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refugee food festival
To commemorate World Refugee Day on June 20, the Refugee Food Festival will launch in New York City for three nights from June 14-17, 2018.
Three New York City restaurants – Taïm (Nolita), Le Coq Rico, and Porsena - will show solidarity with refugees by opening their kitchens to refugee chefs living in the United States. This year's participating refugees include Iranian Chef Nasrin and Syrian Chef Diaa Alhanoun, both from Eat Offbeat.
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Join us to hear how food innovators are reducing and repurposing food waste at our June Food+Tech Meetup. Presenters will do a deep dive into their business strategies, technologies, challenges and lessons learned. Hear From:
* Joanna Ehrenreich of Toast Ale (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=086edd94cb&e=2715c96b29)
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Specialty Foods Sales Surge to Record $140.3B in 2017 (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=73b1808d8c&e=2715c96b29) - Food Dive
Specialty food sales rose 11% between 2015 and 2017. The category is growing faster than all food sold at retail, jumping 12.9% compared to 1.4%.
Meet 'the Million-Dollar Palate' Behind a Flood of New Foods (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=00eb9a2de0&e=2715c96b29) - New York Times
From a lab at Oregon State, Sarah Masoni works with companies big and small to create flavors, develop products and market them.
UK: Nestle Eyes Plant-Based Sector with Garden Gourmet (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=3bc9f310b3&e=2715c96b29) - Food Navigator
Nestle is launching a European meat-free brand as part of a broader drive into the plant-based protein space.
CircleUp25: The Most Innovative Consumer and Retail Brands of 2018 (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=bd68755e5e&e=2715c96b29) - Forbes
Announcing the call for nominations for the sixth annual CircleUp25 awards, which shine a light on brands improving what we eat and drink, feed our pets and take into our homes.
France: This Marseille Microbrewery Is Crowd-Sourcing Hops and Training Urban Farmers (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=e24cbff07c&e=2715c96b29) - VinePair
Part Faite hires local urbanites to grow its hops and recycles almost everything it uses. The oil in their fermenting tanks is recycled from local restaurants. Leftover grain husks go to a boulangerie for beer bread, or to a nearby farm for animal feed.
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Chef'd Is Bringing Its Meal Kits to Walgreens, Duane Read (http://) e (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=93eef1dbe5&e=2715c96b29) - CNBC
Chef'd will bring its meal kits to 30 Walgreens and Duane Reade stores in the New York area as part of a partnership with Smithfield Foods. This is one of the first instances of a meal kit company partnering with a drugstore chain.
Microsoft Takes Aim at Amazon with Push for Checkout-Free Retail (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=55bf0868e4&e=2715c96b29) - Reuters
Microsoft is developing systems that track what shoppers add to their carts. It has shown sample technology to retailers from around the world and has had talks with Walmart about a potential collaboration.
Google Enters Deal With Carrefour to Sell Food Online in France (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=ce479ce549&e=2715c96b29) - Bloomberg
Alphabet Inc's Google entered a deal with Carrefour to sell groceries online in France through its platforms including Home, Assistant and the Google shopping destination in France.
A Stampede of Meatless Products Overrun Grocery Store Meat Cases (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=65f8c2bead&e=2715c96b29) - Wall Street Journal
Furious cattlemen see the meat section as their turf, a private reserve of steaks and chops with one thing in common—a butchered animal carcass.
Why Meal Kits Are Going Offline (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=055761ff4e&e=2715c96b29) - Eater
Companies like Blue Apron and Plated are invading grocery stores in search of new customers.
Why Are Grocery Retailers Teaming Up with Giants (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=19aee851ae&e=2715c96b29) - Reuters
Traditional grocers need help with automatically replenishing products in stores, shopper subscription, AI, voice technology and digital assistants. Grocery e-commerce provides a high frequency platform from which other categories can be approached.
Moving Towards a Plastic-Free Planet Is 'An Evolution, Not a Revolution' (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=3ec95c8643&e=2715c96b29) - Food Navigator
Ekoplaza's recently launched plastic-free aisle is an example to the world that plastic-free can be a scalable, viable and convenient model. The retail chain will be adding a plastic-free logo to all relevant private label products.
Amazon Is Still Sorting Out Its Grocery Strategy (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=7e74dc6b3a&e=2715c96b29) - Bloomberg
The Whole Foods deal highlights the need to make its food-related offerings more coherent.
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Ford's 'Self-Driving' Vans Are Now Delivering Food in Miami (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=5a201c7888&e=2715c96b29) - The Verge
Ford has retrofitted a fleet of its Transit vans with touchpad-accessible lockers, from which Postmates customers with the right access code can retrieve their food. The pilot is underway with over 70 businesses participating.
Deliveroo Fattens Its Market Presence by Opening to Restaurants That Do Deliveries (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=96302c5271&e=2715c96b29) - TechCrunch
Next month, the company will launch a new service called Marketplace+ in seven of its markets, onboarding restaurants that do their own food deliveries to its platform and offering them the ability to tap into Deliveroo's network of riders.
Square's Caviar Agrees to Pay $2.2M to Settle Class-Action Lawsuit over Gratuity (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=4878a3cb03&e=2715c96b29) - TechCrunch
The lawsuit claimed Square collected gratuities from customers but didn't pass on that money to the delivery drivers. Square disputes those claims.
The Star of Mission Chinese Is Shaking Up the Standard's Hotels (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=154defc456&e=2715c96b29) - Bloomberg
As the new creative director of food and culture at Standard Hotels, Angela Dimayuga is charged with producing events that merge cuisine, design, fashion and sound.
How the Fast Food Industry Courted African American Customers (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=20f6de2448&e=2715c96b29) - The Washington Post
The USDA reported that from 2013 to 2014, African Americans derived 20% of their food energy from fast food. The industry has built a relationship with black customers in ways that other industries have not, and the courtship can be traced back to the 1960s.
There's a New Healthy Food Delivery Service in Town — and It's Doctor Approved (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=6878a05d6b&e=2715c96b29) - Well + Good
Dr. Frank Lipman and celebrity chef Tricia Williams want people to check the kitchen cabinet before the medicine drawer.
Gabrielle Hamilton Plans to Partner With Ken Friedman to Run the Spotted Pig (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=e82d6fe433&e=2715c96b29) - New York Times
The Prune chef is pursuing a deal with the restaurant's owner, who has been accused of sexual harassment. Read Hamilton's defense. (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=f2b503799e&e=2715c96b29)
Bill Murray Expands His Business Interests to Food Trucks (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=8a64d5cc54&e=2715c96b29) - Fortune
Murray is opening a permanent venue for food trucks in South Carolina, slated to open this summer. The development is the latest in a series of business ventures in the city.
Netherlands: The Restaurant Chain with Nothing but Food Waste on the Menu (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=64da2e0a8d&e=2715c96b29) - Huffington Post
Instock is a social enterprise that collects surplus food from 160 supermarkets across the Netherlands to serve food through its restaurants and sell through an online shop to catering companies and chefs.
Ramadan Kitchen' Gives Syrian Refugees a Taste of Home (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=0b1fd168b8&e=2715c96b29) - NPR
The kitchen serves 5k iftar meals daily to displaced families living in camps in the Bekaa Valley of Lebanon during Ramadan. For many, it offers a sense of community, family and tradition.
Chinese Food Delivery Companies' Green Initiatives Fizzle Out (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=e39060e57e&e=2715c96b29) - Sixth Tone
Restaurants, couriers and consumers all blame each other for delivery waste.
Food Delivery Services Can't Find Enough Drivers to Meet Demand (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=5568ffaf04&e=2715c96b29) - Skift Table
The rush to bring everything from groceries to gourmet meals to customers' doorsteps has sparked such a demand that job postings for delivery driver have tripled nationwide on Indeed.com in the past three years.
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Fish Billed As Local Isn't Always Local (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=62106fb693&e=2715c96b29) - AP News
Sea to Table's yellowfin tuna has been linked to migrant fishermen in foreign waters who describe labor abuses, poaching and the slaughter of sharks, whales and dolphins. The distributor has been offering species in other parts of the country that were illegal to catch, out of season and farmed. Read Sea to Table's response. (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=b26a7ecf0f&e=2715c96b29)
Can High-Tech Indoor Agriculture Transform Local Food? (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=ae61157b63&e=2715c96b29) - Edible Brooklyn
Are New York's new operations destined to only cater to elite clients, or can they help realize a new local food future?
For Farmers on SNAP, House Farm Bill Cuts Would Hurt in More Ways than One (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=a4bda425cb&e=2715c96b29) - Civil Eats
Many small farmers rely on food assistance to feed themselves and their families, and earn income from the same programs at farmers' markets.
"Clean" Meat Needs a Rebrand. Here's an Idea: Call It "Craft" Instead (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=b70a42fdd6&e=2715c96b29) - New Food Economy
In order to sell eaters on meat grown in a lab, the industry may need to look to craft beer as a model. One biotech exec says it's smart to talk about in-vitro meat as a quality choice, not a moral one.
How This Entrepreneur Behind a Multimillion-Dollar Company Is Disrupting the Seafood Industry (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=25e570b7f0&e=2715c96b29) - Entrepreneur
Duncan Berry is the co-founder of Fishpeople, a sustainable seafood company that sells products in more than 6k stores.
The Movement to Turn Church Land into Farmland (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=34cc00616c&e=2715c96b29) - Civil Eats
A nascent movement of faith leaders, conservation experts and food advocates are joining forces to connect young farmers to the vast quantity of land owned by churches.
From Child Labor to the Future of Food: The Voices of Young People Change Agriculture for the Better (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=eba01d4189&e=2715c96b29) - Food Tank
Young food leaders are the newest human rights accelerators in a program to erase child labor.
Why Craft Breweries Need Cows (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=cce26ec6d9&e=2715c96b29) - NPR
San Diego is one of the top craft brewery locations in the country, but what are breweries to do with tens of thousands of pounds of used up grain? They send it to nearby farms.
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EATERS
New Report Provides Platform to Fix Broken Food Systems (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=76a87991db&e=2715c96b29) - Food Tank
New report proves the positive impact on the food system when a specific dollar value is placed on ecosystem services.
Despite a Revamped Focus on Real-Life Skills, 'Home Ec' Classes Fade Away (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=cbdbde6145&e=2715c96b29) - NPR
Now called family and consumer sciences, courses suffer from few qualified teachers and declining enrollment. But in today's classes, students learn about gardening, nutrition, labeling and finance.
For Ramadan, More Muslims Shape Diets Around Physical and Mental Health (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=011a28b910&e=2715c96b29) - NPR
A growing number of Muslim food bloggers and dietitians say that fitness and spirituality go hand in hand, and are sharing tips to encourage mindfulness in food choices to keep from overindulging.
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