HACKATHON CHALLENGES
Capsule Hack has identified six challenge categories that intersect with the environment in meaningful, impactful ways. At Capsule Hack, we aim to develop innovative projects for problems at these intersections of the environment and six challenge categories: Art, Education, Energy, Health, Food, and Cities.
FOOD
All of our hackathon challenge categories are intentionally broad in order to encapsulate the many food-related ideas that have the potential to improve the planet. Everything is welcome—composting accessibility, sustainable agriculture, farmers market innovations, food/landfill waste, food bank partnerships and innovations, fair trade sourcing, water footprint, protein crisis—if you can dream it, we want to see it. Submit a project idea here!
CHALLENGE PARTER
Each of Capsule’s challenges has one or more Challenge Partners. These Challenge Partners are passionate about their category and invested in supporting projects coming in under their challenge. Our Challenge Partners for Food are Thought For Food and Big Idea Ventures.
Thought For Food™ (TFF)
The world’s leading organization dedicated to engaging, empowering and investing in the next generation of innovators in food and agriculture. Working in partnership with major corporations, accelerators and global non-profits, TFF has worked with more than 15K young people in 160+ countries - inspiring thousands of new business ideas and launching over 50 impact-focused startups across the value chain.
Big Idea Ventures
Big Idea Ventures is solving the world's greatest challenges by supporting the best entrepreneurs. We're a venture capital fund and startup accelerator investing in and accelerating top performers in the new food space.
INSPIRATION
Here are some incredible projects around the world that have us inspired! No idea is too outlandish. Find your next steps through Capsule’s Innovation Pipeline.
Imperfect Foods was founded in 2015 with a mission to eliminate food waste and build a better food system for everyone. We offer imperfect (yet delicious) produce, affordable pantry items, and quality eggs and dairy. We deliver them conveniently to our customers’ doorsteps and pride ourselves on offering up to a 30% discount compared to grocery store prices. Our customers can get the healthy, seasonal produce they want alongside the grocery staples they rely on, without having to compromise their budget or values. We’re proving that doing the right thing for the planet doesn’t have to cost more, and that shopping for quality ingredients can support the people and resources that it takes to grow our favorite foods.
“We are interconnected with nature, and with each other. What we do to the planet and its living creatures, we do to ourselves.“ This is the fundamental truth guiding the work at the David Suzuki Foundation. Through evidence-based research, education and policy analysis, we work to conserve and protect the natural environment, and help create a sustainable Canada. We regularly collaborate with non-profit and community organizations, all levels of government, businesses and individuals.
OLIO connects neighbors with each other and with local businesses so surplus food can be shared, not thrown away. This could be food nearing its sell-by date in local stores, spare home-grown vegetables, bread from your baker, or the groceries in your fridge when you go away. For your convenience, OLIO can also be used for non-food household items too.