World Butchers’ Challenge postponed due to coronavirus
One of the highlights of the international butchery calendar, the World Butchers’ Challenge, has been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Archives for March 18, 2020
Coronavirus sparks ‘staggering growth’ in online searches for foods with functional benefits: report
What foods are consumers looking to during coronavirus?
Coronavirus impact on labour supply fuels food shortage fears
European shoppers are finding themselves faced with empty shelves as coronavirus panic buying places the food supply under short-term pressure. But could longer-term impact on the agri-food labour force actually have more significant implications?...
Higher welfare chicken more sustainable? RSPCA backs fresh research
A new study reveals that producing meat from slower-growing chickens – as opposed to fast-growing breeds – can ‘significantly’ reduce mortality and culling.
Could falling prices hinder sugar reformulation?
Sliding sugar prices in the wake of the virus pandemic, may handicap, though not stop, reformulation efforts, according to experts.
European Commission calls on startups & SMEs to help with coronavirus outbreak
The European Commission is calling on startups and SMEs with technologies and innovations that could help in treating, testing and monitoring the coronavirus outbreak to apply for the next round of funding from the European Innovation Council (EIC).
Space-grown lettuce success: ‘Our growth techniques have many similarities to terrestrial vertical farming’
Lettuce grown on board the International Space Station has been deemed ‘safe to eat’ and at least as nutritious as Earth-grown plants. “If we ever want to be self-sustainable in space colonisation, plants will be integral,” NASA’s Gioia Massa tells...