[open-sustainability] Fwd: Future of food and open data: ODI research afternoon

Tue Nov 5 14:27:01 UTC 2013

HI Everyone,

This is all awesome and I would love to speak with you at some point about
linking up the OpenFoodFacts with Open Product Data. We are going to be
working with the US government over the next few months about encouraging
the FDA to work with manufactures, helping them opening up their data (we
have a connection in the gov that is interested and food data links up
nicely with Michelle Obama's obesity campaigning). There are some very
obvious parallels.

If you guys would like to speak at any point about collaborating or need
any support, please let me know. I am really interested in pushing the open
sustainability/food/product agenda. Also, I'll definitely go to that ODI
event so again, if you have anything you would like me to promote, let me
know.

Im almost always on skype (katelynjrogers) or hangouts if you want to chat.

Bonne Journee,
Katelyn

On 5 November 2013 13:24, Stéphane Gigandet <stephane at openfoodfacts.org>wrote:

>  I guess we need to recruit a UK ambassador for Open Food Facts. Any
> volunteers? :-)
>
> Now that the project is very well known in French speaking countries, we
> will focus more on international development. We are also about to launch a
> new "What's in my yogurt?" initiative. The goal is to gather data on
> products from one single category, but from as many countries as possible,
> so that we can study the differences and show what can be done with a
> global (and open of course) database.
>
> Details on the initiative are being sketched out here:
> http://en.wiki.openfoodfacts.org/Project:What%27s_in_my_yogurt%3F
>
> Thanks,
>
> Stephane
> http://openfoodfacts.org
>
>  Thought we would also find http://en.openfoodfacts.org/ in the menu ;)
>
>
>
>
>  On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 1:45 PM, Jack Townsend <jack at jacktownsend.net>wrote:
>
>>  Upcoming event on Food and supply chains at the Open Data Institute
>>
>>  Recording should end up here <http://theodi.org/lunchtime-lectures>.
>>  Previous event on open data and rail travel.
>>
>>  Jack
>>
>>
>> Begin forwarded message:
>>
>> Show me the future of food and open data
>> 2-5pm, 28 November
>>
>> The details and how to book are here:
>> http://theodi.org/research-afternoons/show-me-the-future-of-food-and-open-data
>>
>> Consumers are demanding to know more and more about the food they eat and
>> where it comes from. Open data is answering some of these demands by
>> allowing people and companies to track supply chains, make better
>> agricultural decisions and healthier food choices.
>>
>> Tesco has pledged to open up its supply chain data<
>> https://www.tescoplc.com/talkingshop/index.asp?blogid=96>, the G8 Open
>> Data in Agriculture Conference<
>> https://sites.google.com/site/g8opendataconference/home> explored
>> exciting new open data based apps for farmers; so what does the future hold
>> for food and open data?
>>
>> Dr Christopher Brewster<
>> http://www1.aston.ac.uk/aston-business-school/staff/academic/oim/dr-christopher-brewster/>
>> (Aston Business School) and Dr Tony Hirst<
>> http://www.open.edu/openlearn/profiles/ajh59> (Open University) will
>> outline their current research and share their views about what the next
>> ten years may hold in this field. Innovative SMEs will discuss the current
>> market climate and how that might change in the future.
>>
>> Book:
>> http://theodi.org/research-afternoons/show-me-the-future-of-food-and-open-data
>>
>> <https://showmethefutureoffood.eventbrite.co.uk/>
>> Prof Leslie Carr, Web Science Institute
>> on behalf of Kathryn Corrick, Head of Training, theodi.org<
>> http://theodi.org/>
>>
>>
>>
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