Food & Agriculture Stories
How do we feed a growing and more affluent population without the environmental collateral damage? The Anthropocene’s coverage of food and agriculture digs deep into innovations in farming, aquaculture, filling the global protein gap, reducing the carbon footprint of supply chains, and more.
In the most comprehensive study to date, researchers found that greener farming methods don’t compromise yields
In 63% of cases, they found that eco-friendly farming boosted biodiversity without any cost to yields. In several cases, yields actually increased
1 in 3 wild fish are discarded before ever reaching a plate. This invention tackles the waste.
The new system diverts fish 'byproducts' from their fate as animal feed, turning them into human food and reducing pressure on wild stocks at sea.
Here’s how a sugar tax tackles health and carbon emissions in single blow
In a surprising twist, researchers calculated that diverting EU sugar cropland to other uses yielded big carbon reductions—in Brazil.
Researchers calculate the value of bivalves’ appetite for pollution. It’s huge.
If coastal cities planted clam beds along the urban edge, they could save millions in nitrogen clean-up costs
Now, ammonia disappears in sewage. It could be repurposed as a revolutionary green fertilizer.
A new analysis shows that a technology called ‘air-stripping’ produces 5 to 10 times less greenhouse gas emissions than the Haber-Bosch process—at a far lower cost.
Here’s one way to save farmland: synthesize starch from CO2
Researchers develop a method to make this crucial industrial ingredient 8.5 times faster than nature can — with potential consequences for food security and land savings
Butter Is Toast
Margarine has a significantly lower environmental impact than butter in four important areas: global warming potential (i.e., carbon footprint), eutrophication potential, acidification potential, and land impact
The veiny structure of a spinach leaf could be the perfect scaffold for lab-grown meat
Decellularized spinach leaves are also a greener alternative to many current scaffolds for cultured beef
Food apps have untapped potential to nudge people toward greener diets
An extensive new study tested a different nudges and found a few simple, cheap ones that reduced a meal's carbon footprint by up to 76%.
What would happen if just 54 wealthy nations adopted the EAT-Lancet planetary health diet?
Answer: it could lock away enough carbon to help them meet their emissions targets by century-end.
