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Tag Archives: Behavior Change
Food Isn’t Fixed. But We Are Fixing It Now.
2015. It’s hard to believe we’ve marked fifteen years in the new millennium. “2015” feels like that emblematic far-off year in a fantastical ‘80s movie. In that version of now, cars flew (or drove themselves?), eyeglasses displayed our email (oh … Continue reading
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Tagged Agriculture, Behavior Change, Childhood Obesity, CircleUp, Eating, Edible Education, Entomophagy, Farms, Fast food, Food hardware, Food investors, In the news, Kickstarter, Local Food Lab, Making food, Obesity epidemic, Online groceries, Start-up profile, Weight of the Nation
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If You Can’t Beat ‘Em…Steal Their Playbook
“We are simply not winning the war. And it is a war.” Todd Putman, a former chief of marketing for Coca Cola North America, minced no words as he strolled across the stage at the 2014 Childhood Obesity Bay Area … Continue reading
Rising to the Food Waste Challenge: Panel Recap
In December, Local Food Lab and Edible Startups hosted a panel highlighting innovative approaches to food waste entitled, “Rising to the Food Waste Challenge.” It was a fascinating conversation and, given it felt like we barely scratched the surface, is … Continue reading
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Tagged Behavior Change, Event, Event recap, Food waste, Local Food Lab
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Flipping the Pyramid: “Cereal Killers” and the Scourge of Sugar
On January 29, 2014, I was privileged to view a screening of Donal O’Neill’s new hour-long documentary, “Cereal Killers.” The Kickstarter-backed film follows O’Neill (producer and protagonist) through Cape Town as he embarks on a medically-supervised departure from the routine … Continue reading
The Future of Protein: Event recap
On Thursday night, I organized an event on behalf of the Food Startups group focused on innovation in protein. We featured a panel of entrepreneurs and investors working on both plant-based and insect-based protein sources. Wade Roush from Xconomy did … Continue reading
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Can We Be Saved From Our Own Appetites? by guest blogger Austin Kiessig
The Atlantic recently ran a cover story with the provocative title, “How Junk Food Can End Obesity.” Author David H. Freeman makes the case for why we must turn to big food companies to save us from our obesity crisis. … Continue reading
