Sequencing Quinoa: Food for thought
The pharmaceutical industry has been growing at a strong rate in recent years. One aspect of this market is that of the food supplement. The growing trend especially amongst the older populace and with...
View ArticleRussian agriculture: Sanctions to create an agricultural superpower?
Following the Western penalties imposed on Russian companies in 2014, the Russian government responded with countersanctions, banning imports of many western food products. This encouraged import...
View ArticleBrazilian meat scandal: Confidence in $14bn industry is returning
The scandal to hit the meat industry in Brazil at one stage threatened to result in the sort of bans on a food product not seen since the BSE crises occurred in the United Kingdom in the 1990s....
View ArticleBaltic nations agriculture and transportation sectors suffer due to Russian...
Western sanctions on Russia due to the events that unfolded in Crimea in 2014 resulted in Russia only days later reciprocating and introducing its own sanctions on the EU and the US. Whilst the EU...
View ArticleMega Agriculture: Three huge agriculture acquisitions creating monstrous...
Six of the world’s largest agricultural firms, those that control seed patents, produce pesticides and fertilizers and effectively dominate the worlds agricultural output are about to become three. Dow...
View ArticleGinkgo Bioworks: Quest to disrupt the biotech space
Ginkgo Bioworks, a Boston-based DNA writer and designer company, launched in 2008, is already one of the largest DNA writers in the world. It is expected to make over $20m in revenue in 2017. Ginkgo’s...
View ArticleAeroFarms: High-Rise Greens
AeroFarms’ food growing method, called aeroponics, requires no dirt, no sun and needs about 95% less water than traditional farming. It also applies 40% less fertilizer, and no pesticides. The company...
View ArticleArgentine agricultural exports: Tax on exports not helping to initiate...
Even during numerous economic crises during the early 2000s Argentina routinely registered a trade surplus, but that is no longer the case. To combat biting economic conditions the government has...
View ArticleAmazonian deforestation drags down Brazilian economy
The Amazon rainforest is in bad shape. Deforestation is growing and the recent wave of fires accelerated the pace of deforestation for the largest forest in the world. The destruction of such a key...
View ArticleImpossible Foods: Fake burger of the future
Impossible Foods, a company that makes meat from plants, has a mission to eliminate the need for animals in the food system by 2035. Its flagship product’s resemblance meat, right down to the taste...
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