Upstart Hazel finds cachet for innovative sachets that extend produce shelf life Jesse Klein Wed, 11/25/2020 - 01:30 In 2017, Hazel Technologies was a plucky young startup with enough scientific success to raise $800,000 in seed funding and score a $600,000 development grant from the... Read More
Unilever sets $1.2B sales target for meat and dairy alternatives Cecilia Keating Mon, 11/23/2020 - 00:30 Unilever has announced plans to dramatically increase sales of plant-based meat and dairy alternatives over the next seven years as part of a new sustainability program designed to... Read More
Conflict forced scientists to abandon a gene bank, but not before duplicating their last remnants of essential crops in the Svalbard vault on a remote Arctic island. ... Read More
The chef who wants diners to fund regenerative ag Jim Giles Fri, 11/20/2020 - 01:30 "We have solutions that are bipartisan and cost the government $0." That was the opening line of a message I received from award-winning chef Anthony Myint, who replied to my request for... Read More
There's not really a simple prescription to graze our way out of the climate crisis. ... Read More
A Dutch sustainability innovation company has developed a waste-monitoring technology that will allow restaurants, caterers and other companies to drastically decrease food waste. Resulting from a collaboration between zero food waste company Orbisk and Studio Mango industrial design,... Read More
Oliver Zahn once pondered the nature of the cosmos. Now he’s using machine learning to build plant-based proteins that taste just like meat — and cheese. ... Read More
How alt-protein companies Impossible Foods, Memphis Meats hope to reshape diets Holly Secon Mon, 11/09/2020 - 01:00 By 2050, nearly 10 billion people will be on the planet. That’s about 2 billion more hungry mouths to feed. Figuring out the best way to feed everyone so they... Read More
A new study offers a diet for a cooler planet. ... Read More
America is hungrier than ever for sustainable food systems. Can we build them? Carol J. Clouse Mon, 11/02/2020 - 01:30 In the spring of 2020, many small farms across the U.S. found themselves in a bittersweet predicament. Restrictions aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus... Read More