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Product images could boost food pantry use
23-Jan-2023
Even though one in 10 U.S. households is food insecure, only 28% of those 13.5 million households took advantage of food pantries in 2021 - partly because of the perception that food pantry offerings are lower quality than what's available in grocery stores, according to new Cornell University ...
Broccoli looks more like cauliflower in a warmer world
11-Jan-2023
As seasoned gardeners know, broccoli heads don’t develop properly and can resemble cauliflower when grown in higher temperatures. A new study identifies the genetic underpinnings for why broccoli heads become abnormal when it’s hot, providing insight into effects of climate-induced warming for ...
Limiting antibiotics for cows may create a new dairy market
09-Nov-2022
Consumers would be willing to buy milk from cows only treated with antibiotics when medically necessary – as long as the price isn’t much higher than conventional milk, according to researchers at Cornell University. The findings suggest conventional farmers could tap a potentially large market ...
Onshore algae farms could feed the world sustainably
14-Oct-2022
How do we increase food production by more than 50%, on a limited amount of arable land, to feed a projected 10 billion people by 2050? The solution could come in the form of nutritious and protein-dense microalgae (single-celled), grown in onshore, seawater-fed aquaculture systems. A paper, ...
Plant-based ‘beef’ reduces CO2 emissions but threatens 1.5M ag jobs
08-Aug-2022
Plant-based alternatives to beef have the potential to help reduce carbon dioxide emissions, but new economic models show their growth in popularity could disrupt the agricultural workforce, threatening more than 1.5 million industry jobs. By embracing meat protein alternatives, U.S. food ...
Heat stress for cattle may cost billions by century’s end
17-Mar-2022
Globally, by the end of this century low-income cattle farmers in poor countries may face financial loss between $15 to $40 billion annually, due to looming climate change. Looming climate change may be economically hard for low-income cattle farmers in poor countries due to increasing heat ...
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Nearly a third of TV ads play to empty rooms
14-Feb-2022
Paying thousands of dollars to advertise on television is a huge proposition – never more so than for the Super Bowl, for which 30-second TV spots this year will cost advertisers as much as $6.5 million. Contrary to Super Bowl advertisements, which are some of the most high-profile commercials, ...
$10M project aims for more pest-resilient food options in Asia
17-Jan-2022
A new Cornell University-led project will accelerate the application of a proven biotechnology to enhance food and nutritional security in Bangladesh and the Philippines while protecting the health of farmers and the environment. The Feed the Future Insect-Resistant Eggplant Partnership is funded ...
Shifting meetings, conventions online curbs climate change
The annual carbon footprint for the global event and convention industry is on par with the yearly greenhouse gas emissions of the entire U.S.
21-Dec-2021
The COVID-19 global pandemic – unexpectedly – has shown humanity a new way to reduce climate change: Scrap in-person meetings and conventions. Moving a professional conference completely online reduces its carbon footprint by 94%, and shifting it to a hybrid model, with no more than half of ...
Wild blue wonder: X-ray beam explores food color protein
In food products, the natural blues tend to be moody
06-Dec-2021
A fun food colorant with a scientific name – phycocyanin – provides a vivid blue pigment that food companies crave, but it can be unstable when placed in soft drinks and sport beverages, and then lose its hues under fluorescent light on grocery shelves. With the help of physics and the bright ...
