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    • Friday, 3 March, 2023
      UK ‘cabbage king’ turns to plant-based proteins

      Naylor Farms, which has developed a method to extract protein from the brassica, is building a facility in the East Midlands

    • Wednesday, 28 December, 2022
      Agritech and foodtech sectors suffer funding slump

      Venture capital investments in the segments plunge 44% in 2022 as rising costs and interest rates bite

    • Saturday, 17 December, 2022
      Cultivated meat start-ups race to add products to the menu

      Investors hope more lab-grown food will enter potentially lucrative market after US safety approval

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      Why lab-grown meat may never be on the menu

      High production costs together with increasingly vegetarian appetites may prevent this industry taking off

    • Thursday, 10 November, 2022
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      Mood shifts on gene-edited crops as droughts and wars bite

      The European Commission is considering easing regulation on the technology. But critics say it is an untested risk being pushed by Big Ag

    • Thursday, 20 October, 2022
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      Scientists test new biological alternatives to toxic pesticides

      Ladybirds, food dye and fungi are all being pressed into the war on harmful insects

    • Wednesday, 19 October, 2022
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      Interesting initiatives are emerging — especially in Asia

    • Sunday, 9 October, 2022
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      The organisms are so versatile they can be turned into both food and fuel

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      Farming indoors will not replace the outdoor version soon, but it should not be an either/or trade-off

    • Friday, 9 September, 2022
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      Foodtech start-ups push bean-free coffee and chocolate

      Entrepreneurs develop alternatives to products often linked to deforestation and child labour

    • Sunday, 14 August, 2022
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      Constructive Bio plans to reprogramme microbes to make new materials from drugs to biodegradable plastics

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    • Monday, 18 July, 2022
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      We must resurrect ‘forgotten’ crops in the fight against a food crisis

      The global agrifood system is wasteful and damaging but there are steps we can take to tackle it

    • Tuesday, 12 July, 2022
      The Big Read
      America’s new agricultural frontier: vertical farms

      After years of laboratory testing, companies are now racing to scale up their operations for commercial production of plants

    • Thursday, 7 July, 2022
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      Alexandria’s Joel Marcus describes high taxes as a ‘huge, huge problem’

    • Tuesday, 28 June, 2022
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      Lab-grown meat maker Eat Just unable to capitalise on Malaysia chicken ban

      Chief executive Josh Tetrick says boosting capacity will take years as sector reaches commercial scale

    • Sunday, 12 June, 2022
      ExplainerFood security
      Food vs fuel: Ukraine war sharpens debate on use of crops for energy

      Campaigners want to divert commodities from biofuels but would doing so alleviate rising hunger levels?

    • Tuesday, 24 May, 2022
      Plant scientists welcome UK bill to deregulate crop engineering

      Campaigners warn against loosening of gene editing rules made possible by Brexit

    • Tuesday, 17 May, 2022
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      US crop trader will work with maker of first cultured chicken to receive regulatory approval

    • Friday, 6 May, 2022
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      Impossible Foods claims rival Motif has infringed its patent on a product that uses an iron-containing molecule

    • Tuesday, 5 April, 2022
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      China food: lockdown-induced shortages boost prospects of GMOs Premium content

      Global genetically-modified crops market expected to grow to $45bn in five years

    • Monday, 4 April, 2022
      Peter Greig
      War in Ukraine makes farming innovation imperative

      We face a major food crisis unless we can reduce our reliance on fossil fuels in agricultural supply chains

    • Tuesday, 8 March, 2022
      Special ReportSustainable Food and Agriculture
      Colombian gene bank provides hedge against climate change

      By preserving plant diversity, researchers aim to make agriculture more resilient

    • Tuesday, 8 March, 2022
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      In photos: biotech start-ups challenge dairy industry

      Entrepreneurs say lab-grown milk is greener — but consumers and farmers may take some persuading

    • Thursday, 27 January, 2022
      The Big Read
      Has the appetite for plant-based meat already peaked?

      Despite sales growth falling in the US and UK, an extra $3bn was invested into the sector in 2021

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