The agricultural sector will increasingly need to adopt new technologies and entrepreneurial flair to provide secondary income, along with more flexible land use to combat weather extremes such as floods and drought, according to new research.
In 2007, 'locavore' - a person who only eats food grown or produced within a 100-mile (161km) radius - was the Oxford Word of the Year.
New research from Florida State University won't only help you nail the timing for your banana bread -; it could also help reduce millions of tons of food waste from the widely cultivated fruit.
One of the flagship items on any restaurant menu, from local diners to Michelin-starred restaurants, is almost always ‘steak.’ However, in an environmentally-conscious society, it is essential to find an alternative to overcome the environmental issues that stem from the ever-increasing demands for meat-based products.
Researchers claim that replacing meat products with a microbial protein - a meat alternative produced in fermentation tanks - could reduce deforestation by 50% by the year 2050.
A fungus-like microbe taken from the pristine waters of South Australia could prove to be a vital ingredient in making everything from nutritional supplements, medicines and biofuels to animal-free meat, according to Flinders University researchers.
Plastic rubbish is everywhere and now broken-down microplastics have been found in variable concentrations in blue mussels and water within the intertidal zone at some of southern Australia’s most popular and more remote beaches.
Professor Asseng, vertical farming allows food production to be fully uncoupled from soil and external climate influences. What possibilities and opportunities do you see in such indoor crop growing systems?
Researchers from Harvard have developed a new technology that can spin plant-based protein fibers to mimic the texture of meats, including pulled pork and steak.
Scotland looks set to cement its reputation as a leader in innovation for sustainable food production when it hosts a global conference next month dedicated to animal health, agri-tech and aquaculture (A3).