By T.L. Stanley When the robopocalypse comes, will you be ready? Or will you at least have some snacks on hand so you can ride out the chaos in an underground bunker somewhere? A snack brand called Halfpops wants to help—partly by stoking fears that highly advanced artificial intelligence will rise up and kill us one day (soon) and partly … [Read more...]
Localizing Distribution to Make Better Food Accessible to All
Guest post Benzi Ronen, Founder of Farmigo. This post is part of our Internet of Food Series. The views expressed are are solely those of the author and do not reflect the views of Food+Tech Connect. Food tech today is centered around convenience: door-to-door delivery of meal kits, take-out, and packaged foods. I believe we have the … [Read more...]
The Future of Food
By Benzi Ronen What does the future of food look like? The other week, former Vice President Al Gore and 40 entrepreneurs and CEOs in the food industry convened in London to try and answer just that. I was incredibly honored to be invited as one of the guests at the Future of Food round table. It was eye-opening to spend the day … [Read more...]
Farmigo in WIRED
From WIRED magazine, April 2016. Download HERE. … [Read more...]
Retired Navy SEAL Flying High Again to Raise $1M for Charity
He's broken skydiving records, and his extreme jumps have raised more than $100,000, but Andy Stumpf is strapping a parachute on his back again for a mission close to his heart. Original Video Link … [Read more...]
Farmigo Brings the Famers Market Online, Ups the Bottom Line for Local Farmers
Gotham Greens, an urban agriculture company, is one of the small businesses that works with Farmigo. Gotham Greens utilizes four commercial-scale rooftop greenhouses in New York City and Chicago for its production. They focus primarily on leafy greens and herbs because they’re the things that travel the furthest, says Nicole Baum, marketing manager … [Read more...]
Kill Cliff Announces Hire of Joe Driscoll as New CEO
Crossfit community beverage darling Kill Cliff has a new CEO. On Monday the company announced the hire of Joe Driscoll, who takes the reins from Kill Cliff’s founder and longtime CEO Todd Ehrlich, who launched the brand in 2011. Ehrlich, who will remain on the Atlanta-based company’s board of directors, celebrated the news in a press … [Read more...]
Delivery Costs Are Devouring Food Startups
Food tech is big these days — Grubhub, Blue Apron, Instacart — but pretty web design and polished communication strategies aren’t enough to build a sustainable food business. No company will provide attractive gross margins without creating and executing a sustainable new paradigm for food delivery. It comes down to perishability: Fresh food … [Read more...]
2015 at Farmigo
2015 was an amazing year, and we couldn't be more grateful to have spent it working hard with fantastic people to change the way we eat! 2015 at Farmigo from Farmigo on Vimeo. … [Read more...]
Ciao Bella Named Natural Products 2015 ExpoWest Top Frozen Dessert
It was a tough decision but one we had no trouble finally agreeing on: NYC Ciao Bella Ice Cream takes the prize from us, as gelato genius Chef Danilo Zecchin is constantly creating the most inventive, festive non GMO sorbettos and gelatos in the American marketplace. They were on display at the recent 35th annual Natural Products Expo West, the … [Read more...]