Last month’s stock market turmoil is adding to an already difficult market situation in agriculture. We should not fool ourselves that this might not have ripple effects in the adoption…

This year, 12 impressive teams from around the U.S.–and beyond–competed in Silicon Valley’s signature ag and food business pitch competition, The Blender, at the 2015 FOOD IT Conference at Stanford…

Last week, The Mixing Bowl and Stanford’s FEED Collaborative hosted our second FOOD IT event on Stanford’s campus. We had an energetic crowd of nearly 500 people and great food…

On April 27th, 12 Israeli companies pitched a crowd from 20 countries at the Agrivest 2015 Conference in Israel. The event was hosted on by GreenSoil Investments, Trendlines AgTech, and Invest…

Recently at a talk from Peter Donovan of the Soil Carbon Coalition at Pie Ranch, Peter shared the old anecdote, “Think of a cat looking at a milk bowl on top…

I was asked to serve as a judge at the Academies of Social Entrepreneurship‘s Sustainable Fisheries Social Enterprise Business Plan Competition on April 23rd in San Francisco. Five sustainable fish-related start-ups…

These were four different Food & Agriculture events scheduled between the dates of June 21-26. Ticket options included any combination of these events and a “Whole Week” option. Food…

Feedback from participating start-up at FOOD FUNDED, the Bay Area’s food and entrepreneurship investor fair. “Thanks for the opportunity to present at FOOD FUNDED. While I was really pleased with…

I would like to offer you a climate forecast for California based on our recent drought— but of a social, economic and political nature as opposed to a meteorological one….

We are taking a week long trip to Italy for the opening week of Food EXPO Milan 2015. This year’s theme is “Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life”, encouraging a platform…

The Mixing Bowl, in conjunction with the World Food Center at UC Davis, organized a “Food Geeks Travel: UC Davis” the day after our FOOD IT conference to expose our friends…

The Mixing Bowl, Larta Institute’s Global Ag Innovation Network (GAIN) and Sidley Austin LLP, with Finistere Ventures, present: GAIN Insight into Agri-Tech, a series of briefings and networking events around…