Your dog probably prefers food to toys

It may not come as a big surprise, but dogs would rather have food than a toy.

Eric Hamilton-Florida • futurity
Oct. 17, 2023 ~3 min

Five tips for a sustainable Halloween

Halloween is a sustainability nightmare – but it doesn’t have to be.

Alice Brock, PhD Candidate in Environmental Science, University of Southampton • conversation
Oct. 16, 2023 ~7 min


How 10 different flours affect sourdough flavor

"...bakers can influence the aroma of their sourdough by using different flours, because those flours will foster different communities of bacteria."

Matt Shipman-NC State • futurity
Oct. 13, 2023 ~6 min

Climate change could lead to food-related civil unrest in UK within 50 years, say experts

Our study shows the UK must prepare for, and respond to, the risks associated with future food shortages.

Aled Jones, Professor & Director, Global Sustainability Institute, Anglia Ruskin University • conversation
Oct. 12, 2023 ~8 min

Spicy food might burn in the moment, but it likely won't harm your health in the long term

After a 14-year-old died doing a viral spicy chip challenge, many parents have called for more awareness about the risks of these challenges.

Paul D. Terry, Professor of Epidemiology, University of Tennessee • conversation
Oct. 10, 2023 ~7 min

Wild plants may edit their genomes in the same way we make GM crops – and it could be crucial to evolution

Recent study investigated how fast genes are being transferred between distantly related species.

Pauline Raimondeau, Postdoctoral Associate in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Yale University • conversation
Oct. 9, 2023 ~7 min

Farmers are bearing the brunt of big food companies' decarbonisation efforts – here's why

Big name food brands are pursuing decarbonisation – but they are squeezing farmers in the process.

Albert Boaitey, Lecturer in Global Agri-food Supply Chains, Newcastle University • conversation
Oct. 9, 2023 ~7 min

How dormant plant traits could be reawakened to unlock fertiliser-free farming

Farming has made crop plants reliant on synthetic fertilisers, but we can reactivate their ability to engage with beneficial microorganisms and make them more independent.

Giles Oldroyd, Professor of Crop Science, University of Cambridge • conversation
Oct. 5, 2023 ~8 min


Fermentation gets us closer to tasty plant-based cheese

New research shows the potential of fermentation for producing plant-based cheese that people want to eat.

Michael Skov Jensen-Copenhagen • futurity
Oct. 5, 2023 ~8 min

The Green Revolution is a warning, not a blueprint for feeding a hungry planet

Did the Green Revolution, which brought high-tech agriculture to developing nations in the 1960s, prevent famine? Recent research takes a much more skeptical view.

Glenn Davis Stone, Research Professor of Environmental Science, Sweet Briar College • conversation
Oct. 4, 2023 ~10 min

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