Bon Appétech

10/18/2015

It's been an amazing few weeks and the outpouring from the food community has been incredible. On October 2, we launched the first Bon Appétech Conference on good food innovation, with 100 startup exhibitors, panels and keynotes on everything from agtech and wine innovation to food waste, sustainability, investment and entrepreneurship. The community of creative and curious minds that came out for the event demonstrated the diversity of the food space, and the people and talent we need to help solve the challenges of our food system.

In partnership with 33entrepreneurs, the Bon Appétech Pitch Competition on Sunday, October 4 was an amazing showcase and launching point for food startups from around the world. Out of 100 startups, we chose 11 to pitch in front of the entire audience of 500+ food innovators, investors, media, brands and entrepreneurs. Out of that group, 3 were named the top startups:

Feeding Forward
Industry
Safe Catch Foods

These three companies were awarded as Grand Finale winners in their respective categories. With distinguished industry judges deciding the Pitch Competition winners, these three companies were selected based on the food challenges they are addressing, and in recognition of the work they've done to date building innovative solutions that are addressing those challenges.

Thank you all for the incredible support, enthusiasm and creativity you brought to our first event. We're looking forward to 2016, stay tuned for more information on what we have in store, and how we're going to elevate the conversation on food innovation in the weeks and months to come.

09/16/2015

This just in: We're teamed up with to talk food innovation and making a global difference. To learn more about how we're connected visit their latest blog post! http://ow.ly/SgmFc

FxD is proud to announce our partnership with Bon Appetech, an organization dedicated to improving our food system by empowering the food...

07/21/2015

4 cities to go: Austin, Boulder, LA & SF. Pitch Food Startup Accelerator Tour http://ow.ly/PU0H4

Leading global food accelerator/fund 33entrepreneurs has partnered with Bon Appétech to discover & accelerate the U.S. & Canada's most innovative...

07/21/2015

07/03/2015

Story from highlights the growing value of connecting medical understanding with our food and how it affects us. Medical students need better insight into how food affects us, good to see some are taking it upon themselves to do so http://ow.ly/P7n3E

Aspiring doctors at the University of Chicago are learning how to teach patients about healthy eating. Nutrition advocates say this kind of...

05/20/2015

What's in your almonds? From NPR, you may be surprised to find that "raw" almonds don't mean what you think they do:

http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/05/19/407760579/what-does-raw-mean-when-it-comes-to-almonds-you-might-be-surprised

By law, all California almonds must be pasteurized or treated with a fumigant — processes aimed at preventing foodborne illness. But critics say the treatments taint flavor and mislead consumers.

05/18/2015

Meet the man behind the research farm at the University of the District of Columbia, the only land-grant institution with a strictly urban farming focus (from NPR):

http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/05/18/407732692/urban-farmers-say-its-time-they-got-their-own-research-farms?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=food

The University of the District of Columbia is the only land-grant university in the U.S. with an urban focus. It's studying how to grow food in raised beds, hoop houses and even a shipping container.

05/17/2015

Looking at the future of food, and how we can reconcile our love of red meat with its environmental impact. From NPR, a discussion about Bistro In Vitro and how they are serving up discussion and dialogue about food stewardship and innovation:

http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/05/15/406725711/bistro-in-vitro-a-virtual-playground-to-ponder-the-future-of-meat

Dutch artist Koert van Mensvoort has created a virtual restaurant to help us imagine a future when alluring beef, poultry and fish dishes can be concocted with in vitro techniques.

03/03/2015

Will lab-grown meat soon replace your favorite burger? http://ow.ly/JT7gm ModernMeadow CEO at BonAppetech 4/10-12

Food technologists are beginning to look at alternative food sources that can help provide healthy alternatives to feed the population and save the...

03/03/2015

How coffee innovations and trends are perking up your cup of joe http://ow.ly/JQMIL

With the rise of the craft coffee movement, single-origin beans, terroir, aroma and tasting notes became part of the lexicon; coffee has become the...