This vision of the post-pandemic food system looks a lot like a microgrid
April 24, 2020
Redundant, distributed, resilient, smaller scale and locally powered, yet connected to the larger world in ways that benefit it when safe.
April 24, 2020
Redundant, distributed, resilient, smaller scale and locally powered, yet connected to the larger world in ways that benefit it when safe.
April 17, 2020
What’s implausible in 2020 may be plausible by mid-century.
April 15, 2020
What is old is new again for the food industry as consumers become aware of the virtues of turning damaged apples and other fruit into purees, canned foods, breakfast items and other products.
April 2, 2020
The hunger for alternative protein and non-synthetic approaches to cultivation are inspiring new innovation recipes for animal health and aquaculture.
April 2, 2020
In Pennsylvania, an innovative program is showing farmers how to plant cash crops in buffer zones to help stabilize stream banks and clean up waterways.
March 24, 2020
When it comes to managing the challenges of water scarcity, Australia has it tougher than most. Of the 2,789,400 GL of rain estimated to fall on Australia per year, just 292,000 GL finds its way into surface water or groundwater supplies,1 with the rest either being lost through evaporation or absorbed by plants. As the world’s driest inhabited continent, Australia has learned to make the most of its
...March 22, 2020
Water use has increased sixfold over the past century and is rising by about 1% a year. However, it is estimated that climate change, along with the increasing frequency and intensity of extreme events — storms, floods and droughts — will aggravate the situation in countries already currently experiencing ‘water stress’ and generate similar problems in areas that have not been
...March 19, 2020
Yume — a social enterprise with a mission to prevent edible food from going to waste — wants to tell the Australian food industry that it’s here to help. Connecting food suppliers with surplus stock in real time, Yume’s platform is host to 2500+ registered business buyers who are looking to purchase food products. “COVID-19 is having a severe impact on the Australian food
...March 8, 2020
An Australian producer of modular and custom-designed greenwalls — The Greenwall Company — is putting ground coffee waste to good use in its soil-less medium for greenwalls and greenroofs. An estimated 75,000 tonnes of ground coffee waste is produced by Australians each year, most of which ends up in landfill — contributing to climate change via the production of the greenhouse
...January 3, 2020
Are you reading this with a cup of coffee? A piece of chocolate? Or maybe a protein bar with nuts and puffed rice? And if the answer is yes, then have you considered the whole back story that the coffee or cocoa bean, nut and grain carries with it before reaching your cup or plate? Image: Channels: Supply ChainsTags: #deliverydecadeGHG emissionsclimate emergencyagricultureSDGsGlobal
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