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Applegate's shares how the meat company is launching its regenerative agriculture platform featuring products will come from animals raised on pasture.
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Blue Apron Founder Launches Next-Gen Food Company (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=0d83cea009&e=2715c96b29) - Food Dive
Blue Apron co-founder and former COO Matthew Wadiak has launched Cooks Venture, which will sell pasture-raised, heirloom, slow growth chickens, offering distribution both direct-to-consumer and in-store starting July 2019. The company is focused on regenerative agriculture and transparency in food production.
Launching from YC, Eclipse Foods Casts a Long Shadow Over the $336B Dairy Industry (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=78a6f0707e&e=2715c96b29) - TechCrunch
Eclipse Foods is going after the whole dairy industry, starting with a line of spreads and select additives for restaurants around San Francisco.
Birds Eye Launches Vegan Meat Range (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=6bc4d0967e&e=2715c96b29) - LIVEKINDLY
Frozen food company Birds Eye, which sells frozen fish, chicken, meat-based ready meals, and vegetables, has launched its first vegan meat range in the UK at Tesco and Asda stores.
Jelly Bean Creator Launches CBD-Infused Jelly Beans (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=7373f55067&e=2715c96b29) - Food Dive
David Klein, who sold the rights to Jelly Belly in 1980 for $4.8m, has launched a company called Spectrum Confections to sell CBD-infused jelly beans.
General Mills Raised Prices on Cereal and Yogurt. It's Working (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=4ca88b0c1d&e=2715c96b29) - CNN
The company's total sales rose 8% — largely because it raised prices to protect its profit margins, which were threatened by rising dairy inflation.
Amyris Teams Up with LAVVAN to Bring Fermentation-Derived CBD to Market in 2020 (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=dd037e9335&e=2715c96b29) - Food Navigator
Cannabinoids derived from fermentation are anticipated to have significant benefits over those extracted from hemp plants, including consistent purity and dosage, improved yield of rare cannabinoids and less water and land usage.
Health-Ade, Whole Foods Reach $4M Settlement in Class Action Suit (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=b46b791347&e=2715c96b29) - BevNet
Kombucha brand Health-Ade and Whole Foods Market have reached a settlement to conclude a class action lawsuit filed last year by customers who alleged the company's beverage products were mislabeled as non-alcoholic.
Keurig and Anheuser-Busch Are Preparing K-Cups for Cocktails (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=8cd19900bf&e=2715c96b29) - Food & Wine
Each pod holds the alcohol and flavorings, to which the machine adds water.
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Starbucks Will Anchor the New $400M Food-Focused Valor Siren Ventures Fund (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=7d4728b86d&e=2715c96b29) - TechCrunch
Starbucks will provide a $100m cash commitment to anchor the new fund, which will focus on companies developing new technologies and products for the food and retail industry.
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The new capital will help improve its technology and assist liquor brands in offering new ways of accepting payment from consumers, selling personalized products and customizing subscription plans to shoppers.
This Origami Robot Was Built to Bag Groceries (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=b8874ee1b3&e=2715c96b29) - The Spoon
MIT and Harvard have developed a new gripper that's both soft and strong: a cone-shaped origami structure that collapses in on objects to pick up items that are as much as 100 times its weight.
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The world's largest retailer is using Jetblack, a labor-intensive and money-losing personal-shopping service, to develop artificial intelligence to compete with e-commerce giant Amazon.
Dollar General Opening 975 Stores to Quench Food Deserts Thirst (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=0de71d96d0&e=2715c96b29) - Forbes
As part of its nationwide expansion, DG will remodel 1k older stores with produce planned for 200 of these locations.
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Walmart's stores are doubling as warehouses for online shoppers. It's something other retailers, including Target, are also trying to do to compete with Amazon. But no other traditional retailer has Walmart's scale.
UK: Aldi Launches New "Local" Concept Store in South London (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=7ba0aab96f&e=2715c96b29) - Retail Gazette
The new store is part of Aldi UK's trial of a new brand identity to help shoppers differentiate between regular-sized and city-store format stores.
Fairway's Cashierless App Can't Trust New Yorkers Because of 'Diversity,' Fired Rep Says (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=dc182e77ac&e=2715c96b29) - Gothamist
An email recently received by a Fairway shopper using its cashierless mobile app recently went into unexpected and disturbing depth as to why New Yorkers can't be trusted to adhere to an honor policy.
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Sweetgreen and FoodCorps have partnered to launch Reimagining School Cafeterias. By next year, kids in 50 schools will get to design their own fresh, locally sourced lunches, Sweetgreen-style.
Postmates' Newest Feature Is Like Uber POOL for Food Delivery (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=ab0952e332&e=2715c96b29) - TechCrunch
The new feature lets customers within the same neighborhood pool their orders. In return, these customers get the food delivered for free.
Starbucks Announces Trials for Recyclable and Compostable Cups (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=92d84fe3d2&e=2715c96b29) - CNBC
The coffee giant has drawn fire in the past from environmental activists for the roughly 6b cups it uses every year. Last year, it pledged to phase out plastic straws from all of its stores by 2020.
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How restaurant chains of all sizes are investing in back-of-the-house tech.
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Diners who experience inappropriate comments are often left with little recourse.
Questlove's Fake Meat Cheesesteaks Are Coming to Concert Venues Across America (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=11f4c9d963&e=2715c96b29) - Eater
The hip-hop drummer is teaming up with Impossible Foods to debut a new sandwich featuring Impossible 2.0 Meat.
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Here's How the Footprint of the Plant-Based Impossible Burger Compares to Beef (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=821f58e8f9&e=2715c96b29) - Fast Company
The newest version of the Impossible Burger–the plant-based meat that uses food science to replicate the taste and feel of beef–has a carbon footprint 89% smaller than a burger made from a cow.
Silicon Valley Startups Backed by Celebrities Like Bill Gates Are Using Gene-Editing Tool Crispr to Make Meat without Farms — and to Disrupt a $200B Industry (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=1860a6b3f7&e=2715c96b29) - Business Insider
New Age Meats and Memphis Meats are both experimenting with this technique to culture animal tissue using Crispr.
Jury Finds Bayer's Roundup Weedkiller Caused Man's Cancer (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=83d0a7da64&e=2715c96b29) - Wall Street Journal
A jury found that a man developed cancer from exposure to Roundup weedkiller he used in his yard, in the second case to go to trial over the alleged harms of the popular Bayer AG product.
US Farmers Face Devastation Following Midwest Floods (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=847595ef24&e=2715c96b29) - New York Times
As river levels rose, spilling over levees and swallowing up townships, farmers watched helplessly as the waters consumed not only their fields, but their stockpiles of grain, the one thing that can stand between them and financial ruin.
Hong Kong: Plant Protein Startups Vie to Tap China's Hungry Market (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=d4f2a2fa97&e=2715c96b29) - Reuters
Start-ups specializing in alternative protein, from eggless eggs to pea-stuffed burgers and cell-grown fish products, are piling into the Chinese territory of Hong Kong to tap the mainland's booming multi-billion dollar food market.
Why Are So Many Farmers Markets Failing? Because the Market Is Saturated (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=f7e3be6161&e=2715c96b29) - NPR
Farmers aren't producing enough to keep up with the number of smaller markets that keep popping up, often in close proximity to others. This results in fewer customers, unsold food and maybe closure.
Why Restaurant Demand for Smaller Fish Fillets Is Bad News for Oceans (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=d0c8fe1765&e=2715c96b29) - NPR
Many US chefs and retailers prefer intact fillets that constitute a single portion. That demand is driving overfishing for young fish that haven't reproduced. A new campaign aims to change that.
UK Scientists Growing 'Bacon' in Labs (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=7bd81532a6&e=2715c96b29) - BBC
Scientists at the University of Bath have grown animal cells on blades of grass, in a step towards cultured meat.
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Researchers have discovered how a mysterious part of the inner brain distinguishes salty from sweet, bitter from sour. It all happens in the same region that regulates emotion—which explains a lot.
The Dangerous Food Additive That's Not on the Label (https://foodtechconnect.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5137626c88ab3a61c40112a42&id=67b54cab6d&e=2715c96b29) - Civil Eats
Perchlorate, a byproduct of bleach and packaging, is found in organic, conventional and bulk foods alike—and it has an outsized impact on children's health.
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