Ökonomie… Major Report: More Than 75 Percent of Earth’s Land Areas Are ‘Broken’ 27 Mrz 201826 Mrz 2018 Once-productive lands have become deserts, are polluted, or deforested, putting 3.2 billion people at risk. Stephen Leahy | MOTHERBOARD Like a broken cell phone that can only text or take…
Ökonomie… Climate Change Is Making It Harder to Grow Rice 12 Okt 201711 Okt 2017 Malaysian farmers are watching changing weather patterns threaten their staple crops, and switching to other crops might be the only answer. By Sawsan Morrar | MOTHERBOARD When Abdulhamid bin Saad,…
Ökonomie… I Farmed Seaweed in Belize to Learn Why It’s the Food of the Future 16 Apr 201715 Apr 2017 It was a jarring, hour-long boat ride to Little Water Caye, a sliver of an island 30 km off the coast of Placencia, Belize. There was only a small wooden…
Ökonomie… We Don’t Need as Much Protein as We Think We Do 5 Apr 20174 Apr 2017 The protein supplement industry is expected to be worth $58 billion by 2022. But, why? By Kaleigh Rogers | MOTHERBOARD Any vegetarian can tell you that the most common question…
Ökonomie… Food Stamp Recipients Significantly More Likely to Die Than the Average American 22 Jan 201721 Jan 2017 Food stamps have long been at the heart of a bitter political debate about the government’s role in social services and the underlying problems affecting low-income Americans and their wellbeing.…
Ökonomie… One of America’s Biggest Meat Companies Just Invested in Vegan Burgers 12 Okt 201611 Okt 2016 One of America’s most carnivorous companies, Tyson Foods, is cashing in on the growing popularity of meatless meat. Tyson Foods announced Monday it has invested in Beyond Meat, snapping up…
Ökonomie… Bayer Just Bought Monsanto, Here’s Why You Should Care 15 Sep 2016 A giant company just bought another giant company, but if you’re not an investor or a farmer, you may not have noticed. Bayer—the aspirin company that also makes farm products…
Geschichte… The Cure for Gluten Intolerance Could Live Inside These Bug-Eating Plants 11 Aug 201610 Aug 2016 Carnivorous plants seem like the stuff of science fiction. They’re strategically designed to lure insects into inescapable traps, where they proceed to melt the bugs alive using digestive enzymes. Now,…
Ökonomie… We Can Feed More People on an Omnivore Diet than a Vegan One, Study Shows 26 Jul 201625 Jul 2016 Vegans love to extol the benefits of their diet, and from environmental impact to animal welfare, there are many. But when it comes to helping feed our expanding global population…
Ökonomie… How Space Technology Will Produce the Best Weed Ever 22 Jun 201621 Jun 2016 Mike Dixon wants to send plants to Mars. Growing crops in space is the best way to provide proper nutrition to the crew on a long-duration mission, this University of…
Ökonomie… How the Media Got a Study About Vegetarianism Really, Really Wrong 2 Apr 20161 Apr 2016 If you’re the sort of person who believes bacon makes everything better, then a study that made headlines this week claiming a vegetarian diet can kill you was probably a…
Geschichte… We’re Eating a Hole in Our Ozone 29 Apr 201528 Apr 2015 One of the biggest modern day threats to our ozone layer is something we’ve largely overlooked for decades: nitrous oxide. It's also something we can't feed ourselves without producing. By…
Ökonomie… The Robot Revolution Is Here 27 Feb 201526 Feb 2015 Building a robot has been one of humanity’s longest-standing dreams. Mechanical helper beings appear in the stories of ancient civilizations the world over, from Greece to China to Israel. On…
