Making Food Supply Chains Smarter with AI

🎧 Welcome to another episode of the Philly Tech Connect Podcast! In Episode 74, we sit down with Avery Dante Hinds, co-founder and tech lead of Food Forest AI, a company building powerful AI-driven tools to transform how food and beverage teams manage sourcing and supply chains.

🔹 About This Episode: From engineering at Temple to building websites during the pandemic, Avery shares his path into the food tech space and how he’s addressing deep-rooted supply chain problems through design, data, and smart infrastructure. What started as a simple idea became a full-on mission to decentralize and localize food sourcing.

🔸 In This Episode, You’ll Discover:

• Why the food supply chain isn’t a line—it’s a web

• How broken directories and outdated sourcing tools sparked Food Forest AI

• The importance of understanding your industry before building in it

• Why did they shift from “PickYourPacker” to a more mission-driven brand

• How they're collecting and vetting data to make sourcing faster and smarter

🔹 Why Listen? If you’re curious about untapped industries, AI applications in real-world problems, or how to build tech without a traditional roadmap—this episode is for you. Avery’s story is a blueprint for tackling big problems with a small, nimble team.

🔸 Connect with Avery & Food Forest AI: Website: https://www.foodforest.ai/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/foodforestai/

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