by Cory Leahy | Sep 25, 2017 | Issue 2, Smart City, Stories
At Food+City, we think a lot about the relationship between food and our cities. Now, through the artistry of Josh Cochran, we can look at how food might fit into future urban landscapes and what urban designers now call Smart Cities. We contacted three really, really...
by Cory Leahy | Sep 25, 2017 | Issue 2, Startup Spotlight, Stories
Whether newly hatched companies or enterprises needing a little help getting to the next level, competitors in the 2016 Food+City Challenge Prize are still going strong. We checked in with three of the Silver Prize winners to hear about their progress. Carolina Medina...
by Cory Leahy | Sep 10, 2017 | Issue 2, Loading Dock, Stories
Our nightstands are loaded with books to read and our laptops are packed with websites to explore and unpack some wisdom about the global food supply chain. Books Fresh, A Perishable History Suzanne Friedberg reveals the historical and cultural development of what...
by Cory Leahy | Sep 7, 2017 | Issue 2, Maps, Stories
Your fruit and vegetables come with a surprising amount of information about their history and origins. Each sticker has a code printed on it along with the grower’s name and logo. These codes are called PLUs, or Price Lookup Numbers (why isn’t the acronym PLN, then?)...
by Cory Leahy | Sep 7, 2017 | Issue 2, Recipe Tracker, Stories
Cookbooks are more than collections of recipes. They may have a theme (Appetizers! Cookies! Tacos!) or showcase a particular cuisine (Thai, Italian, Parsi). Some cookbooks tell stories to contextualize their dishes or ingredients, offering the history of a meal or its...
by Cory Leahy | Sep 7, 2017 | Case Study, Issue 2, Stories
In rural India, dairies may have only one or two cows and the power grid is spotty at best. The chance to improve the supply chain link from producers to distributors in these conditions offered some surprising lessons to an American startup anxious to solve the “milk...
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