Derek Denckla (@denckla) profile picture

Poet - Professor - Podcaster seeking to connect hearts and minds to our better nature via many paths arts consultant, good food advocate, social entrepreneur.

Los Angeles, CA, USA
Joined September 2009
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Check out RootedNY Kids' Education Fund by Amanda Fuller on @barnraiser barnraiser.us//projects/root…
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I just backed Food Book Fair 2016 on @Kickstarter kck.st/1SvcDA6 a great partner with @foodenterprise over the years!
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@liddabitsweet Liz wants to be "little black dress of candy" sexy go to treat @samueladams PitchRoom. She Killed it!
Attending @SamuelAdamsBeer brewing the American Dream #pitchroom event where client @LiddabitSweets is competing to win $10k w 8 enterprises
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#jbfconf2015 How overcome single outcome success? Price v Value, Profit v Planet, Convenience v Quality, Calories v Nutrition, Yield v Soil – at New York, USA
#jbfconf2015 $1.9B investing Food Tech last year --Danielle Gould -- looking for High X returns like tech market - discusses new funding – at New York, USA
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#jbfconf2015 Nathan Myrhvoid is my new favorite person. Smart funny hard hitting look at food system change thru investment and tech innovn – at Manhattan, NY
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#jbfconf2015 Nathan Myrhvoid: tech can improve food system, don't cede food science to giant food cos and govt support of giant food cos – at Manhattan, NY
#jbfconf2015 Nathan Myhrvoid: grain is worst case of disconnect between how grown & how consumed, maximize for price excludes quality, taste – at Manhattan, NY
#jbfconf2015 @evanhanczor chef at egg envisions food system that is beautiful delicious and fair. Go egg! – at Manhattan, NY
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#JBFFood meaning we need better understand connect b/w $ value food and $ value investment as capital markets created climate heatlh+crises
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Tuned in to watch #JBFConf2015 & there’s my old friend @denckla in the front row & my new friend @TMMcMillan on stage…. #greatminds
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JBFconf2015 Dr. Rachel Laudan states that the American Burger is "one of the greatest food inventions in human history. I'm not kidding."
At #jbfconf2015 hearing from #karenkarp about Future of Food, something we think alot about at Slow Money NYC and @denckla
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Summer heat's on. School's out. Icy AC blasts. Sultry evening river breezes. Daylight stretches further. Sunsets for hours.
#foodlabsh #rontanner #specialtyfoodassociation small scale local food artisans = new trend where no ambition to scale to national brand. – at Shinnecock Hills, NY
#foodlabsh #EdibleBusiness conf: small, hi quality, intimate. See @terryromero @amandahesser kudos @BrianHalweil – at Shinnecock Hills, NY
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I just invested in B&H Dairy impacted by 2d Ave Explosion @madeinles on @smallknot! bit.ly/1GwdusO
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Just made microloan to #smallbiz @FreshConnectInc on @kivazip: zip.kiva.org/loans/12748?inv… #whyizip - You can too -- for as little as $5
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#FE2015 Douglas Gayeton #lexiconofsustainability food system akin to letting a stranger put something in your mouth w your eyes closed – at Brooklyn, NY
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