Half of the world’s fruit and vegetable crops are lost during the food supply chain, due mostly to premature deterioration of these perishable foods, according to the Food and Agricult... Read more
Scientists at the John Innes Centre (JIC) and The Sainsbury Laboratory (TSL) have pioneered a new gene-detecting technology which, if deployed correctly could lead to the creation of a new e... Read more
Trials of a new technology to prolong the shelf-life of fresh produce have proved successful, according to researchers at the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol). A study in whic... Read more
Food poisoning is a stomach-churning, miserable condition that sends thousands of Americans to hospital emergency rooms every year. Now scientists report in ACS’ journal Analytical Chemistry... Read more
Farmers can use fewer resources to grow food With the world’s population exploding to well over 7 billion, feeding the human race is getting even more challenging. Increasing the yield... Read more
The second experiment on how to grow crops on Mars and moon soil simulant have given a surprising outcome. As a result of what the researchers of Wageningen University & Research centre... Read more
It’s happened to many of us. We eat at a restaurant with less than ideal hygiene and come down with a nasty case of food poisoning. Foodborne illness afflicts 48 million people annuall... Read more
The world’s first research facility to grow both food and fuel, using desert lands irrigated by seawater, began operations today on a two-hectare site in Masdar City in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The f... Read more
Food products that last longer in their packaging, with little, or no chemical preservatives needed — that is the promise of a breakthrough in packaging technology made by two National Unive... Read more
Breakthrough could help address growing demand for the staple that already provides a fifth of global caloric intake. An international team of scientists has identified a gene that can preve... Read more
RESEARCHERS SAY WASTE ADDS TO OTHER PROBLEMS THREATENING GLOBAL SEAFOOD RESOURCES SUCH AS OVERFISHING, POLLUTION AND CLIMATE CHANGE As much as 47 percent of the edible U.S. seafood supply is... Read more
In the United States, federal mandates to produce more renewable fuels, especially biofuels, have led to a growing debate: Should fuel or food grow on arable land? Recent research shows farm... Read more
VTT has developed a sensor that detects ethanol in the headspace of a food package. Ethanol is formed as a result of food spoilage. The sensor signal is wirelessly readable, for instance, by... Read more
Scientists are hailing a new breed of bean seed as a breakthrough, thanks to its ability to grow amid rising temperatures and yield more nutritional value, qualities they believe can thwart... Read more
Report pinpoints key food systems ‘leverage points’ that hold the greatest the potential to boost global food security and protect the environment Feeding a growing human populat... Read more