Spotlight On One Texas School District Revolutionizing School Lunch
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Cooking with Terpenes: A Tutorial, with Recipes
When you tear a piece of basil or cut open a lemon, what you smell are terpenes, a wide and diverse group of organic compounds found in plants, fruits and vegetables that make them smell and taste the way they do.
Should We Just Ban “Best By” Labels on Food?
A UK supermarket chain vows to stop using them.
Can Cities Produce Enough Food to Feed Their Citizens?
Metropolitan areas may not seem like farming hubs. But they might surprise you.
Meet the Woman Using Bitcoin Technology to Transform the Food Industry
Bitcoin is the most well-known application of a technology known as “blockchain”. It turns out this novel approach to data management has a host of other — perhaps more noble — uses.
NAFTA Will Be Replaced by the USMCA. How Does It Affect Agriculture?
NAFTA is dead, replaced by an updated, though broadly similar, trade pact: the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA.
A New System Can Predict Crop Yields Better Than the USDA
Better predictions are, well, better.
FDA Will Now Tell You Where Contaminated Food Was Actually Sold
Also, there’s a very large recall of ground beef.
Colombia’s Coca Production Is Growing, Despite Efforts
The crop is larger than it’s ever been, and that’s bad news.
Tom Chappell’s Ramblers Way knits
Whether toothpaste or cardigans, Chappell is selling the idea that businesses should not exist just for the pursuit of profit.
