Around two years ago, the then 10-person team of Bowery, an indoor farming startup, started growing a small array of leafy greens out of what… Read More »Automated Indoor Farming Growing so Fast it Might Just Work
American eating habits are changing faster than fast food can keep up. Instead of dining out, more Americans than ever are staying in. Restaurants are… Read More »Why Americans Are Eating Out Less
On a projection screen in front of a packed room in a coastal Maine town, computer-animated salmon swim energetically through a massive oval tank. A… Read More »The Future of Fish Farming May Be Indoors
Britain is set to become the truffle capital of the world within 30 years, scientists have said, as they are developing new genetic approaches to create… Read More »UK set to become truffle capital of the world within 30 years, scientists say
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In 2017, the United States Forest Service spent close to $2.5 billion fighting and containing wildfires. It was the most expensive year on record. Governors… Read More »Last year’s devastating wildfires left behind an unexpected bounty: morel mushrooms
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Biochemist Patrick O. Brown, founder of Impossible Foods Inc., invented a magic ingredient” that solves what he calls the planet’s biggest environmental problem: beef. The… Read More »Impossible Foods’ Quest to Save the Planet Fails to Impress FDA