Future of Food Hackathon Invites Food Lovers and Techies to Solve Global Food Issues for Second Year in a Row
SAN FRANCISCO (November 5, 2013) — The world’s largest food hackathon, “Future of Food,” will take place November 16-17 in San Francisco and will bring together food lovers, entrepreneurs and investors to build, prototype and share innovative solutions to challenges in our food system.
“Our food system is broken and in desperate need of repair. The solutions are going to come when we all start working together at the table. The Future of Food hackathon is working to do that by building relationships and community with all stakeholders around the usefulness of technology in our food system,” said Future of Food Hackathon co-founder Tim West.
The event will take place November 16-17 at the Tagged headquarters in San Francisco, CA and will be followed by an after-party at TCHO New American Chocolate on Pier 17. Tagged is the 5th largest social network with 300MM+ users and TCHO is a pioneer in applying technology to chocolate production. Additional support comes from Yummly, which is building the digital kitchen platform and has the #1 free recipe app on iTunes.
A hackathon is an event where technologists and stakeholders gather to rapidly and collaboratively build software solutions to identified challenges. Along with the hackathon, there will be a Sunday forum comprised of industry experts and includes panel discussions on themes such as technology, sustainability and scalability. Top Food Hackathon teams will have an opportunity to demo their products and receive feedback from notable judges with a chance to win prizes and awards, gain recognition among the global food and tech community, and network with notable movers and shakers in Silicon Valley.
For more details and ticket information please visit: http://futurefoodhack.com.
About The Future of Food Hackathon + Forum
The Future of Food Hackathon + Forum unites designers, developers and entrepreneurs for a world class hackathon competition to build networks, cross pollinate ideas and create new products and tools to innovate and improve the food ecosystem.
