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MarketCare: an app that uses Open Food Facts is a finalist for the Imagination Cup

A team of students from ISEN (a computer science and electronic engineering school in Toulon, France) submited a project for a Windows Phone application to the Imagine Cup 2013, a tech competition organized by Microsoft. The project was selected as one of the finalists for the Imagine Cup France, and if selected will be presented …

Open Data for Agriculture and Food Security: G-8 conference in Washington D.C. on April 29-30 2013

The G-8 is organizing an International Conference on Open Data for Agriculture in Washington D.C. on April 29th and 30th. The aim is to Open access to publicly funded agriculturally-relevant data that is critical to increasing global food security, especially in Africa. There is an open call for ideas of proposals for presentations and exhibits. …

How to make our global open database of food products truly global?

It’s been 9 months since we publicly launched Open Food Facts on May 19th 2012 to coincide with Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution Day. And those 9 months have been very busy months! Here are a few highlights: 300 contributors have added more than 5000 products Open Food Facts now exists in 10 languages (in various states …