Agriculture & Food
We eat to live. Humans use approximately 11% of Earth’s land for the cultivation of crops for food, but also for clothing, medicine and biofuels. Globally, major crops include sugarcane, pumpkin, maize (corn), wheat, rice, cassava, soybeans, hay, potatoes and cotton.
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Podcast: How oil from GMO plants could help prevent heart disease, preserve our oceans and cut fossil fuel use
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Vegan burgers: How Impossible Foods, Beyond Meat mimic the texture, appearance and flavor of beef
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Full-fat dairy not linked to childhood obesity, studies show, raising questions about US dietary guidelines
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France introduces banana resistant to black Sigatoka—deadly disease that can cut fruit yields 50%
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UK may lift ban on GMO-derived foods to secure post-Brexit trade deal with US
Genetically modified foods from America could end up on British supermarket shelves as part of a US trade deal. Ministers ...
Impossible Foods cuts prices 15% as new competitors enter plant-based meat market
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China develops African swine fever vaccine to curb disease that’s nearly halved its pork production
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Europe considers accelerated GMO import approval process to facilitate mini US trade deal
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Beyond Meat goes ‘on the offensive,’ blasting critics who claim plant-based burgers are ultra-processed
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Starbucks will debut plant-based Beyond Meat breakfast sandwich in Canada March 3
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Health officials urge Uganda to pass biosafety law granting consumer access to biofortified GMO crops
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Disney names GMO Impossible Burger its preferred plant-based meat, noting customers ‘have embraced’ vegan options
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Growing cotton in space could generate crop varieties with stronger fiber, better drought tolerance and disease resistance
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