Hi Tim and everyone,
Sounds like a great event, I wish I were in SF to be able to
participate.
Would it be possible for you to let the participants know about
http://openfoodfacts.org ?
All the data is in open data. It would be great to have more
hackers play with it. There's a JSON API too. And open source code
for our iPhone/Android barcode scanning app:
http://github.com/openfoodfacts/openfoodfacts-android/
For instance here is something that was done in 24 hours by
combining our food products data with OpenStreetMap:
http://cestfabriquepresdechezvous.info/ (in French sorry)
It would be great to have something like that for California where
the locavore movement is so strong.
Thank you,
Stephane