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Don't Miss Last Week's Top Food Tech & Innovation News
Is coworking a viable revenue stream for restaurants? Is Blue Apron getting ready for an IPO? What might the future of protein look and taste like? Get answers to these questions and more in our weekly round-up of last weeks top food startup, tech and innovation news
What If The Food Industry Ended Monoculture Farming?
Can sustainable agriculture and big food co-exist? The Future Market's Three Sisters Polenta shows why polycultures are the future of food.
Food Tech Media Startup Funding, M&A and Partnerships: March and April 2016
While companies like Dinner Lab and Kitchit have shuttered, $2.02B was invested in food tech startups in March & April. Read more about Brita's thoughts on the future of food tech.
Internet Of Food Series Featuring Farmigo's Benzi Ronen, Joanne Wilson, Robyn O'Brien & More
Don't miss ideas for how might we use technology, new business models and design to guarantee healthy, safe and sufficient food for everyone from Dig CEO Adam Eskin, Edenworks' Jason Green and New Harvest's Isha Datar.
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CPG
The Impossible Burger is Ready for Its (Meatless) Close-Up - The Wall Street Journal
Impossible Foods’ long awaited plant-based burger hits select restaurants in SF and NYC this month. Production is limited, so the rollout is calibrated to target high-end diners first
How an Obsession With Chickpeas Inspired This Fast-Growing Food Startup - Inc.
Most foods good and tasty come with the price of guilt, but Banza wants to change that. Just one year after beginning commercial operations, the brand of low-carb chickpea pasta has already expanded to more than 2,000 stores.
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RESTAURANTS
Panera Is Making A Major Change That Some Of Its Biggest Competitors Have Yet To Make - Business Insider
Panera is cutting artificial flavors, sweeteners, preservatives and colors from all packaged foods by the end of the year.
The Food Delivery Sector Isn't Slowing Down Anytime Soon - Eater
A new study of the food delivery market by Morgan Stanley analysts, finds that the food delivery market is worth $30 billion and has the potential to be worth some $210 billion.
Dinner Lab Declares Bankruptcy - New Orleans Times-Picayune
Pop-up dining startup Dinner Lab filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy last week. Initial filings with the Eastern District of Louisiana listed Dinner Labs' assets between $100,001 and $500,000. The company estimates its debts as between $500,001 and $1 million.
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RETAIL
Marley Spoon Partners With Martha Stewart For U.S. Re-Launch Of Cook-at-Home Delivery Service - TechCrunch
Berlin-based meal kit startup Marley Spoon is being rebranded as ‘Martha & Marley Spoon’ in the U.S. and will feature Martha Stewart’s recipes and cooking techniques coupled with Marley Spoon meal kits.
Attention Shoppers: Yoga in Aisle 3 - The Wall Street Journal
Grocers are offering fitness classes, facials, child care and more to lure consumers away from online rivals. Supermarkets have long featured bank branches and dry cleaners, but transforming them into village-like destinations is a newer experiment.
F.D.A. Warns Whole Foods on Failure to Address Food Safety Problems - The New York Times
The FDA says Whole Foods has failed to address a long list of food safety issues at its food processing plant outside of Boston.
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AGRICULTURE
Toaster-Sized Satellites Will Revolutionize How We Measure The World Food Supply - Quartz
Descartes Labs wants is using satellite imagery to disrupt taxpayer-funded agricultural data collection that dictates commodity prices.
New Zealand: Artificial Insemination Startup Engender Technologies Raises $4.5 million Series A - AgFunder
Engender’s Technology laser technology could make major waves across the $2.4B global artificial insemination industry. Investors includine Pacific Channel, New Zealand Venture Investment Fund and ICE Angels, among others.
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EATERS
Startup's Mantra: Eat A Meal, Take A Picture, Let AI And Nutritionists Do The Rest - Boston Business Journal
Ava raised $3 million in funding from DCM Ventures, Khosla Ventures and former Google CEO Eric Schmidt's Innovation Endeavors to bring people intelligent eating.
A Map Of Where Your Food Originated May Surprise You - NPR
A new study reveals the full extent of globalization in the world's food supply. More than two-thirds of the crops that underpin national diets originally came from somewhere else — often far away. And that trend has accelerated over the past 50 years.
Whirlpool First To Integrate Connected Kitchen Startup Innit’s Smart Kitchen Platform - Forbes
Whirlpool will use Innit’s technology to power its Jenn-Air Wi-Fi ovens. The oven will eventually be able to recognize the food inside, program itself to cook the meal and make adjustments during the process.
New Food Labeling Laws Could Stop Us Throwing Away Perfectly Good Eats - Fast Company
In the future, food expiration date labels could be far less confusing, thanks to a new bill introduced to the U.S. Senate and House. The proposed legislation also aims to reduce food waste
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