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The need for experienced leadership, accountability and diversity are just a few of the lessons former employee Andrea Carbine says we can learn from Pilotworks' abrupt shutdown.
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Dirty Lemon Discontinues Sales and Production of CBD Elixir (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=1b86e0d54b&e=2715c96b29) - BevNET
The company announced it will discontinue sales until the regulatory framework around hemp-derived CBD is clarified on a federal and state level.
Noosa Yoghurt Merges with Sovos Brands, Eyes Up Category Extensions Beyond Spoonable Yogurt (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=b4bcce06d3&e=2715c96b29) - Food Navigator
Sovos has a growing portfolio of premium CPG brands that plans to extend the Noosa brand into categories beyond spoonable yogurt.
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The company's CEO says science and public opinion have to catch up before soda giant gets on board.
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The maker of Clark Bars and Mary Janes has now shut down due to excessive debt, changing tastes and bad management.
What the Science of Food Manufacturing Reveals About Our Food System (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=6a282c002b&e=2715c96b29) - AgFunder
Noemie Delfassy, founder of Finer Flavors, gives an in-depth account of the food manufacturing process and some of its woes.
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A modern Hershey is an expensive Hershey, but as long as sales are growing execs still say things are sweet.
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Rural America's Favorite Store Is Moving Into the Big City (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=a94f43b757&e=2715c96b29) - Bloomberg
Dollar General is trying to transcend its roots with a millennial-focused urban concept called DGX.
Alibaba Used Shoppers' Data to Invent a Spicy Snickers Bar (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=c9fd2934f3&e=2715c96b29) - Bloomberg
The e-commerce giant is vacuuming up data from people shopping, searching and sharing online and providing it to companies like Mars.
Supercenters to Small Formats: Why Grocers Are Scaling Down (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=9d219de864&e=2715c96b29) - Grocery Dive
Retailers like Sprouts Farmers Market are playing down center store to resonate with customers looking for quick and convenient trips without compromising on experience.
Chinese Tech Giant Meituan Focuses on a "Food Plus" Super App to Up the Ante with Alibaba (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=4d6011d91d&e=2715c96b29) - Forbes
Meituan has looked like GroupOn, Yelp, GrubHub and others in its short history. Now it's restructuring and focusing on refining its delivery business while also getting into fresh food retailing.
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SoftBank Deal Values Food Startup Zume at $2.25B (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=b7e4c3eedd&e=2715c96b29) - Wall Street Journal
The robot pizza maker has closed a $375m round of capital through SoftBank Vision Fund.
Resy Acquires Reserve, in the Fierce Tussle Over Restaurant Reservations (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=fec96348fc&e=2715c96b29) - New York Times
Financial terms were undisclosed. With the addition of Reserve, Resy will now serve 4k restaurants in the US.
Can a New Tech Solution 'Clarifi' the Restaurant Business? (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=c4d7d1b09d&e=2715c96b29) - Forbes
Restaurant managers sometimes have to learn as many as 40 new technologies every time they change jobs. HotSchedules hopes to make that a thing of the past.
Square Launches a New Platform to Make Tableside Payments Faster and Cheaper (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=4b56e29edd&e=2715c96b29) - The Spoon
The all-in-one payment device integrates with its restaurant POS system.
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Early-stage investment in agrifood tech startups reached $10.1b in 2017, a 29% increase on the previous year.
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An undisclosed family office led the round. Funding will be used to help build out licenses within the company's portfolio.
San Diego Startup Develops Algae Production Platform Capable of Producing Proteins Found in Bovine and Human Breast Milk (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=1540f2b30b&e=2715c96b29) - Food Navigator
The company claims the platform could prove a game changer in the infant formula market.
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Agrifood tech presents a huge opportunity for a wide variety of stakeholders, but only if connectivity between stakeholders exists. Moving towards an optimal system will require engagement of a diversity of stakeholders.
What's Behind the Crippling Dairy Crisis? Family Farmers Speak Out. (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=534d088c83&e=2715c96b29) - Civil Eats
In the Northeast, the dairy crisis is shuttering generations-old dairies. Can the crisis become a rallying political issue?
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A "natural" solution would require overhauling the multi-trillion dollar global food industry.
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A proposed rule from acting EPA administrator Andrew Wheeler would free large animal feedlots from having to report potentially toxic air emissions from animal waste.
The EPA Says Farmers Can Keep Using Weedkiller Blamed for Vast Crop Damage (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=9a5101d5d9&e=2715c96b29) - NPR
The EPA is allowing farmers to spray the controversial weedkiller dicamba. The chemical is prone to blowing in the wind and damaging other vegetation.
Planting the Seeds of Indigenous Food Sovereignty (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=7d04f6b33f&e=2715c96b29) - Civil Eats
In the Great Bear Rainforest, educator and agitator Jessie Housty reconnects the Haíłzaqv community with its food traditions.
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These stories help to affirm just how global America's food marketplace has become.
How a 3.5-Mile-Long Irrigation Canal Used by 23 Farms Caused the E. Coli Outbreak Linked to Romaine Lettuce (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=835b4313f3&e=2715c96b29) - New Food Economy
The FDA has offered its first assessment of what happened in Yuma, Arizona.
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If a popular app used by many farmers markets to process federal SNAP benefits is no longer offered next spring, consumers' access to fresh produce may be stalled.
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SNAP provides nutrition assistance for about 42m Americans, but critics say now is the time to restructure the $70b annual program in a way that promotes healthier food choices.
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