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The Past, Present and Future of Food | Hans Taparia | TEDxMidAtlantic

4,943 views · Published 13 February 2018 · 7:17 · Indexed 21 September 2026

Channel: TEDx Talks · 2018 · Nonprofits & Activism

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Hans Taparia is a serial entrepreneur and professor at the NYU Stern School of Business. He co-founded one of America’s leading health food brands, called Tasty Bite, and helped build it for twenty years, after which it was acquired. Hans is involved in food from a variety of lenses. He is an entrepreneur, a professor at NYU, where he teaches food entrepreneurship and social impact, a board director at Hunger Free America, a leading hunger advocacy organization, and he writes frequently on the topic. Hans Taparia is a serial entrepreneur and professor at the NYU Stern School of Business. He co-founded one of America’s leading health food brands, called Tasty Bite, and helped build it for twenty years, after which it was acquired.

Hans is involved in food from a variety of lenses. He is an entrepreneur, a professor at NYU, where he teaches food entrepreneurship and social impact, a board director at Hunger Free America, a leading hunger advocacy organization, and he writes frequently on the topic.

He also co-founded one of the world’s leading optical networking technology companies, Tejas Networks, which also went public earlier this year. His articles have appeared in leading publications including the Huffington Post and the New York Times. Hans has a Bachelors of Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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