Food + Tech
Farmer in his John Deere tractor. March 2022
Broad agriculture coalition files federal complaint against John Deere, demanding the right to repair their own tractors

03.04.2022
by Jesse Hirsch
How New Mexico chiles ended up on the space station
11.18.2021
by Wufei Yu/High Country News
A delivery driver rides a bicycle through the rain on March 24, 2021 in New York City. OCTOBER 2021
New York’s ‘deliveristas’ are at the forefront of cities’ sustainable transportation shake-up
A delivery driver rides a bicycle through the rain on March 24, 2021 in New York City. OCTOBER 2021
10.22.2021
by Delger Erdenesanaa
A view looking down on a road dividing a round cultured meat facility on the left and cows graze. Dark blues and red fill the sky. September 2021
Lab-grown meat is supposed to be inevitable. The science tells a different story.
A view looking down on a road dividing a round cultured meat facility on the left and cows graze. Dark blues and red fill the sky. September 2021
09.22.2021
by Joe Fassler
Beate Leopold, managing director of Weinbauring Franken, shows the infestation of fungal spores of the so-called downy mildew (peronospora) on grapes of a vine. August 2021
Scientists are using facial recognition to rapidly identify disease resistance in grapes
Beate Leopold, managing director of Weinbauring Franken, shows the infestation of fungal spores of the so-called downy mildew (peronospora) on grapes of a vine. August 2021
08.26.2021
by Jessica Fu
NASA scientists wearing white lab coats and black glasses exam a growing squash plant under LED lights in a lab in Antarctica. A yellow map of Antarctica is in the background, while a white thermometer sits in the foreground overlaying a texture of Mars. July 2021
Gardening could be an essential part of astronaut self-care
NASA scientists wearing white lab coats and black glasses exam a growing squash plant under LED lights in a lab in Antarctica. A yellow map of Antarctica is in the background, while a white thermometer sits in the foreground overlaying a texture of Mars. July 2021
08.17.2021
by Jessica McKenzie
A person in a purple sweatshirt sits at a desk designing foodicons on a monitor. A plant and mug sit on the table and 3 large icons float above the desk outlined in green circles. August 2021
What’s the visual symbol for ‘pasture-raised’ meat? There isn’t one—yet.
A person in a purple sweatshirt sits at a desk designing foodicons on a monitor. A plant and mug sit on the table and 3 large icons float above the desk outlined in green circles. August 2021
08.10.2021
by Michael Waters
The JBS meat placing plant is viewed in Plainwell, Michigan on June 2, 2021.
The JBS ransomware hack was only the latest in a surge of cyberattacks on the U.S. food system
The JBS meat placing plant is viewed in Plainwell, Michigan on June 2, 2021.
06.03.2021
by Jessica Fu + H. Claire Brown
Employees walk past the JBS plant in Marshalltown, Iowa on Wednesday, December 5, 2018.
The nation’s largest meat processor has been hit with a cyberattack. What does that mean for the food supply chain?
Employees walk past the JBS plant in Marshalltown, Iowa on Wednesday, December 5, 2018.
06.01.2021
by H. Claire Brown + Jessica Fu