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Molecular farming uses plants to synthesize medications and vaccines. Scientists can introduce new biochemical pathways into plant cells using genetic engineering and synthetic biology, turning plants... View More
Molecular Farming Means the Next Vaccine Could Be Edible and Grown in a Plant
Using genetic engineering and synthetic biology, we can introduce new biochemical pathways into plant cells, turning them into single-use bioreactors.
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Three billion people cannot afford a healthy diet
A healthy, nutritious diet is much more expensive than a calorie sufficient one. As a result, three billion people cannot afford a healthy diet.
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Restaurant prices in the 19th century (followed by 20th, below) Note: Until the mid-19th century prices were often quoted in shillings and pence, or in Spanish dollars. One Spanish bit = 12½¢; One …
In 2005 the UN made a declaration to declare food a human right. The U.S. was the only country to disagree and Israel was the only country to abstain
Sturmgeist
In fairness, at least five didn't even show up.
- July 27, 2021
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‘It’s five years since a white person applied’: the immigrant workforce milking America’s cows
A growing Latino population is slowly shifting the demographics of US dairyland – and keeping the industry going
kilgore
Ive done that crap before. On the state farm in Goochland VA, JRCC. Milked cows twice a day, then cleaned the parlor. We were mostly white. Then when I got paroled, I worked on a farm in Lawrenceville VA. Nice herd. Registered Holsteins. Beautiful cows. I was the calf man. Eventually I left got a re... View More
- July 25, 2021
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Without Enough Water To Go Around, Farmers In California Are Exhausting Aquifers
California’s farmers are pumping vast amounts of water from underground aquifers this year to make up for water they can’t get from rivers. It’s unsustainable, and the state is moving to stop it.
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What did the ancient Romans eat?
A chef is unearthing recipes from one of the world’s oldest cookbooks to reveal the origin of Italian food.
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OkComputer
I have read that they ate pigeons. There's probably nothing wrong with that, except I didn't care to pursue the subject further after learning that.
I opened your link, their food actually sounds wonderful.
I opened your link, their food actually sounds wonderful.
- July 24, 2021
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I had a friend from Calabria at school, and she told me that her father used to shoot pigeons and her mama would roast them or make them into a pie. It horrified me to think of small birds with bullets roasted. But being Italians, I trust they know what they're doing with food. And who am I to judge... View More
- July 24, 2021
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Coz
Our perspective on food is culturally dependent, like people in Asia chow down on bugs and love it, in Sweden they eat Goat brains lol ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smalahove )
In the grand scheme of things, Pigeons don't sound so bad, probably a bit like Rabbits!
Like Pliny the Younger told us ... View More
In the grand scheme of things, Pigeons don't sound so bad, probably a bit like Rabbits!
Like Pliny the Younger told us ... View More
- July 24, 2021
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The Future of Ocean Farming
For all his life, Alaskan fisherman Dune Lankard has looked to the sea—for food, work and purpose. “I started fishing when I was five,” says Lankard, a member of the Athabaskan Eyak community, an Indi...
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