Researchers from Illinois did, and then they created it. The first mass-market insulin came from livestock. Nowadays it’s largely made by bacteria in reactors. Maybe (long shot) things will go full circle back to livestock? “An unassuming brown bovine from […]
A chart of google search volume since 2015. Did you know there’s a seasonal trend to almond milk? It spikes at New Years and mostly declines throughout the year. | learn more
The NYT reports on this study: “Dr. Evershed and his colleagues found that Europeans were consuming milk without lactase for thousands of years, despite the misery from gas and cramping it might have caused.” | learn more (no paywall on this link)
This post is on a microbiology blog, so bacteria take center stage. “Human consumption of fermented milk likely goes back thousands of years to the dawn of civilization, when milk-producing animals were first domesticated. The reason seems obvious, without refrigeration […]
“In one corner: innovation. In the other corner: disruption. Dean Foods Co. $DF, the largest US supplier of milk, is struggling as a result.” | learn more