Tech Bites

What is the best vision for the future of food? If you could define it - how would you achieve it? The Disrupt Food Summit 2019 in New York City, hopes to jump-start actionable conversations around these very topics. On this episode of Tech Bites ( @TechBitesHRN ) host Jennifer Leuzzi ( @MmeSnack ) talks with Disrupt Food Summit founder Julia Olayanju Ph. D. and panelist Joshua Siegel of Rubicon V...

If a chef wants to find a specific product - how much time does it take to reach and track down a vendor? If a farmer has perfectly ripe produce she needs to sell now - how would she find a buyer? Connecting farmers and restaurants on a digital communication platform is the idea behind To Market . On this episode To Market CEO and founder David Moosman, pitches his services to Brandon Hoy, Roberta...

How many food tech companies does it take to impact our future? 3,000-4,000 is the estimate from Manuel Gonzalez , founder and managing partner of Global RIFF the Revolution in Food Fund (@ globalriff ). If you think it’s humanly impossible to vet 3,000 companies a year to figure out which ones have the greatest investment potential - you’re absolutely right. RIFF is developing a proprietary algor...

What is the future of nutritional data? Is it wearable devices that reads your body’s real-time nutritional needs and tells you exactly what to eat for optimum health? Or maybe food as medicine to help heal peoples bodies. Sound like sci-fi? It may be closer than you think. Join Tech Bites (@techbitesHRN) host Jennifer Leuzzi (@mmesnack) in conversation with Victor Penev , founder and CEO of Edama...

What’s the sleeper hit of eSports? Farming Simulator 19 from Swiss game tech company GIANTS Software . Launched in 2008, Farming Simulator ( @giantsfarmingsimulator ) is a game known mostly for its realistic recreation of farm management, where the main objective is more often getting a good yield than “beating” some opponent. The 19th edition sold more than one million copies worldwide in the fir...

Our food system is rapidly changing and these innovators are staying ahead of the game. Join Tech Bites host Jennifer Leuzzi ( @mmesnack ) at General Assembly (@generalassembly ) for a panel discussion exploring the future of food as it intersects with technology and changing consumer behaviors. The conversation covers food + tech in restaurants, social media, app-based ordering and a robust Q&amp...

Our food system is rapidly changing and these innovators are staying ahead of the game. Join Tech Bites host Jennifer Leuzzi ( @mmesnack ) at General Assembly (@generalassembly ) for a panel discussion exploring the future of food as it intersects with technology and changing consumer behaviors. The conversation covers food + tech in restaurants, social media, app-based ordering and a robust Q&amp...

Do you shop at the greenmarket to support farmers? Are you interested in helping shape the future of US agriculture? If you are, you can put your money where your food-supply starts by investing in farms. Harvest Returns ( @harvestreturns ) is a new equity crowdfunding platform based in Texas. On this episode of Tech Bites, Harvest Returns founder and CEO Chris Rawley and COO Austin Maness talk wi...

If you think a chicken nugget is bad at least it’s legal for humans to eat. For pet food and kibble, ingredients are so toxic they have to be burned and sterilized to make them safe for consumption. The Farmer’s Dog is creating a new option with their line of fresh dog meals, customized to individual pets, delivered on a subscription bases. Co-founders Brett Podolsky (@brettpodolsky) and Jonathan...

Scientist estimate that by 2050 there will be 9 billion people in the world, who need to eat to live. How will global agriculture produce enough food to feed them all? AeroFarms (@areofarms) is betting that indoor vertical farming and aeroponic technology will be a part of the solution. In-studio guest Marc Oshima , AeroFarms co-founder and CMO, talks with Jennifer Leuzzi (@mmesnack) about how the...

On this episode of Tech Bites pastry chef Chris Broberg (@cwbroberg), of Instagram & Facebook , shares his baking tests with host Jennifer Leuzzi (@mmesnack). Did the non-dairy plant-based Faba Butter from Fora Foods (@forafoods), work for blitz puff pastry and sablé? Is the Rise spent barley flour (@riseproducts) too spent to work? The answers may surprise you. This episode of Tech Bites (@te...

When you’re making a dinner reservation, do you care who owns the restaurant? Increasingly the answer is - yes people do care. But most reservation platforms don’t give any information on ownership. And ownership is the roadmap to where the money goes. Does it go back into the community or to a corporate HQ? Tech Bites host Jennifer Leuzzi (@mmesnack) talks with the founders of EatOkra (@eatokraTh...

Could you give up social media for 40 days? When Jacqueline Raposo did, she inadvertently set off a year of progressively shedding her most constant habits, social media, alcohol consumption, negative thought, packaging waste, and more. Raposo’s (@wordsfoodart) recently published book “ The Me, Without: A Year Exploring Habit, Healing, and Happiness " follows her path as she removes things from he...

What’s the top-line story for the new year? Get ready to say good bye to your favorite neighborhood restaurant. Tech Bites host Jennifer Leuzzi (@mmesnack) talks with David Helbraun, founding partner and chairman of Helbraun Levey , New York City's leading hospitality law firm. David thinks small restaurant operators will not be able to withstand the coming economic challenges of 2019. Tech plays...

On the penultimate show of the year, we look back at the top stories and trends of 2018. Host Jennifer Leuzzi (@mmesnack) talks with returning guests Krystle Mobayeni (@krystlemobayeni), CEO and Co-Founder of restaurant tech platform BentoBox (@getbento), journalist Gabriella Gershenson (@gabiwrites) and Elizabeth Meltz (@elizabethmeltz), co-founder of Women in Hospitality United (@womeninhospital...

Can you imagine living without a smart phone? Tech Bites engineer Noam Osband has a flip phone. Sound crazy? A flip phone is cheaper (for the device and the data), more secure from hacking and theft, and keeps you offline from work email all the time. Maybe that’s why celebrities, including Rihanna, Warren Buffet and Chris Pine, all have flip phones. On this episode host Jennifer Leuzzi (@mmesnack...

What’s the hot new ingredient chefs are adding to their tasting menus? Virtual reality. What is VR anyway - and how is that different from AR augmented reality? Host Jennifer Leuzzi (@mmesnack) talks with in-studio guests chef Jenny Dorsey (@chefjennydorsey)and cinematographer Jesse Sperling (@sperlingsilver) about their multi-platform storytelling that fuses food with social good. This episode of...

More that 175 independent start-up food companies working in Brooklyn’s Pilotworks and locations in Chicago, Austin, Newark and Portland, were abruptly locked-out and put on the street on October 13, 2018. Everyone was surprised by the close, given that Pilotworks had raised more that $13 million in funding. Host Jennifer Leuzzi ( @MmeSnack ) talks with ousted Pilotworks tenants David and Michael...

Do you know who made your food or how much it costs? Do you care? #IMadeYourFood is the social media campaign launched by Food To Eat that tells the personal stories of local food vendors. On this episode, Tech Bites (@TechBitesHRN) host Jennifer Leuzzi (@MmeSnack) talks with FoodTo Eat (@FoodToEat) founder Deepti Sharma (@DeeptiNYC), Zeeshan Ali (@chef_zeesh) owner of Salad Pangea (@salad.pangea....

Aquaponics combines aquaculture farming of fish with hydroponic farming of plants into one self-sufficient water-based eco-system. Brooklyn-based Edenworks (@edenworksgrows) is bringing aquaponic stripped bass to market. This is great for the environment and species - but how good is it on the plate? We sent product to seafood chef Bill Telepan (@billtelepan) of Oceana Restaurant (@oceananyc) to s...

What’s the latest in indoor farm tech? Business is growing internationally, companies are hiring, and mushrooms are begin harvested right in the produce aisle. On this episode of Tech Bites, host Jennifer Leuzzi (@MmeSnack) checks-in with past guests Allison Kopf , founder/CEO of Agrilyst (@Agrylist) and Andrew Carter, CEO/Co-founder Smallhold (@smallhold.co). This episode is sponsored by ChefStep...

Making good bone broth is a centuries-old low tech recipe - but to serve the perfect hot cup requires patented technology. On this episode of Tech Bites (@TechBitesHRN), host Jennifer Leuzzi (@MmeSnack) talks with chef Marco Canora (@MarcoCanora) about the patented hot and cold tap system he’s recently installed in his bone broth shop Brodo (@Brodo) in New York City. The first-of-its-kind technolo...

You’ve probably been recycling paper and plastics for decades - but are you upcycling food waste? Upcycling is the process of converting food waste into a new usable and valuable food product. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, approximately 1.3 billion tonnes of food are lost or wasted annually, amounting to $680 billons in losses in the United States alone....

Blockchain in the financial headlines, tech news and increasingly in food news. The digital ledger technology, created in 2008 for the cryptocurrency bitcoin, is being touted as the solution to many food system problems. Because the information cannot be altered, it could be the ultimate validation of product authenticity or the most accurate record of a food supply chain that could help mitigate...

Do you have enough life experience at 25-years to recognize problems in the food system and create a viable business solution that could generate revenue and change? Today’s Tech Bites (@TechBitesHRN) guest are confident they do. Listen to this roundtable of millennial CEO’s talking about the moment they realized change needs to happen in our food world and how they plan to make an impact. This so...