A few weeks ago, I posted about lab-grown meat, and talked about how I’m really excited for it. Well, lab-grown seafood is also exciting, and entrepreneurs and scientists are making great progress there as well. | learn more
You may have heard one of my rants about the lack of good research on diet and nutrition. The lack of good research makes it easy for bad research to get noticed. Things like statistical “p-hacking” are a real threat […]
“As a condition, orthorexia has a somewhat zig-zagged history. The term was coined by Steven Bratman, then an alternative medicine practitioner, in a 1997 article for Yoga Journal after he noticed that some of his clients, ‘had reduced the dimensionality […]
“In demand by multinational retailers and food producers, Inscatech and its agents scour supply chains around the world hunting for evidence of food industry fraud and malpractice.” | learn more
“The idea behind this project and the collaboration between these different companies is to figure out where exactly blockchains can benefit the food ecosystem.” The plan is still light on details, but this will be something to watch. | learn more
This is one of the food technologies that I’m really excited about over the long term (decades from now). If lab-grown meat can economically replace the livestock industry, it’ll be a game changer. | learn more
Record demand and some production issues are putting price pressure on the popular fruit. The result is some of Mexico’s poorest citizens can no longer afford this cultural staple. | learn more
The idea is explained as an extension of “Meal, Ready-to-Eat” (MRE) technology that the military has employed for a while. | learn more
This Bloomberg article analyzes why the restaurant operator flew so high so quickly and what happened since then. | learn more
Okay, maybe the sarcasm is unwarranted, but the fact that they spent money to re-invent their Oscar Mayer hot dogs to be healthier apparently made the news desk at Bloomberg. In all seriousness, this offers an interesting glimpse into what […]