3 Mins Read A new report finds that while the demand for dairy-free options continues to rise, consumers aren’t sold on the options. More than 80 percent of consumers surveyed…
Category: Plants
Scottsdale company joins Humane Society for a plant-based culinary workshop
With meat and dairy alternatives rising in popularity, Southwest Foodservice Excellence, a national food service management company that specializes in K-12 nutrition, has collaborated with the Humane Society of the…
Traditional protein giant Americana sees plant-based opportunity in Middle East
Americana is one of the largest food brands in the region alongside other big names such as Agthia and Baladna, and is one of the best-known there for its animal…
Growing the right crops in the right places
The last in a series of discussions on the growth of Ireland’s plant protein sector featured on the most recent ‘Tillage Edge’ podcast. Many members of the general public now…
Stressed plants make ultrasonic clicking noises
Listen carefully, and a plant may tell you it’s thirsty. Dry tomato and tobacco plants emit distinct ultrasonic clicks, scientists report March 30 in Cell. The noises sound something like…
Judge Deals Another Blow to Tejon Ranchcorp Project
Site of proposed Centennial project wildflowers; Image: Richard Dickey L.A. County Ordered to Set Aside Approvals for Risky Sprawl Development March 28, 2023, LOS ANGELES, CALIF. – A judge has…
Chia seedlings verify Alan Turing’s ideas about patterns in nature
LAS VEGAS – Chia seeds sprouted in trays have experimentally confirmed a mathematical model proposed by computer scientist and polymath Alan Turing decades ago. The model describes how patterns might…
Dry farming could help agriculture in the western U.S. amid climate change
In the parking lot behind a grocery store in Portland, Ore., last September, several hundred tomato aficionados gathered on a sunny, breezy day for Tomato Fest. While many attendees devoured…
Plant/animal hybrid proteins could help crops fend off diseases
A new biological mashup just dropped. “Pikobodies,” bioengineered immune system proteins that are part plant and part animal, could help flora better fend off diseases, researchers report in the March…
The oldest known pollen-carrying insects lived about 280 million years ago
The oldest known fossils of pollen-laden insects are of earwig-like ground-dwellers that lived in what is now Russia about 280 million years ago, researchers report. Their finding pushes back the…
