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Impossible foods plans to replace meat by 2035
Clean Technica
Impossible Foods is becoming ever more accessible, now available in about 5,000 restaurants and coming to grocery stores in 2019.
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An Israeli startup with ties to America's most popular hummus brand says it made the world's first lab-grown steak — a holy grail for the industry
Business Insider
Aleph Farms shared video of what it called the world's first lab-grown steak, what appears to be a key step toward disrupting the meat industry.
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A food startup backed by 2 industry giants is diving into the alt-meat market with a 'super protein' enabled by a discovery in Yellowstone's volcanic hot springs
Business Insider
A new 'super protein' startup launched with backing from Silicon Valley VC firm 1955 Capital and the venture arms of global food companies Danone and ADM.
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Lab-grown meat also creates an unexpected benefit: Ethical zebra burgers
Inverse
"What are the odds that these animals contain the tastiest, most nutritionally rich food offerings?”
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This top-secret food will change the way you eat
Outside
More protein than beef. More omegas than salmon. Tons of calcium, antioxidants, and vitamin B. In their secret R&D lab, the scientists at Beyond Meat concocted a plant-protein-based performance burger that delivers the juicy flavor and texture of the real thing with none of the dietary and environmental downsides.
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Global meat-eating is on the rise, bringing surprising benefits
The Economist
As Africans get richer, they will eat more meat and live longer, healthier lives
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Global demand for food to soar 80 per cent by 2100, scientists warn
Independent
Growing populations of taller, heavier people mean we are going to require much more food
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France to force big supermarkets to give unsold food to charities
The Guardian
Legislation barring stores from spoiling and throwing away food is aimed at tackling epidemic of waste alongside food poverty
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Surplus food for the homeless is just an app away
CNet
On-demand smartphone apps are known for addressing the whims and desires of the comfortable. It turns out they can also serve the greater good.
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Italy to change law to make all supermarkets give unsold food to needy
Independent
'We are making it more convenient for companies to donate than to waste'
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It's not you. Date labels on food make no sense
Vox
Food labels don’t mean what you think they mean.Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjOWhen people clean out their fridge, they look at whatever date ...
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Sharehouse: Small supermarket selling food rescued from bins for 'pay-what-you-can' prices opening stores across UK
The Independent
Customers at supermarket-style stores pay whatever they want for fruit, veg, bread, tins, cakes and even Nando's chicken – all rescued from going to landfill
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Machine learning is making pesto even more delicious
MIT Technology Review
What makes basil so good? In some cases, it’s AI. Machine learning has been used to create basil plants that are extra-delicious. While we sadly cannot report firsthand on the herb’s taste, the effort reflects a broader trend that involves using data science and machine learning to improve agriculture. The researchers behind the AI-optimized basil used…
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Chinese researchers discovered an agricultural miracle that could feed the planet without destroying it
Quartz
The work lays out how to increase crop yields, while decreasing the amount of nitrogen-rich fertilizer that's used.
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Feeding the world with big data and new business models
Singularity University
Geoffrey von Maltzahn, Partner, Flagship PioneeringThe combination of data and innovation means we can have the ability to feed our growing global population...
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How self-driving tractors, AI, and precision agriculture will save us from the impending food crisis
Tech Republic
Go inside the race to feed the 9 billion people who will inhabit planet earth in 2050. See how John Deere and others are working to change the equation before it's too late.
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These 4 tech trends are driving us toward food abundance
Singularity Hub
Technology is driving food abundance. If we could radically reinvent what we eat, and how we create that food, what might you imagine that “future of food” would look like?
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Foodies embrace 3D printed cuisine
Scientific American
Printers now can unleash creative cookery, with such technology set to become available to consumers later this year
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Silicon Valley has a new vision for the pizzeria. It involves lots of robots
Los Angeles Times
A Silicon Valley pizzeria has a chief technology officer -- Josh Goldberg, the person who looks after the pizza-making robots.
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Lab-grown meat could become a restaurant staple
Futurism
Lab-grown meat could become increasingly common on restaurant tables. When will meat alternatives be as ubiquitous as the real thing?
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Why top restaurants are getting rid of stoves (and why you might, too)
Fast Company
These burners hang on your wall until you need to cook something, echoing a growing trend among professional kitchens.
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Got milk? Not so much. Health Canada's new food guide drops 'milk and alternatives' and favours plant-based protein
National Post
Canada's new food guide, the first update in more than a decade, recommends fruits and vegetables make up half our plates at any meal
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Jellyfish supper delivered by drone? Radical future predicted for food
The Guardian
Algae milk, insect protein and nutrients consumed through a patch or pill may become norm, report says
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Why we fell for clean eating
Get Pocket
The oh-so-Instagrammable food movement has been thoroughly debunked – but it shows no signs of going away. The real question is why we were so desperate to believe it.
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Humans on the brink of a nutritional revolution, doctor claims
Independent
Future diets will be dictated by 'skin-embedded sensory devices', claims Dr Morgaine Gaye
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Where's the beef? The cell-cultured variety is still 'meat,' says attorney as cattlemen petition USDA over clean meat labeling
Food Navigator
Producing ‘clean’ meat by culturing cells – instead of raising or slaughtering animals - is a new frontier in food production that will require consumer education and transparent labeling. But should regulators prevent pioneers in this space from using terms such as ‘beef’ and ‘meat'?
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World's first no-kill eggs go on sale in Berlin
The Guardian
Chicks sex can be determined before it hatches, potentially ending culling of billions of males
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Why is chicken so cheap?
The Economist
People eat 65 billion chickens every year. It is the fastest-growing meat product. Yet pound for pound the price of chicken has fallen sharply. How has this ...