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World’s largest vats for growing ‘no-kill’ meat to be built in US
The building of the world’s largest bioreactors to produce cultivated meat has been announced, with the potential to supply tens of thousands of shops and restaurants. Experts said the move could be a “gamechanger” for the nascent industry. The US company Good Meat said the bioreactors would grow more than 13,000 tonnes of chicken and beef a year. It will use cells taken from cell banks or eggs, so the meat will not require the slaughter of any livestock.
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How Fast-Growing Algae Could Enhance Growth of Food Crops
A team including Professor Niall Mangan and researchers from Princeton University used computer modeling to identify the necessary features to support enhanced carbon fixation by an organelle called the pyrenoid, found in green algae, providing a blueprint for engineering this structure into crop plants.
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A world grain shortage puts tens of millions at risk
In 2001 olena nazarenko’s father started farming in Lukashivka, a small village about 100km north of Kyiv, with three cows and a horse called Rosa (”Dew” in Ukrainian). In 2020 Mrs Nazarenko and her husband Andriy inherited the 400-hectare (1,000-acre) farm, now named Rosa after that founding horse. Early this year they took out a substantial loan to cover fertiliser for the coming spring-wheat crop.
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Future foods: What you could be eating by 2050
Scientists say we need to future-proof our diets in a warming world by eating little-known plants.
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Why Does Pepperoni Curl?
What is pepperoni curl? What makes it happen, and how do you maximize it? The answer is far more fascinating than you may think.
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More than 3,000 potentially harmful chemicals found in food packaging
International experts who analyzed more than 1,200 scientific studies warn chemicals are being consumed with unknown long-term impacts
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The banks collapsed in 2008 – and our food system is about to do the same
For the past few years, scientists have been frantically sounding an alarm that governments refuse to hear: the global food system is beginning to look like the global financial system in the run-up to 2008.
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Diet plays key role in ADHD symptoms in children
Here’s a good reason for children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) to eat their fruits and vegetables: It may help reduce inattention issues, a new study suggests. As part of a larger study, researchers asked parents of 134 kids with ADHD symptoms to complete a detailed questionnaire about the typical foods the children ate, including portion sizes, over a 90-day period.
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Tremendous Growth of Food Delivery Business
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Big meat is gobbling up fake meat companies
Conglomerates have bought out several smaller companies as the meat substitute market is predicted to grow rapidly
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The Problem of Food Waste
Learn more about our massive food waste problem, from fields and fishing boats to grocery stories and household kitchens.
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Oat and soy milks are planet friendly, but not as nutritious as cow milk
Plant-based milks are better for the environment, but nutrition-wise they fall behind cow milk.
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Eating one-fifth less beef could halve deforestation
Model suggests that switching to microbial ‘meat’ can cut carbon emissions.
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Meat consumption must fall by at least 75% for sustainable consumption, says study
Every EU citizen consumes around 80 kilograms of meat per year. But every juicy steak, every delicious sausage has a price that we do not pay at the counter, because livestock farming damages the climate and the environment. Ruminants, for instance, produce methane, which accelerates global warming.
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Want less food waste? Eat more plants
Every year, the meat industry raises billions of chickens on factory farms to meet consumer demand.
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Your Questions About Food and Climate Change, Answered
Your diet affects climate change. Here’s what you need to know about eating meat, dairy, seafood and produce, and preventing food waste in a warming world.
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The best carbon steel pans in 2022
Carbon steel pans are favorites of professional chefs since they're versatile, durable workhorses that can go from the stovetop to the oven and are easy to care for, and we've found the best ones for your home kitchen.
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India Wasted Over 68 Million Tons Of Food In 2019: UN Report
An estimated 931 million tonnes of food were wasted globally in 2019, enough to circle the Earth seven times, according to a UN report which said that household food waste in India is about 68.7 million tonnes a year.
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This Former WNBA Athlete Is Giving Urban Farming Her Best Shot
Former basketball player and coach Bridget Pettis found a new purpose after co-founding Project Roots, a Phoenix-based nonprofit that nourishes the local community with gardening and education.
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India has almost wiped out extreme poverty: IMF
In India, the number of people living in extreme poverty -- defined by the World Bank as living on US$1.9 or less in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms -- was 0.8% of the population in the pre-pandemic year 2019, stated the IMF paper, published on April 5, 2022.
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