In this five-week series, “COVID-19’s Wake-Up Call: Food System Realities Reimagined,” experts from across the AVENIR GLOBAL network and global food system are exploring five new “food system realities” brought […]
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Five Considerations for a Restaurant Reopening
Your table is ready, a masked hostess informs you. No, you are not sipping a drink at the bar, but sitting in your car. You enter and pass a number […]
Zoom Connections
How do we comfort one another through a computer screen? How do we wipe away tears without breaking the ‘avoid touching your face’ guidelines? How do we possibly come to […]
Increasing Challenges Delivering An Omnichannel Experience
Hootsuite released its annual global report showing that in 2020 we will likely pass the point where over half of the global population is on social media. We’ve already passed […]
“Back In My Day” vs. 2030 Food Predictions
We’ve been bombarded with 2020 predictions from starfruit to tigernut flour, but while reading them I also noticed some recurring favorites of years past. More plants. More sustainable sourcing. More […]
Instagram Asks “Do They Really Like Me”
With Instagram’s announcement to test hiding like counts in the U.S. after previous test in seven countries, people are scrambling to predict the impact for brands and influencers. In the […]
As Amazon Goes, So Does Retail
There is no denying the seismic impact Amazon has had on the retail landscape. It has led the way for e-commerce, but ironically it is brick and mortar where Amazon […]
Social Activism IRL
As UN Climate week begins, I wanted to write about this past Friday. What started as an idea from one person, spread online getting millions of people planning to come […]
Plant-Based vs Plant-Forward
“Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.” I have been thinking about Michael Pollan’s well known quote recently. Plant-based meat alternatives are a booming business. While still a fraction of […]
Show and Tell: Crafting Your Food Story
Show, don’t tell. I’ve been hearing that more and more, whether it is about an athlete’s performance, a politician’s actions or a child’s behavior. With food, you must do both. […]