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We first met Farm.One founder Rob Laing in 2016 on episode 145. Farm.One opened in Tribeca growing rare herbs, edible flowers, micro greens, and other exotic produce year-round for chefs and restaurants, using hydroponics and LED lighting. Episode 240 covers 2020, the global pandemic, and Farm.One’s pivot into delivering freshly-harvested greens to New York subscribers by bike and their move to a larger farm in Brooklyn. On this episode of Tech Bites, host Jennifer Leuzzi talks to Rob Laing, Founder and CRO, and Derek Pitts, Chairman and CEO, about how Farm.One has expanded and evolved into a neighborhood farm now serving chefs, , and the community with fresh greens, farm tours, and classes. Photo Courtesy of Peter Dressel. Heritage Radio Network is a listener ed nonprofit podcast network. Tech Bites by becoming a member! Tech Bites is Powered by Simplecast.

Robots, automation and AI are here. On this episode of Tech Bites, host Jennifer Leuzzi talks with former Space-X engineer Benson Tsai, CEO and co-founder of Stellar Pizza (robot-powered pizza trucks), and Stephan von Muehlen CEO and co-founder of Poursteady (automated pour-over coffee machines). Photo Courtesy of @robotsrthebest Heritage Radio Network is a listener ed nonprofit podcast network. Tech Bites by becoming a member! Tech Bites is Powered by Simplecast.

On this episode of Tech Bites, host Jennifer Leuzzi talks with fellow Heritage Radio Network host Shari Bayer of All in the Industry, about her recently published book CHEFWISE: Life Lessons from Leading Chefs Around the World (Phaidon Press). It is a book of inspiration, advice, and life lessons from 117 leading chefs around the world. Many have been on Heritage Radio Network, a member-ed radio station with more than one million monthly listeners worldwide. Photo Courtesy of Eric Vitale Photography. Heritage Radio Network is a listener ed nonprofit podcast network. Tech Bites by becoming a member! Tech Bites is Powered by Simplecast.

I scream, you scream, we all scream to help solve the world's massive food waste problem with ice cream. On this episode of Tech Bites, host Jennifer Leuzzi talks with Tyler Malek, Co-Founder and Head Ice Cream Maker for Salt & Straw Ice Cream, and Jeremy Kaye, Co-Founder of The Spare Food Co, about Salt & Straw’s Upcycled Food Series featuring Lemon Curd & Whey, a tangy gelato infused with upcycled whey. Photo Courtesy of Salt & Straw. Heritage Radio Network is a listener ed nonprofit podcast network. Tech Bites by becoming a member! Tech Bites is Powered by Simplecast.

I scream, you scream, we all scream for lowering CO2 emissions by 1-billion pounds. On this episode of Tech Bites, host Jennifer Leuzzi talks with VP of Sales of Joule Case and Eric Murphy, CEO and founder of Scream Truck, the on-demand ice cream trucks powered by Joule Case batteries. Photo Courtesy of Scream Truck. Heritage Radio Network is a listener ed nonprofit podcast network. Tech Bites by becoming a member! Tech Bites is Powered by Simplecast.

Go behind-the-scenes of the Modernist Cuisine series with Nathan Myhrvold and his latest book Food & Drink: Modernist Cuisine Photography. Food & Drink looks at the technical aspects of the equipment and process, and the art of portraiture as applied to food. On this episode of Tech Bites, host Jennifer Leuzzi talks with Nathan about the cutting-edge techniques, custom-built cameras, robotics, and digitizers that were used to create the photographs in the series. Hungry for more? Listen to Tech Bites Episode 114 Nathan Myhrvold on Modernist Bread. Photo Courtesy of The Cooking Lab, LLC. Heritage Radio Network is a listener ed nonprofit podcast network. Tech Bites by becoming a member! Tech Bites is Powered by Simplecast.

Hi Tech Bites. My name is Mae and I have a career in the creative agency space but am now looking to pivot into the food industry. I'm intrigued by the intersection of food, community, media, and entrepreneurship. Would you have any interest in a virtual ‘coffee chat’ with me? I would absolutely love to pick your brain about your amazing career in food & food media, and absorb as much as I possibly can to figure out what’s next for me. On this unique episode of Tech Bites, guest Mae Berman asks host Jennifer Leuzzi questions about work, life, and a strategy for pivoting into a career in food. Heritage Radio Network is a listener ed nonprofit podcast network. Tech Bites by becoming a member! Tech Bites is Powered by Simplecast.

How do you build a better burger? At SciFi Foods, they do it in the laboratory, using cutting-edge biology and bioengineering technology, like CRISPR, to cultivate beef cells, then add them to plant-based ingredients. On this episode of Tech Bites, host Jennifer Leuzzi talks with Dr. Kasia Gora, PhD, co-founder ,and CTO of SCiFi Foods about the race to be first to market in cultivated beef with the launch of the SCiFi burger. Photo Courtesy of Jen Garcia. Heritage Radio Network is a listener ed nonprofit podcast network. Tech Bites by becoming a member! Tech Bites is Powered by Simplecast.

Mushrooms are suddenly everywhere. Products ranging from functional beverages to mood-changing supplements have popped up in media, online, and in-market. What’s the difference between functional mushrooms and adaptogens? Do they really work? On this episode of Tech Bites, host Jennifer Leuzzi talks with Charlotte Cruze, Co-Founder and COO of Alice Mushrooms, a functional mushroom chocolate, and Ben LeVine, Co-Founder and Chief Herbalist of Rasa, an adaptogen coffee alternative, about how mushrooms work and what consuming them can do. Interested in the mushroom trend? Listen to Tech Bites Episode 286 with Meati Foods, the mycelium mushroom root steaks. Heritage Radio Network is a listener ed nonprofit podcast network. Tech Bites by becoming a member! Tech Bites is Powered by Simplecast.

Mushrooms are suddenly everywhere. Products ranging from functional beverages to mood-changing supplements have popped up in media, online, and in-market. On this episode of Tech Bites, host Jennifer Leuzzi talks with Tyler Huggins, CEO and Co-Founder of Meati Foods, about their debut product line of cutlets and steaks made from mycelium mushroom root. The whole-food protein meat is cultivated using a modernized version of ancient and natural processes, with thew intention of helped preserve Earth's ecosystems. Interested in the mushroom trend? Listen to Tech Bites Episode 287 with Alice Mushrooms and Rasa Coffee-Alternative. Photo Courtesy of Meati. Heritage Radio Network is a listener ed nonprofit podcast network. Tech Bites by becoming a member! Tech Bites is Powered by Simplecast.

Are you a content creator looking to impact change and Black owned businesses? There’s an app for that. Spicy Green Book. On this episode of Tech Bites, host Jennifer Leuzzi talks with returning guest Danilo Batson, about the success and growth of Spicy Green Book, a directory of Black-owned food and hospitality businesses. The non-profit organization uses volunteers, like photographers and designers, to work with business to create the content and listings. Currently Spicy Green Book is in more than 35 states, with an app for both the Apple App and Google Play stores. Photo Courtesy of Spicy Green Book. Heritage Radio Network is a listener ed nonprofit podcast network. Tech Bites by becoming a member! Tech Bites is Powered by Simplecast.

It has been said on this podcast that we are in an unprecedented time of investment in the food tech space. Companies that get funding today make the products you will see in stores tomorrow. On this episode of Tech Bites, host Jennifer Leuzzi talk with Fazeela Abdul Rashid of Revolution Growth about how she evaluates companies for investments. Revolution Growth, a venture capital fund investing in growth-stage companies around the country that are leading disruption within their industry including Meati, the Boulder-based alternative whole-food proteins company, and Curbio, a proptech platform for pre-sale home renovation. Fazeela sits on the board for each company. Photo Courtesy of Revolution. Heritage Radio Network is a listener ed nonprofit podcast network. Tech Bites by becoming a member! Tech Bites is Powered by Simplecast.

We care deeply about where our food comes from, scrutinizing how it’s grown to who prepares it and the values of the companies along the supply chain. Do we care about the person who takes it the last mile, delivering it to your door? In 2020 delivery workers in NYC created Los Deliveristas Unidos demanding five essential rights: a living wage, essential protection from theft, violence, wage theft, and safety hazards. They are still essential and unprotected. On this episode, host Jenifer Leuzzi talks with Ligia Guallpa, executive director of the Worker’s Justice Project (WJP), and Josh Wood, delivery driver and leader of Los Deliveristas Unidos (LDU) about how the current ecosystem of delivery apps de-humanizes workers, and the real world costs of convenience. Heritage Radio Network is a listener ed nonprofit podcast network. Tech Bites by becoming a member! Tech Bites is Powered by Simplecast.

Meet the Forbes 30 Under 30 Food & Drink class of 2023. The annual list identifies and applauds young innovators and entrepreneurs who are redefining the way we eat, drink, and think about food. On this episode of Tech Bites, host Jennifer Leuzzi talks with Forbes Under 30 editors Chloe Sorvino and Kristin Stoller abut the trends and companies on this year's list. One of this year’s winners, Tia Ivanovic, talks about her company Immigrant Foods, gastroadvocacy, and the impact of being on the list. Photo Courtesy of Forbes. Heritage Radio Network is a listener ed nonprofit podcast network. Tech Bites by becoming a member! Tech Bites is Powered by Simplecast.

Following Tech Bites tradition, the last show of the year is a look forward into the next year. What’s the trend we’re predicting for 2023? Food tech for mindfulness. On this episode, Tech Bites host Jennifer Leuzzi talks with Bryan Litman, co-founder of Hasu Flower, a 3D-printed micro-meditation tablet that engages your senses to “pause, smell and (mouth) feel.” During the pandemic he developed Hasu, a dissolvable meditation tablet to center your mind and cultivate a moment of mindfulness. Heritage Radio Network is a listener ed nonprofit podcast network. Tech Bites by becoming a member! Tech Bites is Powered by Simplecast.

Following Tech Bites tradition, the penultimate episode of the year is always a look back. On this episode of Tech Bites, host Jennifer Leuzzi talks about 2022 with returning guest Krystle Mobayeni, founder and CEO of BentoBox. She brings a first look at the just released BentoBox 2022 Restaurant Trends Report, an analysis of critical data from more than 14,000+ restaurants worldwide. Spoiler alert: the big five includes restaurant tech, search engines, and online ordering. Photo Courtesy of BentoBox. Heritage Radio Network is a listener ed nonprofit podcast network. Tech Bites by becoming a member! Tech Bites is Powered by Simplecast.

Virtual reality engages our senses of sight and sound. But what about taste and smell? If you could eat art and music… what would it taste like? On this episode of Tech Bites, host Jennifer Leuzzi talks with artist Mattia Casalegno and Kathleen Forde, senior curator of Superblue, about Aerobanquets RMX, the world’s first mixed reality, immersive gastronomy experience. Inspired by the Futurist Cookbook, the (in)famous Italian compendium of surreal recipes and fantastical dinners published in 1932, the experience takes participants on a multi-sensory journey that combines virtual reality, fantasy, and food with a menu created by award-winning chef Chintan Pandya. Aerobanquets RMX is presented by Superblue and Meta Open Arts as a special activation during Miami Art Week, from November 28 to December 4, 2022. It is produced by Flavor Five Studio. Photo Courtesy of Aerobanquets RMX. Heritage Radio Network is a listener ed nonprofit podcast network. Tech Bites by becoming a member! Tech Bites is Powered by Simplecast.

Where’s my cheese? The Parmigiano Reggiano Consortium is currently testing food-safe, digital labels on its cheese wheels. The p-Chip micro transponders deliver previously unseen levels of traceability, inventory tracking and control, product authentication, quality-assurance testing, product serialization, and consumer safety. On this episode of Tech Bites, host Jennifer Leuzzi talks with Riccardo Deserti, Director of The Parmigiano Reggiano Consortium, and Massimo Baio, Director of Business Development EMEA - p-Chip, about merging a 900-year old cheese tradition with cutting edge digital tracking technology. Photo Courtesy of Parmigiano Reggiano. Heritage Radio Network is a listener ed nonprofit podcast network. Tech Bites by becoming a member! Tech Bites is Powered by Simplecast.

The rate of restaurant tech evolution seems to get faster and faster, with consumers adopting new behaviors and desires with every new app they . How can restaurants keep up with market demands and use tech to make their business more efficient and profitable? On this episode of Tech Bites, host Jennifer Leuzzi talks to Meredith Sandland and Carl Orsbourn, the authors of Delivering the Digital Restaurant. Using first- hand s of food industry veterans and start-up entrepreneurs innovating the future of food, the book explores the massive disruption facing American restaurants today and a roap to successfully navigate today’s digital environment. Photo Courtesy of Delivering the Digital Restaurant. Heritage Radio Network is a listener ed nonprofit podcast network. Tech Bites by becoming a member! Tech Bites is Powered by Simplecast.

Thinking about getting one of those magical microwaves that can also air fry, bake, and broil, but you’re not sure which one is worth the investment? The staff at the Good Housekeeping Institute just tested more the 200 products for their annual Kitchen Gear Awards, so you don’t have to. On this episode of Tech Bites, host Jennifer Leuzzi talks with Nicole Papantoniou, Director of the Good Housekeeping Kitchen Appliances & Innovation Lab, about this year’s winners and the new coffee awards. Photo Courtesy of Good Housekeeping. Heritage Radio Network is a listener ed nonprofit podcast network. Tech Bites by becoming a member! Tech Bites is Powered by Simplecast.