Food + Tech
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.

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
Open Table community dining fresh market store front with car pickup. April 2021
Food pantries are increasingly providing an Instacart-style shopping experience
Open Table community dining fresh market store front with car pickup. April 2021
04.29.2021
by Austin Bryniarski
A farmer plants soybeans in Montgomery County, Md., May 12, 2020.
GRAPHIC: Nearly all cash crops are genetically engineered now
A farmer plants soybeans in Montgomery County, Md., May 12, 2020.
04.19.2021
by Ignacio Calderon
Barrels of fish packed on ice sit on fishing boat about to be unloaded at the port in Songkhla on February 2, 2016. Around 100 people have been arrested by authorities in a recent crackdown on abuses involving Thailand's multi-billion dollar seafood industry. The deep-rooted problem caused the huge global brand, Nestle in 2015 to admit that it had discovered clear evidence of slavery at sea in parts of the Thai supply chain. Thailand is the world's third largest exporter of seafood. February 2021
How new technology is helping to identify human rights abuses in the seafood industry
Barrels of fish packed on ice sit on fishing boat about to be unloaded at the port in Songkhla on February 2, 2016. Around 100 people have been arrested by authorities in a recent crackdown on abuses involving Thailand's multi-billion dollar seafood industry. The deep-rooted problem caused the huge global brand, Nestle in 2015 to admit that it had discovered clear evidence of slavery at sea in parts of the Thai supply chain. Thailand is the world's third largest exporter of seafood. February 2021
02.25.2021
by Virginia Gewin