Greenhouses of the Future Offer Desert Growth Opportunities
Efficient greenhouse complexes that will grow crops using the resources available on desert coasts could improve food security for millions. Emerging technologies can be harnessed…
Efficient greenhouse complexes that will grow crops using the resources available on desert coasts could improve food security for millions. Emerging technologies can be harnessed…
If you were on Cornell’s Ithaca campus last fall, you might have found a few cafes with wooden crates full of fruit simply labeled “Apple…
How hard could roasting beans at home really be? Sam and George go head-to-head in a coffee roasting competition to find out, and Candy Schibli,…
For centuries, people around the world have used garlic as a spice, natural remedy, and pest deterrent — but they didn’t know how powerful or…
University of Massachusetts Amherst researchers find titanium dioxide nanoparticles produce inflammation in colon. A common food additive, recently banned in France but allowed in the…
Scientists Use CRISPR Technology to Insert Sex-Determining Gene. Scientists at the University of California, Davis, have successfully produced a bull calf, named Cosmo, who was…
Diet of shochu distillation remnants is an economical way to reduce animals’ stress, improve meat quality. Tastier pork comes from pigs that eat the barley…
Fish market favorites such as orange roughy, common octopus, and pink conch are among the species of fish and invertebrates in rapid decline around the…
While developing biodegradable food packaging from upcycled cheese whey and almond shells, the EU-funded project YPACK has discovered that integrating zinc oxide and oregano essential…
Worldwide there is a growing demand for animal products for human nutrition, despite vegan and vegetarian diets becoming more popular in Western countries. Changing diets…
Wheatgrass is packed with beneficial nutrients, which makes the crop a popular superfood. And now, more farmers will have access to growing this beneficial crop….
Scientists from ITMO University’s School of Biotechnology and Cryogenic Systems actively focus on making everyday foods better, safer, and more accessible. By replacing just one…
In the future, taking your blood pressure medication could be as simple as eating a spoonful of rice. This “treatment” could also have fewer side…
Food scientist says standards needed to protect consumers and industry. Consumer demand is rising for all things avocado, including oil made from the fruit. Avocado…
Human appetites have transformed the tomato — DNA and all. After centuries of breeding, what was once a South American berry roughly the size of…
Cambridge Crops develops an edible, imperceptible coating that might replace plastic packaging to preserve meats and produce. Benedetto Marelli, assistant professor of civil and environmental…
A simple and low-cost method of ‘listening’ to chicks may allow welfare issues to be picked up at the earliest possible opportunity, according to new…
Almost any grocery store is filled with products made from corn, also known as maize, in every aisle: fresh corn, canned corn, corn cereal, taco…