“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 […]
Bloomberg takes up the question, discussing the search for a sustainable model for modern food delivery. | learn more
It’s fairly obvious by now that the food industry is undergoing a radical shift from decades past. Before too long, we’ll see the grocery and restaurant businesses upended. This profile of the leading meal kit company highlights their spectacular growth […]
Daniel Patterson, a famed San Francisco chef restaurateur with 2 Michelin stars, partnered with Roy Choi, the LA “King of Food Trucks”, to try and bring a fast food brand to the under-served neighborhoods of big cities. They started in […]