Bacteria spreads in the kitchen without proper handwashing
In Washington, D.C., the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service recently completed an observational study in which participants were recorded cooking in a test...
World’s first gene-edited wheat harvested
In Minnesota, Calyxt, Inc., a consumer-centric, food- and agriculture-focused company, completed the inaugural harvest of its high-fiber wheat product, the world’s first gene-edited, consumer-focused...
Eating better leads to higher levels of food waste in America
In Vermont, Americans waste nearly a pound of food per person each day, but the exact amount of food we trash differs by how...
Breaking the low-cost, low-power, long-distance data transmission barrier
In Washington, University of Washington researchers have demonstrated for the first time that devices that run on almost zero power can transmit data across...
Robots learn to pick only ripe peppers
In Belgium, a boxy yellow robot rolled through the rows of yellow pepper patches in a greenhouse, spotting and picking the ripened fruit. Moving...
AgResearch investing $25 million to grow healthier farm animals with more nutritious ryegrass
In New Zealand, AgResearch scientists aided by a five-year $25 million grant are enhancing ryegrass to produce healthier animals, better production on the farm...
Startup Backed by Gates Foundation Uses Food Waste to Reduce Food Waste
In California, a startup is protecting plants pre- and post-harvest by converting plant waste into edible solutions for pest protection and shelf-life extension.
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Earth BioGenome Project intends to map the DNA of all living things on Earth
In California, in an effort to protect and preserve the Earth's biodiversity and kick-start an inclusive bio-economy, the World Economic Forum announced a landmark...
Using agriculture and fisheries waste to improve soil quality and reduce emissions
In the United Kingdom, the University of Portsmouth is playing a major role in a European project using agricultural and fisheries waste to develop...
Baker’s yeast is enlisted as a low-cost, low-maintenance global pathogen detector
In New York, during a project that began as a search to find a cost-effective, simple way to detect cholera, Columbia University researchers developed...