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A scientist holds a petri dish of jackfruit-cultured turkey. In the future, cultured meat may be the result of placing animal cells into the extracellular matrices of plants. Credit: Marie Gibbons, July 2018
How scientists are hijacking plant skeletons to make lab-grown steaks
A scientist holds a petri dish of jackfruit-cultured turkey. In the future, cultured meat may be the result of placing animal cells into the extracellular matrices of plants. Credit: Marie Gibbons, July 2018
07.30.2018
by Nadia Berenstein
farmobile wants to help farmers collect and sell their data
If farmers sold their data instead of giving it away, would anybody buy?
farmobile wants to help farmers collect and sell their data
07.19.2018
by Sam Bloch
blockchain food traceability internet of everything
Soon we’ll use smartphones to trace our food on the blockchain. But there’s a catch: We’ll be traced, too.
blockchain food traceability internet of everything
07.19.2018
by Jessica McKenzie
low-angle shot of a cow in the grass
How precision dairying milks cows for data—not just dairy products
low-angle shot of a cow in the grass
07.06.2018
by Matthew Stuber + Gary Kazmer + Shalabh Gupta + Steven Zinn
The FCC says all of Iowa has access to broadband internet. Speed tests tell a different story
The FCC says all of Iowa has access to broadband internet. Speed tests tell a different story.
The FCC says all of Iowa has access to broadband internet. Speed tests tell a different story
06.20.2018
by Sam Bloch + The Counter
The FCC says all of Iowa has access to broadband internet. Speed tests tell a different story
In Iowa and elsewhere in rural America, glacial broadband speeds conflict with FCC reports
The FCC says all of Iowa has access to broadband internet. Speed tests tell a different story
06.20.2018
by Sam Bloch + The Counter
Rivka Garcia shows her phone to two men in a farm
Ag-tech investment topped $10 billon in 2017. How much went to women?
Rivka Garcia shows her phone to two men in a farm
06.19.2018
by Amy Wu
Klaas Martens
At CRISPRcon, an organic luminary embraces gene editing. Will the industry follow?
Klaas Martens
06.06.2018
by Sam Bloch
a graphic of plants growing in front of a backdrop of numbers
Carbon farming isn’t worth it for farmers. Two blockchain companies want to change that
a graphic of plants growing in front of a backdrop of numbers
06.04.2018
by Jessica McKenzie
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