“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 […]
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
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
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
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 […]
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 […]
“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
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
The rice industry is mad at cauliflower. The recent market success of cauliflower rice has them freaking out, even asking the FDA to evaluate whether manufacturers should be allowed to use the word rice to describe the product. Oddly, they don’t feel […]
The promise of indoor farming is an attractive one: super-efficient land and water usage + hyper-local food. Sadly, most companies that have tried it have failed, including Chicago’s FarmedHere. Fast Company profiles Plenty, which is taking a run at a […]