Tomatoes are a reliable favorite among chefs and eaters alike. But up until the mid- to late-1800s, they were shunned by many Americans and Europeans due to a long-time belief that they were poisonous. The tomato is native to western South America and Central America. The English word tomato actually originates from the Aztec word …
The Strange History of Tomatoes… They Weren’t Always Popular! Read More »
Betty Crocker might be one of the most trusted names in American kitchens. For nearly 75 years, cooks have consulted the red and white cookbooks bearing her name to answer all their basic culinary questions. Before that, home cooks tuned into her radio and then television shows seeking solutions to their kitchen dilemmas. Her name …
Biopolymers are literally everywhere, in products that we all use every day, and for good reason. They’re inexpensive, naturally produced and have uses in food, healthcare, personal care, the energy industry and more. But, despite these advantages, producing biopolymers at scale has long been challenging and limited their potential use in industry. A new company …
How About a NEW Use for Corn… Creating High-Performance Biopolymers Read More »
We’ve seen the pizza and cupcake vending machines that give you toppings of your choice. But now we have the world’s first robotic burger vending machine. The fully autonomous, RoboBurger can make a complete burger in 6 minutes from a machine that measures 12 square feet and only needs to plug into a 220 wall …
NASA Earth Observatory recently featured research on global cropland expansion as its Image of the Day. The new mapping from the Global Land Analysis & Discovery Lab (GLAD) at the University of Maryland show changes between 2003 and 2019 and are based on imagery collected by Landsat satellites. According to the GLAD team analysis, the …
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The world got a shiny new seed bank earlier this year that expands the global network, as well as technical capabilities of these critical gene repositories. The Future Seeds facility, located near Cali, Columbia, is touted as the largest gene bank for beans, cassava, and tropical forages in the world and has an impressive list …
World’s Newest Seed Vault Holds the Largest Collection of Beans and Cassava Read More »
As U.S. poultry losses from highly pathogenic avian influenza HPAI top more than +22 million, the urgent need for a vaccine is once again in focus. The USDA’s chief veterinary officer recently said the agency is looking into possible options. Keep in mind, the last major avian flu outbreak in the U.S. ran from December …
Why We Still Don’t Have a Vaccine for Avian Influenza Read More »
Want to make a real difference in health and sustainability? Remove sugar from the equation. In fact, just a -1% decrease in worldwide sugar production would save +2.5 trillion liters of water, +6.5 million acres of arable land, and reduce healthcare spending on diet-related conditions by +$10 billion. But how? By replacing it with a …
Bringing the Power of Designer Proteins to Mass Market Foods Read More »
Thirty years after dropping out of college to chase meteorites across the globe, Michael Farmer, the son of a cattle rancher is calling it quits as he sends 84 pieces of his collection to Christie’s Auction House to be sold tomorrow, April 6th. You can check out all the items up at auction HERE. Farmer’s …
Modern-Day Indiana Jones Found His Fortunes From the Sky Read More »
In 1876, 18-year-old W. Atlee Burpee, visited the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia and gravitated to the halls dedicated to agriculture and horticulture, where he would make a decision that would change American gardens forever. Born on this day in 1858 to a well-established family in Philadelphia, where his father and grandfather were prominent physicians, Burpee …
How Atlee Burpee Parlayed Mom’s $1K Into Seed Empire Read More »
