Tech Bites

The World's Fair return to New York this September as the World's Fair Nano. The two-days of exhibits, talks, food and art will give people a taste of the future. On this episode we talk in-studio with World's Fair Nano co-founder Michael Weiss who hopes to create a groundswell of public interest to bring back the World's Fair USA. Want to experience the future yourself? Use the code "TECHBITES" for 15%-off tickets to World's Fair Nano at wfnano.com.

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Where should we go for dinner tonight? Can be a challenging question to answer, especially in New York City where there are more than 46,000 restaurants. Maybe you want to ask your Facebook friends for a recommendation or see which places they ate at last week? There’s an app for that. In this episode we talk with the founders and designer of two new restaurant recommendation apps, Etch and Tell, about why Facebook is a key component to success, and how they plan to monetize their services. In-studio guests: Etch co-founders Michael Guigli and Bradley Scott, and Tell president/CEO Josh Henner and lead designer Ross Langley.

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What’s your favorite app right now? Is the first question for guests at the start of each Tech Bites episode. With more than a 100 shows broadcast, we’ve had some fun answers and interesting discoveries. This compilation episode features: Episode 4 Julia Weinberg, Delectables. Episode 18 David Gruber and Pam Lewy, B&B Hospitality Group. Episode 24 Tony Aiazzi and Xavier X Mariezcurrena, Choux Box. Episode 85 Amanda Shapiro, Editor Healthyish/Bon Appétit.

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How do you build the best restaurant tech? If you’re Caviar at Square you use the real-life San Francisco restaurant Soulva for R&D. In-studio guests Charles Bililies, founder/CEO and Tony Cervone, chef, talk about putting together the most effective tech stack for Soulva from their internet pipeline, to POS systems, to collaborations with tech companies. Laura Englander, Caviar at Square joins the conversation to talk about the benefits of real-life restaurant R&D.

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You are affected by agronomy everyday. Really. Anything that is grown – food, textile crops, and green public spaces - are all influenced by the science of agronomy, the practice that looks at agriculture from a holistic POV. With the increasing popularity and viability of indoor farming, agronomy has gone high tech. On this episode, we look at the virtual agronomist platform Agrilyst. It tracks and analyzes all farm data in one place, enabling growers to optimize plant performance and reduce operating expenses. In-studio guest Allison Kopf, founder/CEO of Agrilyst, talks about indoor-farming tech and growing trends for the future.

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"What does the grocery store of 2065 look like? What are the hot topics at start-up conferences around the world? On this episode we talk with Danielle Gould founder/CEO Food + Tech Connect and Mike Lee, Founder/CEO Studio Industries. Since they were last on the show, they’ve joined forces in life and business, with their new Alpha Food Labs an innovation lab for next-gen food startups and corporations building products that are better for by people, planet, and profit. Hungry for more? Listen to Episode #5 Food Design & Supermarket 2065 with Mike Lee, and Episode #20 Danielle Gould Founder of Food+Tech Connect.

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Personal data as a commodity to be bought and sold is a big headline these days. If you use apps, you’ve probably given away a lot of your personal data. Do you know what you agreed to; when you agreed to the terms of service for that new app you just downloaded? On this episode, David Postolski Esq. joins us in studio to read the fine print in the Instagram Terms of Use. Hungry for more? Get Tech Bites Episode #95 for some more free legal advice on protecting you intellectual property on social media and online.

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Tune in to the second episode of The B-Side where we talk with some of our favorite fighters about how their culinary lives impact their competitive performance in combat sports. In this episode, co-hosts Erin Fairbanks of the Farm Report and Jennifer Leuzzi of Tech Bites talk to private executive chef and Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner Dana Minuta and retired professional Muay Thai champion, author and trainer Chris Romulo, aka Crom. Hungry for more? Check out Tech Bites Episode 40: The B-Side Fighting Foodies #1.

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FoodBytes! Solving the world’s food crisis one pitch at a time. Rabobank is leading the charge in trying to solve four dimensions of global food security (avalbilty, access, nutrition and stability) by leading the search for the most innovative food and ag tech start-ups. The FoodBytes! pitch competition puts game-changing startups together with investors and industry leaders to pioneering a better future. In-studio guests: Paula Savanti of Rabobank, Mike Annunziata CEO/Co-Founder of Natural Cuts, and Bruce Rasa CEO of AgVoice, the Judges’ Choice Winner.

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Bonjour les admirateurs de Tech Bites to our first bi-lingual show, the first part in English with a French second half. In this episode we talk with two French food tech companies about breaking into the US market, the difference between French and American points-of-view on food waste, and popular Parisian apps. Joining us in-studio: Biotraq CEO Olivier Duchesne de Lamotte and Associate Dominique Cagnon. Biotraq helps food companies optimize their cold chain and reduce waste. 25% of the food shipped globally is lost in transit. They developed an IoT platform that calculates perishable products quality in real-time using the market’s latest sensors, allowing companies to make better decisions and avoid losses. Novolyze Founder/CEO Karim-Franck Khinouche. Novolyze is focused specifically on the US food safety market. They develop and manufacture dry and ready to use surrogate microorganisms to help food companies, laboratories and equipment manufacturers perform in-plant validation studies and comply with the new FSMA requirements.

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