The evidence is mounting: agriculture and food systems have a significant impact on public health. From soil health, to supply chains, to food environments, food systems have a direct impact on the health of consumers. Nutrient density, product variety, and food access all play a key role. But there’s a problem: food systems and healthcare don’t talk to each other. At Food By Data, we believe that’s because there’s a crucial missing link.

In the Food Systems world:

Farmers measure success in yield-per-acre and bushels shipped.
Supply chains analyze flow, volume, and delivery metrics.
Retail measures sales totals, product waste, and customer retention.

Health companies speak a totally different language:

Biometric outcomes and patient satisfaction scores
Length-Of-Stay and readmission rates
Revenue per patient and claims approval benchmarks

Food By Data strives to bridge the inherent language gap between food systems and public health, with data as the connector. Leveraging deep expertise in food and nutrition security, agriculture, and Food is Medicine, we use analytics and machine learning to translate food systems data into measurable health outcomes. Through detailed analysis at every stage of the soil-to-health pipeline, we can work together to build a healthier, more nutritious food system for all, one byte at a time.

Core Values

Data Sovereignty

With the growing usurpation of data privacy and data ownership rights by large tech companies, it is our belief that smaller businesses and community care providers should have the option to maintain ownership of their own data throughout the data lifecycle, from initial collection to final reporting of analyses.

Data Access

At the core of our work is the belief that small businesses and community healthcare providers deserve just as much access to advanced analytical frameworks and technologies as large tech companies. Food By Data offers tailored analytics solutions at a reasonable cost and works with nonprofits to determine budget-friendly options.

Local, Small Food

Food By Data was born from the owner’s deeply rooted experiences in local agriculture. The owner grew up on a small 30-acre, direct-to-consumer farm in New York's Hudson Valley and witnessed firsthand the vital importance of small, local farms for communities, economies, and public health. Food By Data works to uphold the importance of local, small agriculture in food systems and Food is Medicine program procurement.

Data For People, Not People For Data

At Food By Data, we firmly believe that data should be used for the benefit of the people impacted by the use of that data, especially if the data is their own. Every analytics project supported by the company will aim to put the needs and considerations of people and communities first.

Human-First LLM Integration

With the rapid growth and innovations in Large Language Models, we believe that LLMs can be an effective tool when used responsibly and ethically. However, questions surrounding accuracy, privacy, copyright, data ownership, data bias, and environmental impacts in LLM usage are a concern.

While we recognize that LLMs can be an efficacious supplement to human work, the work performed by Food By Data will be human-first. LLMs will be considered as an option only when the benefits outweigh the aforementioned risks, with appropriate safeguards and a human-in-the-loop approach. Open source, offline LLMs will be favored above cloud-based solutions from large tech companies.

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