The China Post
Date: September 8, 2017
By: The China Post

TAIPEI – The Hao-Shi Foundation and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Three of the Taiwanese applicants picked by the highly selective MIT Beyond Food Bootcamp pose for a photo at a pre-event press conference on Thursday, Sept. 7.

cooperate to bring a crash course for potential entrepreneurs in the food industry to Taiwan.

The MIT Beyond Food Bootcamp, to be held in Hsinchu County from Sept. 10 to Sept. 15, is the first time the institute holds an MIT Bootcamp on a specific field, Anson Chiu, CEO of Hao-Shi Foundation, pointed out.

The MIT Bootcamps are highly selective – usually with an enrolment rate of around 5 percent – the targets applicants from all over the world. According to MIT, the Beyond Food Bootcamp will focus on sustainability, transparency and health, exploring the breadth and diversity of the food life-cycle journey from growing food sustainably, food innovations, health and wellness and all the way to waste and recycling.    [FULL  STORY]