thoughts of food
How can meat be organic?
I learned this this week (thanks Mike A!), and I thought I’d share. It turns out meat can be organic too! | learn more
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thoughts of food
Indoor farming startup Plenty raises $200mm round led by SoftBank Vision Fund.
While others have failed, the march toward indoor farming continues. The benefits include extreme improvements in land yields (530x), better water efficiency, and implicitly organic foods. | learn more
thoughts of food
Apeel Sciences coating makes fruits and veggies last 5x longer.
“Made of leftover plant skins and stems, the coatings act as barriers that slow down the decay process… The US Food and Drug Administration has approved Apeel’s first products, Edipeel and Invisipeel, as ‘generally recognized as safe,’ meaning they’re OK to […]
thoughts of food
What if your grocery store had a farm inside?
Berlin-based startup Infarm has a vision of fresh produce grown directly inside of grocery stores. Considering how much of the food business is comprised of transportation costs, it’s an exciting concept. | learn more
thoughts of food
The 25 most innovative ag-tech startups.
Forbes offers an interesting list of startups working in the agriculture technology space. These types of businesses may not get much mainstream media coverage, but impact many lives. | learn more
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The Future of Food.
Check out these interesting slides presented by the CEO of Nextfood at the Nordic Next 2017 conference. He shows some interesting data about the market for food, future trends and more. |learn more
thoughts of food
Amazon bought Whole Foods so they could be a customer.
Strategist Ben Thompson makes his case for why Amazon really bought the organic foods retailer. Think about how both the Fufillment and AWS businesses were built around Amazon.com’s retail business as the cornerstone customer. Will WF be the cornerstone customer […]
thoughts of food
Nestlé leads $77MM investment into healthy meal company Freshly.
We’re in the midst of a shift in how people eat. Meal kit companies have made a huge impact already. Another direction is weekly deliveries of prepared, healthy meals. This investment by a big food stalwart helps validate and draw […]
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A premature post-mortem of The Melt.
“In 2011, Silicon Valley’s finest minds launched The Melt, a restaurant chain meant to reinvent the humble sandwich. Here’s the untold story of why that hasn’t gone according to plan.” | learn more
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The CEO of Impossible Foods speaks.
Patrick Brown runs the company that’s trying to make meatless meat that’s as tasty as the real thing. He’s raised $200 million for this venture, and thinks VCs need to ask harder scientific questions. | learn more