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Soylent Has Arrived at Walmart (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=07eccfc6a9&e=2715c96b29) - The Verge
Soylent will be available in 450 Soylent stores across the US. The meal replacement drink was only available online until last year.
The Edibles Market Is Exploding. You Can Bet Big Corporations Are Watching. (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=b64085546f&e=2715c96b29) - Mother Jones
With recreational cannabis use legal in nine states and the District of Columbia, big companies are increasingly interested in getting a piece of the market.
Danone's US Arm DanoneWave Gets B-Corp Environmental Certification (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=b657ed5507&e=2715c96b29) - Reuters
The Danone group has vowed to become the first multinational group to be certified as a B-Corp in the world as part of that broader strategy.
Nestle Vows to Convert to Environmentally Friendly Packaging by 2025 (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=1f2feba299&e=2715c96b29) - Food Dive
Nestle announced plans to make 100% of its packaging recyclable or reuseable by 2025, with a vision that none of its packaging ends up in landfills or as litter.
The Craft Beer Industry's Buzz Is Wearing Off (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=5563381f58&e=2715c96b29) - The Washington Post
Craft brewers saw a 5% rise in production volume in 2017, leading to more closures of small craft breweries than any time in the past decade.
Consumers Are Catching onto Prebiotics (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=fbeb1ee17b&e=2715c96b29) - Food Navigator
While nutrition scientists are still unlocking secrets of the gut microbiome, consumers increasingly understand the food we eat may be intimately connected to our physical health and mental wellbeing.
PepsiCo Tests Aquafina Water Station (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=4767c5a75c&e=2715c96b29) - Vending Times
The Aquafina Water Station enables consumers to dispense customized sparkling or still water with flavors. It has rolled out 30 prototypes in the market.
Innovation Boosting Bread Category (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=57d90730d8&e=2715c96b29) - Food Business News
Pursuit of clean label has become the most prominent new product theme in the bread category. New product introductions also targeted the breakfast, premium and organic segments of the bread market.
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6 River Systems Raises $25M for Warehouse Robots (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=6a6af7b387&e=2715c96b29) - TechCrunch
The series B round was led by Menlo Ventures, with participation from Norwest Venture Partners, Eclipse Ventures and iRobot. The startup plans to use the funding to build out its own software. It also wants to expand to Europe.
Israel: Futuristic Pod-to-Meal Startup Raises $10M (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=d55e7ea1fe&e=2715c96b29) - CTech
Genie raised a $10m series A funding round led by Carl Marks Securities. The company will use funding to establish operations in the US.
Walmart Partners with Postmates on Grocery Delivery (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=fe80c4a131&e=2715c96b29) - TechCrunch
Postmates joins Walmart's existing delivery partners Uber and Deliv, who have been helping Walmart test deliveries in select markets. The partnership will initially begin in North Carolina before expanding in the months ahead.
How Instacart Is Ramping Up Its Grocery Strategy to Fend Off Amazon (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=0f6a808fe5&e=2715c96b29) - Fast Company
Instacart now partners with six out of seven of the largest grocery stores in the US and is in more than 210 North American markets.
Private Label Sales Grew Three Times Faster Than National Brands (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=b866baa5a9&e=2715c96b29) - Food Dive
Much of this growth came from premium private label products. To keep this momentum going, retailers will need to keep differentiating themselves by featuring unique products.
How Artificial Intelligence Will Take Over the Supermarket Produce Aisles (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=c55e9b1d50&e=2715c96b29) - TechCrunch
Farmers can use AI algorithms to make better field decisions and breeders can make plants themselves better. The combination of these uses will ultimately drive lower prices at the supermarket.
Tesco Has a $5.7B Question Hanging Over Its Head (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=6260391ee5&e=2715c96b29) - Bloomberg
Tesco's recently purchased cash-and-carry chain Booker Group. Investors hoping for more super-savings from the deal are having to wait longer for a return.
Why a Small South LA Market's Fresh Food Facelift Is a Big Deal (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=cb22e77ede&e=2715c96b29) - LA Mag
Hank's Mini Market is working with the LA Food Policy Council, the local arts community and Sweetgreen to offer healthy food and community empowerment to the neighborhood.
Amazon Spent Nearly $23B on R&D Last Year — More Than Any Other US Company (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=c04fbec43e&e=2715c96b29) - Recode
Amazon has poured resources into AWS, Alexa and technologies like computer vision to support ambitious projects such as the Amazon Go cashierless store of the future.
FDA Wants to Regulate Amazon's Fulfillment Centers As Food Facilities. Amazon Begs to Differ (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=c172c1dda5&e=2715c96b29) - New Food Economy
Amazon has claimed that it is a retail company, and therefore doesn't need to register with the FDA. The government has disputed that designation, assuming the right to revoke its right to sell goods.
Hannaford Rolls Out Meal Kits to Go (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=bd8944fbea&e=2715c96b29) - Progressive Grocer
Hannaford Supermarkets and Home Chef have introduced a Hannaford To Go service that allows shoppers to select their groceries online and pick up their orders and meal kits the same day.
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The Plant-Based Impossible Burger is Now Available as a White Castle Slider (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=274d7811e6&e=2715c96b29) - Fast Company
Now you can grab a $1.99 vegetarian Impossible Burger at 140 White Castle locations.
Chipotle Announces Landfill Diversion Initiative (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=908d4dd6d0&e=2715c96b29) - Meat + Poultry
RiverRoad Waste Solutions will implement programs that maximize waste diversion. The chain has also begun recycling and compost programs for food packaging disposal. It aims to have 100% of its restaurants recycling by 2020.
Uber Buys Jump. Will Its E-Bikes Power More Food Delivery? (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=4679e405d2&e=2715c96b29) - The Spoon
Adding Jump to the Eats arsenal would make sense in densely populated cities, where traffic can slow car deliveries down. It would also give drivers a chance to make deliveries without the up-front cost of buying their own car or bike.
India: YumLane Raises $4M from RB Investments, Flipkart Founder Binny Bansal and Others (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=8307663066&e=2715c96b29) - Financial Express
The company plans to use funds for product development, scaling its retail, hiring sales and marketing staff and improving back-end operations.
A Brutal Battle Among China's Food Delivery Apps Is Resulting in Practically Free Meals (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=21d0c0cfea&e=2715c96b29) - Quartz
After Didi added food delivery to its app offerings last week along with steep discounts, its rivals Ele.me and Meituan moved quickly to engage in the subsidy battle. Many Chinese residents are bragging about the near-free meals they order through the apps.
McDonald's 2.0: How Fast Food Chains Are Using Design to Go Local (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=0685c6c2ae&e=2715c96b29) - Curbed
Restaurants from McDonald's to KFC to Starbucks are rethinking their spaces inside and out, in a wave of design interventions that will spread throughout the US.
By Chloe Chef Accuses Co-Founder of Trademark Infringement and Sending 'Threatening Messages' (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=d475c18fbe&e=2715c96b29) - Grub Street
The news follows the company's recent $31m funding round and plans for global expansion.
India: Ola May Raise Funds for Foodpanda (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=dd5bd963e9&e=2715c96b29) - LiveMint
Ola has held talks to buy private label food firms following its purchase of Foodpanda as part of a plan to have a group company-like structure similar to that of Flipkart.
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Stressed, Struggling and Suicidal: America's Farmers Are Begging for Mental Health Services (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=ab0ff89730&e=2715c96b29) - Mother Jones
Farmers' advocacy groups called on Congress to reauthorize a program that provides mental health services to distressed American farmers and their families. The farming sector is coping with lingering recession and an impending trade war.
Brazilian Firm Buys Majority Stake in National Beef for Nearly $1B (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=289eaa99c0&e=2715c96b29) - Food Dive
A controlling interest in National Beef Packing Company is being sold to an indirect subsidiary of Marfrig Global Foods of Brazil. The 51% stake is being valued at $969m. The deal will make Marfrig the second-largest beef producer in the world.
InspiraFarms Adds €2.5M to Series A for Cold Storage and Processing Tech in East Africa and Central America (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=b3ed02de40&e=2715c96b29) - AgFunder
The additional investment came from existing investors along with Factor(e) Ventures, Energy Access Ventures PYMWYMIC, Montpelier Foundation and the Doen Foundation. Additional funding will be used to expand its global reach.
Scientists Grew the First Vegetables in Antarctica Without Soil or Sunlight (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=2083bebfad&e=2715c96b29) - Quartz
German scientists gathered 8 pounds of produce from their first yield, including herbs, lettuce, arugula and radishes. Their project aims to find ways to cultivate food for human missions in space.
A New Custom Plant Microbiome Could Help End the Use of Polluting Fertilizer (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=d773e353b0&e=2715c96b29) - Fast Company
Bayer Pharmaceuticals and Ginkgo Bioworks joined forces on a $100m joint venture called Joyn Bio. The companies aim to create microbes that produce nitrogen that feed plant roots naturally, without the use of external fertilizer.
Trump Looks to Assuage Trade Critics With Farm Package (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=6f2dd76acc&e=2715c96b29) - Wall Street Journal
The Trump administration is seeking to blunt domestic opposition to its trade policies with a relief package for farmers affected by the US trade spat with China. The program could climb into the billions of dollars.
Farmers Hit the Road to Reach Shoppers Before Amazon Does (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=e568c09cf2&e=2715c96b29) - New York Times
A farm's startup takes online orders and delivers milk, eggs, meat and other products, across stretches of northeastern Pennsylvania.
US Ranchers Want to Use the Federal Government As a Proxy to Fight High-Tech Meat Companies (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=8a8e8dc36e&e=2715c96b29) - Quartz
The National Cattlemen's Beef Association wants to put cell-cultured foods under the oversight of the USDA. The move may be luring tech companies into a regulatory trap, as the USDA has long been known to promote agricultural industries.
Can Responsible Grazing Make Beef Climate Neutral? (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=ccf094b553&e=2715c96b29) - Civil Eats
New research found that the greenhouse gases sequestered in one grass-fed system balanced out those emitted by the cows, but some meatless advocates are skeptical.
The Women Reviving Heirloom Grains and Flour (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=3e3cf9488b&e=2715c96b29) - Civil Eats
Female grain growers, millers and artisan bread bakers are collaborating to lift women's role in bread into the spotlight.
US-Based Organic Producers, Manufacturers Could Get Ahead of the Competition Through Exports (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=010d5e5ce9&e=2715c96b29) - Food Navigator
The US currently accounts for half the global market share of organic. Buyers from around the world are looking to America for contracts with suppliers and manufacturers.
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Israel: Personalized Nutrition Analytics Platform Nutrino Raises $8M (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=2a767dccde&e=2715c96b29) - The Spoon
Nielsen Ventures, Pereg Ventures, and Gandyr Group joined existing investors, including the New York Angels group. Nutrino hopes to expand its partnerships in food analytics and meal planning for diabetics.
Strawberries Remain at the Top of the 'Dirty Dozen' Produce List (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=ab7639f855&e=2715c96b29) - Food Dive
The EWG's Shoppers Guide to Pesticides in Produce was topped again by strawberries, followed by spinach, nectarines, apples, grapes, peaches, cherries, pears, tomatoes, celery, potatoes and bell peppers.
These 10 Invasive Plant Species Are Surprisingly Delicious (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=8ecf596a94&e=2715c96b29) - Saveur
Thanks to foragers and the emerging practice of conservation foraging, many weeds that landowners battle on their lawns are the same ingredients appearing on restaurant menus, in CSA boxes and at market.
Kenwood Partners With Drop to Create a Smart Multicooker (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=030cfc0b9d&e=2715c96b29) - The Spoon
The kCook Multi Smart is the first appliance to be connected and utilize a smart kitchen software platform. It is the first of a series of products that will be developed through Drop and Kenwood's partnership.
Moby Op-Ed Sparks Backlash for Arguing Food Stamps Shouldn't Pay for 'Junk' (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=282f206986&e=2715c96b29) - Eater
The music star and vegan restauranteur argued that SNAP should focus on healthy food, sparking backlash from the online community by his authoritative tone.
Are Scallops Actually Vegan? (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=5a823c7da8&e=2715c96b29) - Vice
There's now a movement dedicated to seagan eating, which argues that seafood truly belongs in a vegan diet. In the case of bivalves, the line between plant and animal remains unclear.
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