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A new report called Refresh: Food and Tech, from Soil to Supper, highlights more than 20 digital platforms and artificial intelligence algorithms being adopted across the U.S. food supply chain by farmers, distributors, grocers, retailers, and consumers.
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Constellation Pours $100M into Female-Led Alcohol Brands (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=62fcc316e2&e=2715c96b29) - Food Dive
As of now, the beverage and tobacco manufacturing industry is composed of about 80% male executives. Its first investments were made to Austin Cocktails and Vivify Beverages.
Nutella Maker Ferrero in Race to Buy Campbell's International Business (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=aa1aa848b6&e=2715c96b29) - Reuters
The Italian group is working on a possible deal, which could amount to more than $2b.
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CEO Beth Ford describes the co-op's farmers as innovators who are demanding new tools for technology for new products.
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The Vietnamese-inspired coffee brand closed $2m led by Silverton Partners. The capital will be used to scale its e-commerce and office sales.
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The finalists include Bohana, Hapi Drinks, IQ Bar, Remedy Organics, Rule Breaker Snacks, Sophie's Kitchen and more.
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The ingredient was found across 36 different grocery store categories, in everything from dried pasta to frozen foods. Sales for packaged cauliflower products grew 71% last year.
How Big Food Companies Are Using the Gun and Tobacco Industry Playbook to Thwart Bold Public Health Laws (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=b8e353074d&e=2715c96b29) - New Food Economy
Preemption laws, once used to kill local smoking bans, are now being used to stop soda taxes and other bold nutrition policies before they even get started.
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The institute will include a laboratory and facilities for rapid prototyping, with a focus on the discovery and development of functional, safe and environmentally friendly packaging.
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What was once a category dominated by fiber and probiotic ingredients is now seeing prebiotics and fermented foods making inroads.
US Company Lands Second Substantial Grant to Develop Kelp-Based Additive for Bread (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=785c34e850&e=2715c96b29) - Bakery and Snacks
VitaminSea is receiving $600k to develop a prototype called SeaKelp+. The financing will allow the company to collaborate with bakeries to develop a recipe and conduct market testing.
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Food Business Pathways is a free course that gives low-income participants a leg up in turning their ideas into successful businesses through training, mentoring, access to services and space to sell.
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The retailer is evaluating top US airports for new locations.
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Using robots to fill and deliver orders promises to save retailers money and boost consumer demand, but with the technology still in its test phase, the broader impact remains unclear.
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Dollar Stores proliferate in low socioeconomic and African American communities. These stores are not merely a byproduct of economic distress. They're a cause of it.
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Under a new pay model, employees have seen their earnings fall by half or more.
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In fall 2019, Costco will open a chicken farming operation in eastern Nebraska. This venture will provide Costco with 100m chickens, or 40% of its yearly chicken needs.
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Consumers deserve a better model for meeting their grocery needs. An online auction is what's needed to create a new reality in grocery retailing.
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Officials in some cities worry that stores and restaurants that don't accept cash effectively exclude people without credit cards or bank accounts.
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Feeding America partnered with The Rockefeller Foundation to explore ways to increase peoples' access to fresh, healthy food by innovating its food distribution model, moving away from shelf stable food to perishables.
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The FAO's monthly food price index has hit its lowest value since May 2016. The drop was led by vegetable oils and dairy products.
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Australia's National Transport Insurance has announced it will trial a blockchain system to improve supply chain integrity for beef exports abroad.
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Meal Temple Group has just received a six-figure sum from Australian and French investors. It plans to use the investment to grow the company's local operations and broaden its logistics services to more lines of business.
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So-called fast casual restaurants, proliferating in cities, are increasingly resistant to accept cash. Local legislators now think that's a problem.
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Uber's senior director and head of Eats product have confirmed the company's intentions to become an ad company. It will soon sell adds that promote restaurants.
Goldbelly Buys Its Long-Distance Restaurant Delivery Competitor FoodyDirect (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=f6acdaea2e&e=2715c96b29) - Skift Table
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Stephen Chau, head of product at Uber Eats, shares the ways in which he foresees restaurants will become transformed by technology.
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They're outdated. They're discriminatory. And they aren't going anywhere.
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A year after allegations against him emerged, anyone who eats at Babbo is still filling his pockets.
How Are Food Influencers Changing The Restaurant World? (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=95a8c3e0ed&e=2715c96b29) - Forbes
As Gen-Z are becoming adults, the food influencers they follow are somewhere between friends and traditional reviewers. They're seen as potentially more trustworthy than an anonymous review website.
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Scientist Predicts Entire European Truffle Industry May Disappear Within a Generation (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=eb65075216&e=2715c96b29) - Modern Farmer
For decades, black truffle harvests have been continually decreasing. Between 2071 and 2100, output will decrease by between 78% and 100%.
World's First Honey Bee Vaccine Seeks to Save Dying Pollinators (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=76de2ba332&e=2715c96b29) - Bloomberg
A growing number of honey bees die each year due to pesticides, vanishing habitats, poor nutrition and climate change. Scientists in Helsinki have developed the first edible vaccine against microbial infections.
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With its price up and its image down, the industrial egg is starting to crack.
Pot Is So Hot in Canada That Firms Are Importing Workers (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=e7b55a83b1&e=2715c96b29) - Bloomberg
Eight of Canada's largest cannabis companies are now actively recruiting for 1.7k positions. Increasing automation will likely accelerate the shift toward more high-tech jobs.
UK: Waitrose First Supermarket to Use Robots to Farm Its Food (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=cad094c7bc&e=2715c96b29) - The Telegraph
The supermarket will use autonomous farming robots to analyze, plant and protect crops from weeds. The robots will cultivate fields used to grow wheat for bread and flour sold in Waitrose stores.
Forty Acres of Farm Land in America Is Lost to Development Every Hour (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=597cedbd82&e=2715c96b29) - Modern Farmer
There's a movement afoot to convert conservation land trusts into new farmer incubators.
What Is the Future of AgriFood Innovation in Southeast Asia? (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=9cae59fe43&e=2715c96b29) - AgFunder
Last week, the ReThink Agri-Food Innovation Week took place in Singapore for the first time. Here are the results of a survey of the event's 300 delegates.
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Trump Administration Rolls Back Obama-Era Rules for School Lunches (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=01f8dddd03&e=2715c96b29) - New York Times
The Department of Agriculture announced its plans to lower nutritional standards for grains, flavored milks and sodium in school cafeterias
Already a Climate Change Leader, California Takes on Food Waste (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=5b6eae8a85&e=2715c96b29) - Civil Eats
The state's innovate programs and laws to tackle excess food and reduce greenhouse gas emissions could be a template for the nation.
The Emerging Farm Bill Is a Bad Outcome — That Could Have Been Worse (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=486ca8152d&e=2715c96b29) - The Washington Post
The farm bill will omit a provision in the House bill that would have tightened eligibility for SNAP. It also appears likely to loosen a work requirement.
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The Hive Explorer allows farmers to modulate temperature and humidity settings and compare mealworm growth and fertilizer output.
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