Farm Tech and Fake Food
Farm Tech and Fake Food What Will We Eat and Where Will It Comes From? An annoying part of many contemporary conversations is the endless quibbling over terms. Should we...
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Impossible Burger vs. Beef
Impossible Burger vs. Beef How Should We Compare Meat Alternatives to Meat? First, a confession: I have never eaten an Impossible Burger, though my brother has. He reported it to...
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Oatly Loses $76 Million Dollars
Oatly Loses $76 Million in Six Months Big Loss for Oatly in First Half of 2021 Oat milk company Oatly recently released a financial report that discloses $76 million in...
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Bio Pivot and Good Farming: Two Reasons for Cautious Optimism in Farming
Bio Pivot and Good Farming: Two Reasons for Cautious Optimism in Farming The Problem There’s a steady drumbeat of bad news associated with farming. Agriculture plays a role in topics...
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Privatized Genetics: Lab Grown Meat and the Ethics of Ownership
Privatized Genetics: Lab Grown Meat and the Ethics of Ownership Who Owns the Cells that Make Lab-Grown Meat? An article in the guardian discusses the private ownership of the cell...
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What a Box Shortage Can Tell Us
This past week I received an email informing me that my order of cardboard shipping boxes had been delayed indefinitely due to a lack of board stock. This comes on...
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Digital Hostages and Healthy Food
For a brief moment last year food security became a topic of mainstream interest. COVID and its fallout had an impact on every aspect of the economy, but it was...
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What Can You Do With 20 Tons of Broccoli?
Gazing upon the forty-two thousand pounds of broccoli that is currently sitting in palletized stacks of boxes down by my driveway raises some questions: questions about the intricate supply chain...
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What Epicurious Gets Wrong About Beef
Website Epicurious recently announced that it will no longer be publishing recipes featuring beef. The statement itself is so milquetoast that, despite my best efforts, I have not been able...
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The Ugly Fight Between Organic and Regenerative Farming
When it comes to agriculture ‘organic’ and ‘regenerative’ are two words that should mean the same thing. Both conjure pictures of green pastures dotted with contented sheep, clean air, crisp...
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Can Farms Care For Workers?
By Garth Brown In last week's newsletter I linked to an article that discussed the mysterious circumstances in which New York agricultural workers were excluded from early vaccine eligibility, contrary...
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The Bernie Madoff of Beef
By Garth Brown An early but strong contender for the craziest ag story of the year comes from Washington state, where Easterday ranch has been accused of inventing 200,000 cows...
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Will Roombas Replace Cows?
By Garth Brown As a child I loved looking at pictures of Rube Goldberg machines. In case you’re unfamiliar with the concept, these are fanciful mechanisms that accomplish a simple...
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