News: Farmigo
Localizing Distribution to Make Better Food Accessible to All
May 11, 2016
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,... Read More »
The Future of Food
April 29, 2016
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... Read More »
Farmigo Brings the Famers Market Online, Ups the Bottom Line for Local Farmers
March 5, 2016
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... Read More »
Delivery Costs Are Devouring Food Startups
February 17, 2016
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... Read More »
2015 at Farmigo
January 10, 2016
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.
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Built In Brooklyn: Farmigo Brings Local Produce To Schools, Offices, And Homes
December 22, 2014
Food startup Farmigo is a San Francisco transplant — like me.The company was initially based on the West Coast, and it still has team members there (as well as in Tel Aviv, Israel). But two years ago, Farmigo’s headquarters, as well as its founder and CEO Benzi Ronen, moved across the... Read More »
Groceries Are The Biggest Untapped Opportunity In E-Commerce
December 10, 2014
Business Insider, 12/10/14 —
Grocery shopping hasn’t changed for more than 90 years. Most traditional supermarkets still look like this — large indoor spaces that look like warehouses where people have to drive to, and pick and pack their own items.
Americans spend more than $600 billion... Read More »
Online Farm to Table
November 21, 2014
As seen on WeAreCentralPA.com
Katie Sheehan-Lopez buys locally produced foods whenever possible, but it can be challenging.
Now she gets farm fresh food from a website called Farmigo. Shoppers can order fruit, produce, meats, yogurt, breads…from farmers and food producers in their... Read More »
Food Hackers – It Takes a Village: Benzi Ronen of Farmigo
November 4, 2014
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Can this startup kill off the supermarket?
August 4, 2014
By: Beth Kowitt | FORTUNE
Farmigo, a small farm-delivered food service, has an audacious dream: It thinks it can help wipe out the likes of Kroger and Albertsons.
Benzi Ronen thinks that the supermarkets’ time is up. And his company is just the thing to speed up its demise.
“Our goal is to make... Read More »
Startup Sees Brooklyn as the Forefront of Artisanal Foods
July 15, 2014
By: Catherine Yang | Epoch Times
NEW YORK Farmigo Entrepreneur Benzi Ronen wants Brooklyn to be the capital of creative food.
Being at the forefront of food manufacturing in the city and known for artisanal foods, Brooklyn is already well on its way. But like many others, Ronen believes the food... Read More »
Farmers’ market goes high-tech to connect
June 26, 2014
June 26, 2014 — Farmigo — Farmers Market Goes High Tech To Connect.
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Putting Community at the Center of Local Food Distribution
June 12, 2014
Say goodbye to Shop Rite, Safeway and Whole Foods, and hello to a new technology-based food model that will change the way you think about buying and preparing food today.
Guest post by Benzi Ronen, founder & CEO, Farmigo. The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do... Read More »
Farmigo Launches Avon For Local Food
August 30, 2013
By: Danielle Gould| Forbes.com
Building a food startup is tough. Food is a low margin industry, and, unlike music or publishing companies that sell digital or durable goods, many food startups deal with perishable goods. There is also the issue of aversion to technology, particularly with small... Read More »
With Farmigo, Local Farmers Take a Better Cut of the Food Commerce Trend
August 30, 2013
By: Sheila Shayon | Brand Channel
CEO Benzi Ronen calls them “people powered farmers markets,” but his startup, Farmigo, is actually much more.
The online farmers market is a community supported agriculture company that is quietly disrupting food commerce, though on a smaller, but more unique... Read More »
Three Freshly Sprouted Startups on the NYC Local Food Scene
August 26, 2013
By: Carola Beeney | Brand Innovation
While the most hospitable territory for food startups is certainly California, New York is host to its own burgeoning food movement. We spoke with three startups, in different stages of warming up to the New York food scene, that combine their expertise in the... Read More »
Interview: Benzi Ronen on New Farmigo Champions and Food Communities
August 19, 2013
By: Raz Godelnik | Triple Pundit
Farmigo has been one of the startups getting more attention in the food sector, with a mission of creating a healthy alternative food system and $10 million in funding so far to make this a reality. In its four years of operation, the company has been evolving from... Read More »
How to Start a Farmers Market in Your Living Room
August 13, 2013
By: John Tozzi | Bloomberg Business Week
On Wednesday nights, Benzi Ronen hosts a farmers market in his Brooklyn apartment building. He takes deliveries of fresh fruit, vegetables, and eggs from local farms and distributes prepacked bags to 10 of his neighbors, who have ordered online. In August,... Read More »
How Social Media and Online Grocers Transformed the Food Business
August 5, 2013
By: Christopher Heine | Adweek.com
Working with farms and restaurants
Finding the right balance of ingredients is essential to any recipe. Without butter, for example, a particular dish might not come together or taste right. Such is the case with the recipe for the future of food—where the... Read More »