity - TechCrunch
Its software lets restaurants control their fleet of delivery persons in real time and easily accept online orders.

Foundation: Jamie Oliver On Food Truth And The Future - TechCrunch
TC chats with the celebrity chef about his lifelong passion for cooking and how technology can positively impact our food system.

Uber Begins Food Delivery Service in Spain - Yahoo
The service, subject to fewer regulatory restrictions than taxi operations, will use its already established user network in Barcelona.

Olo Appoints Danny Meyer to Board of Directors - Yahoo
Mayer brings a wealth of restaurant tech experience to Olo as a prior director and board member of OpenTable. 

Line Invests in Restaurant-booking Startup to Move Concierge Services into Messaging App - TechinAsia
Days after Line announced a $42M fund for startup investments, it announced that it has invested in undisclosed sum in Pocket-menu Co. 

Crowdfunding Campaign Raised $2M in 24 Hours for Honey on Tap - AgFunder 
Flow Hive eclipsed its goal of $70K in one day and made it to #11 of the most funded campaigns on Indiegogo to date.

Empowering Farmers in Malawi through Entrepreneurship - Food Tank
Despite ineffective policy, absence of capital and limitations on access to markets, small holder farmers are still finding way to be successful.

AgriMetis Closes $7.3M Series A - AgFunder
The round was led by Syngenta Ventures and Acidophil and will go towards advancing its current pipeline of crop protection agents to key development milestones.

Three Sci-Fi Designs for the Future of Farming - Wired
This thesis project explores three scenarios for what farming might be like in 2115, when bioterrorism and weather manipulation are commonplace.

Two Young Entrepreneurs Offer Way to Grow Food Even in the Dead of Winter - EcoWatch
Freight Farms sells insulated shipping containers as part of what they call “the next generation of food supply."

All the Talk About the World's first 3D-printed Selfie Pancake is Half-Baked - Mashable
Kinneir Dufort hacked its 3D printer, filling it with batter and printing 3D pancake designs. But, It has not yet figured out how to combine photos and printed pancakes into an edible selfie product.

Feeding Babies Foods With Peanuts Appears To Prevent Allergies - NPR
A landmark new study found that babies who consumed peanut butter each week, were 80% less likely to develop an allergy by age 5. 

Google May Have Foodie Social site Named ‘Tablescape’ in the Works - Slash Gear
Rather than an open forum as most social sites are, Tablescape would be entirely focused on food and people who photograph their food.

6 Mobile Apps for Sustainable and Ethical Food Shopping - EcoWatch
For guidance on what went into packaged food products, consumers can turn to these mobile apps to help navigate the grocery aisle.

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