Written by: Kristen DeAngelis, Gwynne Mhuireach, and Sue Ishaq
Almost overnight, the COVID-19 pandemic has transformed many Americans’ relationships with food. To relieve some of the stress associated with shopping safely for groceries and ensure food security, many people are once again...
Written by: Rene Van Acker, Evan Fraser, and Lenore Newman
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Agriculture is...
Written by: Karen Scofield Seal
Demand for plant-based food and nutrition is growing. According to recent retail sales data, grocery sales of plant-based foods in place of animal products grew 29 percent in the US to $5 billion between 2017 and...
Written by: Kelly Reed
What we eat can harm not only our health, but the planet itself. About a quarter of all the greenhouse gas emissions that humans generate each year come from how we feed the world. Most of them are...
Written by: Max Graham
When Eva Dawn Burk first saw Calypso Farm and Ecology Center in 2019, she felt enchanted. Calypso is an educational farm tucked away in a boreal forest in Ester, Alaska, near Fairbanks. To Burk, it looked...
Written by: Kimberly White
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Written by: Victoria Masterson
Food waste is a mounting problem globally. About a third of the world’s food is wasted or lost, according to the WWF, with huge impacts for people, the planet and the economy.
More than 800 million people go to bed...
Written by: Kimberly White
Beyond Meat has unveiled its latest star-studded campaign, Go Beyond. Highlighting the inner spirit and drive to reach the unattainable, Go Beyond was modeled after the inspiration and mission behind Beyond Meat.
Kicking off the campaign...
Written by: Rahma Diaa
After Egyptian farmer Muhammad El-Desouki lost more than half of his tomato crop to a long heatwave, he no longer thinks about climate change as a future problem.
El-Desouki’s farm lies north of Cairo, in Menoufia, a governorate that...
Written by: Kimberly White
Kellogg-owned MorningStar Farms is expanding its plant-based portfolio. MorningStar Farms announced the launch of its latest vegan offering, Incogmeato, earlier this week.
The Incogmeato line will feature the company's first ready-to-cook plant-based burger and plant-based chicken tenders...
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