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Biotech material startup Bolt Threads is looking to leave its mark in the climate change arena by creating an alternative to leather-based and faux-leather products made from plastics, starting with our shoes. Using Mylo, the aptly name material derived from mycelium, the root-like part of mushrooms, Bolt will produce a million square feet a year and come to market by ...
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More than 16,000 megawatts of U.S. wind power-generating capacity was installed in 2020 making it a record year. This is also the first time wind power developments outpaced solar power installations, culminating in $24.6 billion in investment across 25 states. Currently, sixteen states get more than +10% of their electricity from land-based wind generation with some in the midwest like ...
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Bovine mastitis is the scourge of the dairy industry, infecting up to 70% of some herds and costing the industry an estimated $108 million annually due to lost production. An inflammation of the udder tissue due to either physical trauma or an infection, mastitis is potentially fatal and is the most common and costly disease in dairy cattle worldwide. A company ...
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Preventing African Swine Fever (ASF) from entering the United States has been a top priority for the domestic pork industry. It's also one that seems more urgent than ever as the disease creeps closer to our shores. In July, the USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) confirmed that the devastating disease was present in the Dominican Republic, the ...
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It was on this day back in 1962 that Rachel Carson’s book Silent Spring was published, starting what many call the modern environmental movement and the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The book became highly controversial as it pointed fingers at poor agricultural practices being used, specifically the widespread spraying of DDT and identified some of the horrific ...
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Alphabet Inc.'s X lab, the company's so-called "moonshot factory," unveiled its Project Mineral about a year ago with a stated goal of finding effective ways to address global food security using what they call "computational agriculture." The term describes new types of hardware, software, and sensors to collect and analyze information about the complexity of the plant world. Or as ...
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Higher commodity prices are contributing to a sharp increase in U.S. net farm income in 2021 that is expected to reach the highest levels since 2013, according to the latest updates from the University of Missouri's Food & Agriculture Policy Research Institute (FAPRI). Unfortunately, FAPRI sees farm income declining in 2022 due largely to reduced government payments and rising input ...
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By 2050, the world will need to feed more than 10 billion people and require a 70% increase in global food production. Animal protein accounts for 20% of the global diet, so the world needs a lot more livestock. However, there is no space to grow, farmers are being forced to produce more food, for less, using fewer resources per ...
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One of the most important inventions for agricultural trade was something that most consumers today can't imagine living without - refrigeration. The original idea to use refrigeration for farm goods is credited to dairy farmer Thomas Moore of Maryland who was simply looking for a better way to get his butter to market. First, it's important to understand the history ...
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Montpelier, France is home to a statue depicting a young woman cradling an older woman in her arms, a representation of the New World (America) saving the Old World. Specifically, it recognizes how rootstock from Missouri grape growers rescued the French wine industry from total destruction.In the early 1860s, the vineyards of France began to mysteriously wither and die. First ...
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