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“GMOs have historically faced stiff opposition in Europe. The draft law would enable the release of new crop varieties, such as disease-resistant potatoes that would require far less fungicide, says Matin Qaim, an agricultural economist at the University of Bonn. […]
GMO creativity. “Although the details of Moolec’s molecular farming technology are a trade secret, the company states that it has added pig genes to the genome of regular soya plants. As a result, a quarter of the proteins in those […]
The biggest YouTuber in the world launched a virtual burger brand during the pandemic selling Beast Burgers from 2,000 ghost kitchen locations. Now he’s “moving on” from the brand. He would prefer to turn it off altogether, “But the company […]
I imagine it will be expensive for a while. “There is still some secrecy around this question, but the company has announced that the first batch of Good Meat will be sold to well-regarded chef and humanitarian José Andrés, who […]
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The bananas we know and love were not always the top banana in the market. A disease wiped out their top competitor the Gros Michel, leaving them in pole position. Now there’s a disease coming for the Cavendish. “After earlier […]
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