Used for fast food frying, added to packaged foods, and fed to livestock, soybean oil is by far the most widely produced and consumed edible oil in the U.S., according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. In all likelihood, it is not healthy for humans. America’s most widely consumed oil, […]
Nestle wants to make all of its packaging reusable or recyclable within five years Swiss food giant Nestle said Thursday it would invest 2.0 billion Swiss francs (1.8 billion euros, $2.1 billion) over five years to cut its use of virgin plastics in favour of food-grade recycled plastics. The company, whose […]
Black-grass at a medium level in winter wheat field. Credit: Helen Hicks Scientists from international conservation charity ZSL (Zoological Society of London) have for the first time put an economic figure on the herbicidal resistance of a major agricultural weed that is decimating winter-wheat farms across the UK. A vital […]
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A controversial pesticide linked to developmental problems in humans will be definitively banned in the EU in 2020 after a vote on Friday by member states, the European Commission said. The commission, the EU’s powerful regulator, had proposed for non-renewal of the chemical agent following an […]
(Image: © Shutterstock) People with obesity, high blood sugar, high blood pressure or high cholesterol are often advised to eat less and move more, but our new research suggeststhere is now another simple tool to fight off these diseases: restricting your eating time to a daily 10-hour window. Studies done in mice and fruit flies suggest that […]
Mytilus trossulus in West Vancouver, Canada. Credit: Annette F Muttray Scientists have found a type of transmissible cancer in shellfish that has spread across the Atlantic Ocean and even into the Pacific. The new study was published in eLife. The Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC) Newsroom interviewed Stephen Goff, PhD, an expert in […]
Christine Stewart holds packets of nutrient supplements. They are typically a mixture of a legume — peanut, lentil or chickpea paste — plus milk powder, oil, and a full complement of the vitamins and minerals children need. Credit: Karin Higgins/UC Davis More than half of child deaths worldwide stem from […]
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Around 20% of the UK’s farms account for 80% of the country’s total food production, and they do this on about half of all the farmed land there is. At least 80% of farms in the UK don’t produce very much at all. In England, the […]
Credit: Axtron BV The latest prototype of the AstroPlant citizen science project has gotten the green light for production. AstroPlant is a desktop greenhouse that allows people to collect data on potential crops to grow in space. The lights, heatsinks and extension shields imaged above are some of the components […]
The John Innes Centre will co-lead a pioneering research program investigating how a plant-based diet could prevent chronic illness. The Edesia: Plants, Food and Health Ph.D. program aims to advance understanding of plant-based nutrition from crop to clinic, initiating a step-change in nutritional research in the UK and addressing diet-related […]