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We Talked With Nectar About Their Plans to Build an AI for Better Tasting Alt Proteins

A few weeks ago, the philanthropic investment platform Food System Innovations announced that it had received a $2 million grant from the Bezos Earth Fund. FSI’s non-profit group NECTAR has ...
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MongoDB Founder Eliot Horowitz on Building a WordPress for Robotics (And Why He’s Skeptical of Humanoids in the Kitchen)

Nearly two decades ago, Eliot Horowitz launched a company with a couple of cofounders that would be pivotal in the early days of big data, helping to create more scalable solutions, lower costs ...
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Cultivated Meat Turbulence Leads to IP Churn Through Deal Making and Open Source Initiatives

Cultivated meat companies spent much of the last decade promising to help fend off the climate crisis while also helping to wean the world off animal a. However, as the industry ...
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MIDEA Shows Off NFC-Enabled Smart Clips to Help Track Food

Earlier this month at IFA, Midea showed off a range of new smart kitchen gear, including a new refrigerator lineup that features a smart clip system to keep track of food expiration dates. The smart ...
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From Aspiring Pro Surfer to Delivery Robot CEO with Coco’s Zach Rash

Zach Rash wanted to be a professional surfer. So much so, that in high school, there was more surfing than academics. That all changed when Rash reached UCLA and met Brad Squicciarini. It wasn’t long ...
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How Tariffs Are Impacting Canadian Food Companies (and What They’re Doing About It)

Last week, I caught up with Dana McCauley, CEO of the Canadian Food Innovation Network (CFIN), to discuss some of the challenges facing Canadian food manufacturers amidst the abrupt and surprisingly ...
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Impulse Opens Up Battery-Integrated Appliance Technology as It Attempts to Become Platform Player

Impulse Labs announced an interesting move this week just ahead of the big KBIS trade show next week, unveiling a modular power electronics platform designed to bring battery technology to a variety ...
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Fast-Growing Restaurant Chain MOTO Pizza Is Building an End-to-End Pizza Robot

Last month in Las Vegas, we sat down with one of our favorite restaurateurs, Lee Kindell of MOTO Pizza, to discuss his vision for the future of restaurants. Lee was in town to speak onstage at CES ...
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A New Report Details Promise (and Challenges) of Canada’s Food & Ag Tech Ecosystem

The Canadian food and agtech ecosystem is experiencing significant growth, according to a new report published today by the Canadian Food Innovation Network. The report, which dives deep into specific ...
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Women Innovators in Food and Farming

Amy Wu is the Founder & Chief Content Director of From Farms to Incubators. Amy is an award-winning writer for the women’s ag and agtech movement. She is an entrepreneur and storyteller bridging the ...
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Food Truths

Eric Schulze, PhD is a professional molecular biologist, genetic engineer, and former federal biotechnology regulator. He is currently Founder and CEO of GoodHumans Strategy & Design Agency, a ...