John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Organic, Forestry, Fruit, Food/Nutrition, Ag Europe, Ag Global Specialty Food, World Population,
New apple variety discovered by Wiltshire jogger
Experts have confirmed the apple found by Archie Thomas has never been seen before.
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11/24/2020 SOURCE: www.worldwildlife.org
WWF is investigating whether soilless alternatives to traditional agriculture can offer advantages for an environmentally friendly system to grow our food.
Soilless agriculture: Can soil-less cultivation help feed the world?
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Randy Krotz
Topics: Agriculture US, Agriculture Global, Food/Nutrition, Ag Global Specialty Food, Climate Change,
There's racism in our food system, too. Here's how to combat it.
A few long, long overdue actions you can take right now.
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JAMES MSASA
Topics: Food/Nutrition, Food Waste, Ag Global Specialty Food,
Let Us Grow what we can consume and Avoid waste of Food. Find Market for the products then grow it to avoid waste of food while in other World people are suffering.
Fruit And Vegetable Spoilage Is A Hidden Contributor To Underdevelopment
Losses and waste in fruits and vegetables are the highest category of losses among all types of foods, with up to 60 per cent of all fruits and vegetables produced being lost or wasted each year. This is particularly severe among less developed countries and a contributor to underdevelopment.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Soil Health, Education U.S. West, Food/Nutrition, Food Waste, Sustainability, Ag Global Specialty Food, World Hunger, World Population,
UC Davis engineers fight food insecurity through sustainable agriculture
By Noah Pflueger-Peters and Constanze Ditterich Associate professor Isaya Kisekka (Lucy Knowles/UC Davis)With the dawn of agriculture, humans became dependent on food production systems that exploit nature’s limited resources of land, water and air. As the world’s population is expected to reach 9–10 billion by 2050 according to the U.N., the world must double food production to meet demand while using and reusing the resources we have left in a sustainable manner. Ruihong Zhang and Isaya Kisekka at UC Davis are rising to meet the challenge by finding new ways to sustainably produce food, while conserving resources by using microbes to produce new sources of protein and managing and irrigating crops with pinpoint precision. “We really need to think hard about how to be climate-smart and optimize our resources,” said Kisekka. Harnessing the power of microbes Zhang, professor of biological and agricultural engineering, says one way to produce food more sustainably is by tapping into the huge potential of microbes like fungi and algae. Growing livestock is an expensive and time-consuming process due to the land, resources and time that are needed, leading to a huge carbon footprint. By contrast, microbes such as fungi and algae can grow in less than a week in any climate and require a small fraction of the space and resources. “We want society to start paying more attention to microbes as alternative food sources,” she said. “There are a lot of benefits environmentally and economically, especially for populations who live in areas that have very limited land for growing crops.” Eating fungi and algae is nothing new, as mushrooms and seaweed are staples of diets around the world. Zhang plans to innovate by harvesting these microbes using agricultural byproducts such as almond hulls and carrot and tomato pomace, the material that’s left over after pressing for juice or oil. This method improves the sustainability of the entire food production system, as what was once waste gets broken down i...
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Randy Krotz
Topics: Food/Nutrition, Ag Global Specialty Food, Consumer/Retail,
Blue Apron Review: How It Works, Pros, Cons, and More
Blue Apron is a meal kit delivery service that offers a wide variety of appealing recipes for people with no specific dietary needs. This article reviews how Blue Apron works, its pros and cons, and how it compares with competitors.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Beekeeping, Beyond Organic , Food/Nutrition, Sustainability, Ag Global Specialty Food, World Hunger, Government / Policies, World Population, Pollinators,
Betting on the untapped potential of Angolan honey
The federal government sees honey as a product that might assist diversify the nation’s oil-dependent financial system and is
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Education U.S. SouthWest, Food/Nutrition, Sustainability, Research, Ag Global Specialty Food, Pecans,
Texas A&M AgriLife offers consumer tips on pecans | AgriLife Today
Changes in consumer behavior - cooking, health - have greatly enhanced the interest in pecans as both a holiday and everyday food.
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11/12/2020 SOURCE: brownfieldagnews.com
A United Soybean Board leader says farmers with the right locations should consider growing high oleic soybeans next year. John Jansen is the board’s Vice President of Strategic Partnerships, and he says, “The demand is currently outpacing supply.” Jansen tells Brownfield he expects there will be between 600 and 700-thousand acres of high oleic soybeans […]
Demand for high-oleic soybeans still outpaces supply - Brownfield Ag News
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11/08/2020 SOURCE: www.cnbc.com
90 year-old Ocean Spray got a big brand boost from a TikTok video that went viral energizing interest in the brand worldwide.
TikTok star gives Ocean Spray a boost as brand looks to Thanksgiving, and the future
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