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3 Free 4-Star Grocery List Apps for Smartphones You Probably Haven’t Heard Of - Whether or not you like the process of shopping for food, the key to a successful trip to the grocery store is putting together a good list. Sometimes this can make all the difference in not forgetting about the toilet paper or dish soap you so badly...

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Matt Galligan joins Foodtree Advisory Board - I’m happy to announce that Matt Galligan has formally joined our advisory board. I’ve know him for awhile and he has always been helpful, but it is great to be able to rely on him more regularly. Matt is a stellar entrepreneur, having founded both So...

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Five Tips To Make Food-Related Newsletters A Joy To Read - Email newsletters are yet another powerful tool food businesses can use to promote what they do, highlight products, and keep themselves top of mind with customers. A really good newsletter keeps customers engaged, and wanting to know more, in a cost...

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5 Really Helpful iPhone apps for People with Food Allergies - People with food allergies have to stay more informed about the food they eat than the average eater. It’s often a case of life or death! As such, I was curious to do a bit of research into apps that cater to a restricted diet. Below, I’ve selected f...

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The Ultimate List of Recommended Food Movement Reads - There is a staggering amount of information available about the food movement and it can be hard to know where to begin. In the interest of helping people to sift through the noise we’ve put together a reading list of excellent books about the food m...

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Our Progress During The Open Food Hack Day - This weekend Foodtree hosted Vancouver’s Open Data Hack Day event; thanks to everyone who attended throughout the day. A number of projects took place and a number of datasets were hacked on. Everything from garbage pick up times to bicycle accident ...

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The 5 Worst (And Most Common) Mistakes That Restaurant Websites Make - It’s well past time we broke this news to the food industry: restaurant websites have a reputation for being really, really terrible (there we said it). It doesn’t seem to matter if you’re searching the internet for the best restaurant in the world o...

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6 Thanksgiving Facts You Probably Didn’t Know - Today is American Thanksgiving, and usually that means the nation will spend most of its afternoon dining on a massive traditional feast of turkey, stuffing, and all the fixings while surrounded by family. Although the basics of a Thanksgiving meal a...

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5 Reasons Farmers & Food Businesses Should Blog - A lot of small food business owners don’t blog because they don’t see the point. It’s not always clear what the immediate benefits are, and justifying the time away from more tangible business activities can seem like a waste of precious time. We all...

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Open Food Hackathon at The Treehouse December 3rd - Foodtree will be doing our part for open data by hosting an Open Food Hack Day. Whether you're a developer, data nerd, or simply someone who cares about food, join us to help hack together an open standard for food information.

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Slow Food Vancouver and Terra Madre Day 2011 - Terra Madre Day is an annual worldwide celebration and fundraising event for Slow Food, and it’s happening this Saturday November 19th in Vancouver. We were a part of last year’s gathering and have fond memories of the delicious food that was served ...

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One Event’s Food Provenance Presented On A Map - Last week our team was a part of A Plan Bee, an event organized by Farm Folk City Folk & World In A Garden here in Vancouver. The event was this year’s installment of an annual film fundraiser that features a long list of local food businesses; it’s ...

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Who Grows Your Food? Interview w/@tonynicalo - We were fortunate to be a part of the Slow Money Gathering in San Francisco about two weeks ago. Anthony went down and met with people working on problems related to sustainable economics and tomorrow’s food systems, and we were selected to speak as ...

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Wild Hive Farm. A Handmade Portrait of #localfood - Watch this video about Wild Hive Farm, a grower and processor of local grains based in the Hudson Valley. It’s an inspiring story of one man’s desire to bring grain production back to the region, and to recreate a thriving local food economy.     The...

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