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Topics: Dairy, Water, Economics, Sustainability, Research, Ag Europe, Regenerative Agriculture,

Dairy waste is being turned into bioplastics and plant food

Dairies in Europe are major economic drivers in rural areas, but they produce significant waste from cleaning and processing. Wastewater and milk residue, which are typically disposed of, are now

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Topics: Agriculture Global, World Hunger, World Population, Blockchain,

Smartphone, blockchain technologies to open new frontier in fight

Food fraudsters have found myriad ways to trick shoppers – from cheap horsemeat sold as beef to conventional apples labelled as organic. But new rapid testing and tracing technologies may help turn

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TOPIC(S): Agriculture US, Agriculture Global, Education U.S. MidWest, Sustainability, Tobacco, Research, World Hunger, World Population,

09/07/2020 SOURCE: horizon-magazine.eu

We can programme plants to grow biomolecules. Is farming the future

On the southern outskirts of the city of Owensboro in Kentucky, US, there is a square, nondescript building. Inside, rows and rows of small plants are growing under artificial lights. This is a new

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