FABULOUS FOOD LOVES TECH FESTIVAL

Produced by Edible Manhattan and Edible Brooklyn, Food Loves Tech is a first-of-its-kind “education by entertainment innovation expo.” Arranged as a series of experiential exhibits,

Food Loves Tech (FLT) links multiple immersive installations, technologies, tastings, leadership panels, and dining experiences to explore and celebrate the future of food through technology and innovation.

Now in its 2nd year, FLT will take place over two-days, November 3 - 4 at  Industry City, in Brooklyn, New York.

FLT brings people with a passion for innovating food and drink together with people who have a passion for enjoying the latest culinary wonders. Here, you’ll find creators, makers, startup teams, thought leaders, food and drink aficionados, and techies.

FLT aims to invigorate the conversation and ultimately change the way we think about food in the future.

Go and you will get to see, smell, touch, hear, and taste food’s not-so-distant future as well as its cutting-edge present.

Experience ways in which technology is helping to fix our broken food system -- to solve problems in food production, distribution, preparation, waste management, and ecological impact.

From artisanal ice cubes, to urban agricultural ecosystems, to tiny farm robots that can help farmers cope with labor shortages, FLT will blow your culinary mind!

Delight in how technology can make food taste, smell, and look better. Have more fun with food!

Check out some of this year’s most beautiful FLT exhibitors below:

Smallhold makes Microfarms and Microgardens that give restaurant and home chefs the ability to grow their own mushroomsand greens. The food is fresher than anything you might buy, so it’s more nutritious, and with a lower carbon footprint.

Smallhold gives you a networked mini-farm, complete with sensors, climate control mechanisms, and hydroponics -- all tucked into a tiny package. Their horticulturalists run the farm from afar, growing for you right up until you pick and serve your produce.

Perhaps the coolest thing is that these Mini-farms yield 40 times the output per square foot of a traditional farm with 96% less water usage. They fit in small spaces and are outfitted with wifi.

Smallhold starts the process by farming for you, making it easier and faster for you to grow your food. They grow produce 3/4 of the way and then deliver it to miniature vertical farm units (the size of shelving units) at your place of business to be harvested onsite as fresh, local food.

EDENWORKS

Edenworks, a startup launched by bioengineer Jason Green, architect Ben Silverman, and fabricator Matt La Rosa operates an aquaponic greenhouse on the roof of a Brooklyn metalworking shop. They  grow complete ecosystems inside cities! And they produce tastier, more nutritious fish and vegetables, all without the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides.

MIXOLOGY ICE

Mixology Ice is a Miami based company devoted to the handcrafting and distribution and retail of crystal clear ice, combining artisanal techniques with state of the art patent pending technology.

Their Professional Compound Filtration System enables them to offer the best water quality without adding air to the ice, for total clarity and zero added taste. Mixology Ice melts more slowly too! Amazing!

Mixology Ice is available in gorgeous shapes and impressive sizes. Some are infused, some carved, some stamped… it’s all beautiful and, of course, very cool!

GOTHAM GREENS

Gotham Greens is a worldwide pioneer in the field of urban agriculture and a leading regional producer of hyper-local, premium-quality, greenhouse grown vegetables and herbs.

It’s all pesticide-free and grown using ecologically sustainable methods in technologically-sophisticated, 100% clean energy powered, climate-controlled urban rooftop greenhouses. And Gotham Greens are all delicious!

AEROFARMS

Aerofarms grows delicious, nutritious leafy greens and herbs without sunlight and soil. Their crops get the perfect amount of moisture and nutrients misted directly onto their roots in a completely controlled environment. Their patented technology, takes indoor vertical farming to a new level of precision and productivity with minimal environmental impact and virtually zero risk.

AMBRONITE

Ambronite is a drinkable supermeal! It’s a complete meal shake that gives your body optimum nutrition from  from real whole foods. So you’re getting almond, oats, apple, coconut sugar, nettle leaf, spinach, flaxseed, chlorella, spirulina, cranberry, bilberry, black currant, sea buckthorn, and nutritional yeast, vs a mix of powdered chemicals.  

There’s absolutely nothing artificial. One shake gives you 24 g protein, 5 servings of veggies/fruits, 10 g of fiber, 20% vitamins & minerals (all food-based), and a healthy ratio of omega-3s to omega-6s.

To gild the lily of this food +tech event, FLT has partnered with Union Square Hospitality Group and Great Performances this year to make your experience there even more delicious. Their innovative chefs and mixologists will create exclusive dishes and drinks just for you.

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IMAGE CREDITS

1. Image: Courtesy of Smallhold. Yellow Oyster Mushrooms.
2. Image: Courtesy of Food Loves Tech.
3. Image: Courtesy of Edenworks. Urban Rooftop Gardening.
4. Image: Courtesy of Smallhold. “Giant king oysters getting prepped for delivery.”
5. Image: Courtesy of Smallhold & Our Name Is Farm. Oyster Mushrooms.
6. Image: Courtesy of Edenworks. Urban Rooftop Greenhouse.
7. Image: Courtesy of Mixology Ice. “Orchid infused Ice Sphere.”
8. Image: Courtesy of Mixology Ice. “2 x 2 King Cube.”
9. Image: Courtesy of Gotham Greens. Urban Greenhouse.
10. Image: Courtesy of Aerofarms. Vertical Farm.
11. Image: Courtesy of Ambronite. Superfoods.
12. Image: Courtesy of Great Performances. Carpaccio platter.
13. Image: Courtesy of Edenworks. Microgreens.
14. Image: Courtesy of Smallhold & North Brooklyn Farms. Shipping container mushroom farm.
15. Image: by BN App - Download now!
16. Image: Courtesy of indieCREED. indieFORK team (Chalk Point Kitchen, The Handy Liquor Bar, Living Room Bar / W New York – Times Square) at the inaugural Food Loves Tech Expo.