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There’s an ongoing debate in health: can hospital food be both tasty and healthy? Continue reading A Hospital Is Changing Its Menu After Administrators Ate the Food for a Week
A Princeton, New Jersey startup called Arable Labs Inc. recently unveiled a professional-grade crop and weather sensor that’s solar powered, rugged and was designed by Fred Bould, the creative talent behind the Nest thermostat, smoke and carbon monoxide detector, as well as Fitbit, GoPro and Roku products. The Pulsepod, which looks something like the head of a small drum or a… Read More Continue reading Arable’s crop and weather sensor, Pulsepod, aims to make farming predictable
The new restaurant review system on Grubhub and Seamless is meant to combat fraud and increase trust among diners. Continue reading Seamless Is Finally Fixing Its Lousy, Inaccurate Restaurant Reviews
It’s clear that a federal decision is in the works, even if a current Senate bill doesn’t pass. Continue reading Mandatory Federal GMO Labeling Is On Its Way
Two recent reports add more evidence to the unique mental health stresses that farmers face. Continue reading Farmers Have an Alarmingly High Suicide Rate, and We’ve Known for Decades
Anti-malaria efforts have help curb the threat, but non-communicable diseases are on the rise. Continue reading Tanzania’s Next Epidemic? Obesity
A startup based in Branford, Connecticut, Ancera Inc. has raised $8.9 million in Series A funding for technology that helps food producers detect contaminants faster than other methods will allow.
The company’s mission is to prevent food waste, recalls or worse, the spread of food-borne illnesses, said Ancera CEO and founder Arjun Ganesan.
Investors in the deal included: Glass Capital… Read More Continue reading Ancera raises $8.9 million for tech to prevent food poisoning, and recalls
A FEMA contract predicts “social unrest” caused by a global food crisis. Continue reading FEMA Contractor Predicts ‘Social Unrest’ Caused by 395% Food Price Spikes
McDonald’s is serious about their fries. When they were forced by shifting public opinion (drunkenly swaggering around as it always does) to switch from their beef tallow and cottonseed oil mixture to a vegetable oil mixture; they spent millions to find a solution that retained the taste. How they make the fries is not the worlds most closely guarded secret, but they do have a unique flavor, texture, and appearance which is a product of lots of large scale industrial processes. [J. Kenji López-Alt] decided to reverse engineer the process.
His first problem was of procurement. He could easily buy …read more
Continue reading Reverse Engineering the McDonald’s French Fry
Butter coffee is touted as “rocket fuel” that will launch you into your day, but it could just be a hot cup of pure fat Continue reading Butter Coffee: Nutritional Panacea Or Just Another Food Science Fad?