Entrepreneurship, Food Technology, Foodpreneurs
Jennifer Friedlin
Rooftop Pioneer: Gotham Greens Takes Farming to ...

Sensing urbanites’ hunger for locally grown produce, Gotham Greens seized an opportunity to turn cities’ abundant rooftops into farms. Here, Co-Founder and CFO Eric Haley shares how the company got its start and landed on the shelves (and roof!) of Whole Foods Market.

Q&A, Foodpreneurs, Food and Beverage
Jennifer Friedlin
Red Rabbit Hops to the Task of Making School ...

School lunch. It's the bain of many parents' existence. While the cafeteria offering is often light on nutrition, packing a healthy alternative is a drag. Seeing a gap in the market, Red Rabbit decided it could do better. Here, COO Jackie Walters talks about how the company is transforming lunch in schools across NYC.

Marketing, Experts, Entrepreneurship
Jennifer Friedlin
5 Steps to Developing Engaging Content

Wondering how to generate consistently good content for your business? Take a listen to Hungry Marketing's podcast, courtesy of Mazars. 

Q&A, Food and Beverage, Brooklyn Start Up
Jennifer Friedlin
Wild at Heart: Untamed Sandwiches Makes a Quick ...

When Andy Jacobi and Ricky King set out to open a restaurant they sought to solve a conundrum: Could they turn the taste for slow food into a quick lunch option? The answer now exists in the form of Untamed Sandwiches, which has branches in midtown and DUMBO and a third set to open this summer,. While King was busy braising, Jacoby sat down to tell Hungry how it all started and why location is everything.

Brooklyn Start Up, Entrepreneurship, Q&A, Venture Capital, Finance, Foodpreneurs, Manufacturing&Production
Jennifer Friedlin
No More Tilling: Kimbal Musk Does His Farming ...

Food entrepreneur and venture capitalist Kimbal Musk -- yes, Elon's brother -- seeks to seize control of the food supply from the industrial food complex. Through his venture, Square Roots, Musk and co-founder Tobias Peggs, are betting that the future of growing food lies in vertical urban gardens housed in shipping containers. Recently Peggs discussed their vision and plans for success.

Technology

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How to Win in the Food Industry

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Start-ups in the food industry, and the food tech sector in particular, have seen quite a bit of turmoil in the past year. Prominent, well-funded companies like Good Eggs, Kitchensurfing, Dinner Lab, and most recently Farmigo have either shuttered altogether or significantly scaled back their operations. As a food tech entrepreneur and advisor to other growing food companies, I have been asked this question many times: Is the food sector unwinnable?