Where Women Drive Innovation: Agtech
In the “Salad Bowl of the World,” government has prioritized investing in women agtech innovators. In our series, we share their stories.
food
Meet the Entrepreneur Disrupting the Food Industry – for Good
Jasmine Crowe, who'll speak at Techonomy's Half Moon Bay, Calif., conference, has developed an ambitious solution to food waste and hunger.
How “Super Evolution” Can Upend Any Industry
In an exclusive interview, Innovation Endeavors partner Harpi Singh unpacks the “super evolution” theory, a bold new approach to investing.
Is Yeast the Future of Manufacturing?
A sweetener, based on natural sucrose, but that has no calories whatsoever? It's coming, along with portfolio of consumer products produced in the lab through synthetic genomics.
Food & Tech on the Menu at Techonomy NYC’s Final Session Tuesday
New technologies will mean “new ingredients, more efficient farms, and better delivery of food,” an analyst told the Techonomy NYC audience in a presentation on the future of food. Her talk was followed by a...
Food Production in a Technology-driven Economy
The Open Agriculture Initiative at the MIT Media Lab aims to drive a paradigm shift from the industrial to the networked age of agricultural production—giving rise to a computationally-based food systems revolution that will account...
Azoti Helps Farmers Sell and Consumers Eat Better
Azoti helps buyers connect to local food sources. Based in Columbus, the startup works with small farms to supply discounted fresh produce to employees of schools, civic organizations, and major employers like OhioHealth. Dave Ranallo...
How Biotech Can Help Feed the Planet
It's going to be a big global challenge to feed our growing population without destroying the environment. The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that worldwide food supply must increase by 70 percent by 2050....
Davos 2015: frog’s President Andrew Zimmermann on Eliminating Food Waste
American food writer Andrew Zimmerman talks with Hub Culture at the World Economic Forum Davos 2015 about a British study on the ability of technology to aid in the production of food and help eliminate...
