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a collection of articles and videos about GMO foods - the debate and science of genetically modified foods
Fertilizers and Pesticides - agriculture, farming, science
Meat shortage? - Food and supply chains during COVID19 Coronavirus
a collection of articles about Agriculture Technology in Latin America
CRISPR, gene editing and DNA manipulation - agriculture, plants and food production
Global Warming, Carbon and Farming, Agriculture
a collection of articles about Farming - Beef, Chicken, Agriculture, Business and Science
a collection of articles about Vertical Farming - Agriculture, Gardens and Gardening
Climate Change - impact on economy, politics, development - history
Aquaculture - Fish Farming Seafood - Agriculture, Business and Science
A collection of articles about Bees - and Agriculture, Farming
Impact on the future of work from Robotics and Automation, with a focus on food
a collection of articles about Mangoes - Fruit, Agriculture, Business and Science
a collection of articles about Costco - retail, wholesale business and chicken farming, agriculture
A collection of articles about Nuts - agriculture, farming
A collection of articles about Cherry Farming - Agriculture and cherries
A collection of articles about Impossible Foods and Innovation in Food technology
A collection of articles about Beyond Meat and Innovation in Food technology
a collection of articles about Apples, Agriculture and Science
a collection of articles about Bananas, Agriculture and Science
a collection of articles and videos looking at the food waste crisis
a collection of articles about The Benefits of Eating Locally Grown Foods
A collection of articles about Kelp, Seaweed - Farming, Agriculture, Business and Science
A collection of articles about Bread - flour, agriculture and food
Tomatos, Agriculture and Science
Solar Panels, Energy, Agrivoltaics and Agriculture, Farming
Plant-Based and Lab-Grown meat - Innovation in Food technology, agriculture
Global Warming, Climate Change and Agriculture, Farming
Agtech and Agriculture innovation

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Why an agricultural boom does not help rural America | The Economist

Farms are ever more profitable, but employ fewer workers | United States (2022)


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Why the Tomato Was Feared in Europe for More Than 200 Years

How the fruit got a bad rap from the beginning A nickname for the fruit was the “poison apple” because it was thought that aristocrats got sick ... (2020)




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Americans on Cusp of Meat Shortage With Food Chain Breaking Down - April 2020 - Bloomberg

‘The food supply chain is breaking,’ Tyson chairman says Almost a third of U.S. pork capacity is down after outbreaks Plant shutdowns are lea... (2020)


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The Secret History of Paris's Catacomb Mushrooms - Gastro

In the 1800s, farmers cultivated mushrooms in abandoned quarries underneath the French capital. Within these catacombs, in dark, cavernous chamb... (2017)


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Hundreds of U.S. Meat Workers Have Now Tested Positive for Virus (2020) - Bloomberg

There’s been a spike in coronavirus cases at meat plants in the U.S., with hundreds of reported infections in just the last week. That’s adding to ... (2020)


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Three Deaths Expose Fears for Strength of U.S. Food-Supply Chain (2020) - Bloomberg

Three Tyson, JBS employees were reported to have died That’s fueling worries about supply disruptions as plants idle Some of the workers who ... (2020)


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How much do direct livestock emissions actually contribute to global warming?

Abstract Agriculture directly contributes about 10%–12% of current global anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, mostly from livestock. However, s... (2020)


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Nebraska farmers vote overwhelmingly for Right to Repair | U.S. PIRG

Delegates of the Nebraska Farm Bureau, which represents 58,000 member families, voted 176-1 to formally endorse the right of its constituents to re... (2019)


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How Spices Have Made, and Unmade, Empires - The New York Times

From turmeric in Nicaragua to cardamom in Guatemala, nonnative ingredients are redefining trade routes and making unexpected connections across lands. (2019)


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This Google Ventures-backed indoor farming startup just opened its biggest farm yet (2019)

The Baltimore farm is 3.5 times as large as Bowery’s formerly largest farm—and is the latest attempt to make indoor farming work as a way to disrup... (2019)


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America's Pistachio Industry Came From a Single Seed - Gastro Obscura

A "plant explorer" helped establish the crop in California. “When the American government slapped a retaliatory embargo on Iranian pistachios, ... (2019)


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New ways to make vertical farming stack up - Growing higher - The Economist

Cultivating fresh produce in an artificial environment is getting cheaper (2019)


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US milk sales drop by more than $1 billion as plant-based alternatives take off | World Economic Forum

A change to non-dairy alternatives, mixed with low milk prices, has contributed a drop in sales value of $1.1 billion in the US last year. (2019)


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Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods burgers could change the way we think about masculinity — Quartzy

The rise of meatless foods could be part of a broader cultural shift in gender politics. (2019)


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Burger King is introducing a vegetarian patty from the start-up Impossible Foods - The New York Times

Behold the Beefless ‘Impossible Whopper’. Burger King is introducing a Whopper made with a vegetarian patty from the start-up Impossible Foods. Th... (2019)


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Can We Grow More Food on Less Land? We’ll Have To, a New Study Finds - The New York Times

To make meaningful progress on climate change, cows and wheat fields will have to become radically more efficient. (2018)


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Palm Oil Was Supposed to Help Save the Planet. Instead It Unleashed a Catastrophe - New York Times

A decade ago, the U.S. mandated the use of vegetable oil in biofuels, leading to industrial-scale deforestation — and a huge spike in carbon emissi... (2018)


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Oaxaca’s Potent Secret, Mezcal Is Born of Time, Tradition and a Slow-Growing Plant - The New York Times

This cousin of tequila is handcrafted by farmers in small batches from the maguey plant, which takes 7 to 30 years to reach maturity. (2018)


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Buying organic veggies at the supermarket is a waste of money — Quartz

Organic carrots: not worth your whole paycheck. (2018)


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The Super Bowl of Beekeeping - The New York Times

Almond growing in California is a $7.6 billion industry that wouldn’t be possible without the 30 billion bees (and hundreds of human beekeepers) wh... (2018)


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Food-Living Green - Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences - Extension- University of Florida

Living Green focuses on how communities incorporate environmental concerns into their homes, neighborhoods, and businesses to help conserve natural... (2018)


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How Cheese, Wheat and Alcohol Shaped Human Evolution | Science | Smithsonian

Over time, diet causes dramatic changes to our anatomy, immune systems and maybe skin color... (2018)


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On the Nature of Wine -- And the Cultural Contradictions of Artisanal Capitalism

"science, technology, and infrastructure have provided the foundation upon which the art of modern winemaking relies. This includes greater underst... (2018)


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Why wasting food is bad for the planet - The Economist explains

LEAVING unwanted broccoli on your plate is not just bad manners. It is also poor treatment of the planet. Perhaps a third of the world’s food—1.3 b... (2018)


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Sedate a Plant, and It Seems to Lose Consciousness. Is It Conscious? - The New York Times

Plants can be frozen in place with the same anesthetics used on you during surgery. It suggests they may be less different from animals than is oft... (2018)


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In the Middle Ages, The Upper Class Went Nuts for Almond Milk - Gastro Obscura

Today's craze is a second act; medieval chefs were equally enamored. " IN RECENT YEARS, ALMOND MILK has been touted as the future of non-dairy d... (2017)


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Why Mushrooms are Starting to Replace Everything

Why Mushrooms are Starting to Replace Everything. Imagine a world where the homes we live in, the clothes we wear, and even the sensors in our ele... (2025)


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Exposing Why Farmers Can't Legally Replant Their Own Seeds

This is the history of Monsanto’s herbicides… ▀▀▀ 0:00 An Unusual Enemy 5:18 Monsanto’s Secret Poison Problem 11:17 Vietnam and Agent Ora... (2025)


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Cocoa farming and Chocolate: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

John Oliver discusses chocolate, cocoa farming, and, of course, some facts that will make Halloween a little weird.Connect with Last Week Tonight o... (2023)


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How Solar Panels Are Changing Agriculture - Agrivoltaics Revisited

How Solar Panels Are Changing Agriculture - Agrivoltaics Revisited. Visit the SPAN website to get a quote and start the process of having SPAN in y... (2023)


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Whatever Happened to the Bee Apocalypse?

Do you remember the headlines screaming that the bees ... (2022)


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The dark history of bananas - John Soluri

Explore the history of the notorious United Fruit Company and how its influence over the banana industry impacted Central America. --In December 19... (2021)


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Millions protest genetically modified food - 2013 - CNN

Jake Tapper reports on the controversy that surrounds GMOs and one of the companies that makes them. For more CNN videos, visit our site ... (2019)


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Europe's new approach to GMOs

Long divided over GMOs - are they a threat or an opportunity? - the EU has now found a way forward. (2019)


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Are GMOs Good or Bad? Genetic Engineering & Our Food

Are GMOs bad for your health? Or is this fear unfounded? Support us on Patreon so we can make more videos (and get cool stuff in return): https://w... (2019)


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What's wrong with our food system | Birke Baehr | TEDxNext Generation Asheville

Birke Baehr -"what's Wrong With Our Food System? And How Can We Make A Difference. Video by: Twin Path Productions www.... (2019)


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Tree to Bar || How to Make Chocolate Every Step

In this video I show every step to making dark chocolate from cacao tree to chocolate bar. There is roughly 7 step to making chocolate so sit back ... (2018)


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Food Waste: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

LastWeekTonight Published on Jul 19, 2015 Producers, sellers, and consumers waste tons of food. John Oliver discusses the shocking amount of fo... (2018)


Podcast

On Beeing - 99% Invisible

Driving between Oakland and Los Angeles in February offers glimpses of a spectacular scene — neat, symmetrical rows of trees covered with pink and ... (2019)


Book

Energy and Civilization | The MIT Press

A comprehensive account of how energy has shaped society throughout history, from pre-agricultural foraging societies through today's fossil fuel–d... (2020)


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39 Chunks
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