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Justin Bean Justin Bean
Updated on April 25, 2024

Why Tech Needs to Focus on Delivering a Future of Sustainable Abundance

Our civilization won’t tolerate scarcity, and it won’t survive environmental collapse. Luckily the only viable future humanity will accept is sustainable abundance — and we have everything we need to reach it.

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Ellen Glover Ellen Glover
Updated on April 22, 2024

Foodtech Funding Doubled in 2021 as the Industry Continued to Evolve

From alt meat to delivery robots, foodtech saw a lot of innovation — and a lot of VC dollars — last year. And we appear to just be getting started.

Stephen Gossett Stephen Gossett
Updated on April 22, 2024

How Restaurant Food Suppliers, Cheetah and Choco, Use Tech to Deliver to Consumers

It’s all about digitized supply chains, flexible packaging operations and serious demand-prediction prowess.

Hal Koss Hal Koss
Updated on April 19, 2024

What Is a Ghost Kitchen?

The future of food might just be in a warehouse near you.

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Brooke Becher Brooke Becher
Updated on April 09, 2024

33 Innovative Food Companies to Know

These food companies use technology to change how we eat.

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Cassidy Ritter Cassidy Ritter
Updated on April 08, 2024

5 Top Vertical Farming Companies

These companies are innovating the agtech industry and changing the way we cultivate food.

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Brooke Becher Brooke Becher
Updated on April 01, 2024

What Is 3D-Printed Food? How Does It Work?

With 3D-printed food, researchers, bioengineers and food tech startups are dishing out the most delicious iteration of additive manufacturing.

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Brooke Becher Brooke Becher
Updated on April 01, 2024

What Is 3D-Printed Meat?

Lab-to-table meat cuts built layer by layer that replicate the real thing.

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Gordon Gottsegen Gordon Gottsegen
Updated on August 15, 2023

14 Restaurant Robots Changing the Food Industry

From frying chicken wings and bussing tables to completing food deliveries, these restaurant robots are automating and advancing the food industry.

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Sam Daley Sam Daley
Updated on May 15, 2023

Blockchain for Food: 10 Examples to Know

With the power of blockchain, following food from farmers to consumers is the best it’s ever been.

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