Memphis Meats plans to open a production plant for cell-cultured meat

It’s a milestone for the industry, though specifics—surprise?—are still hazy. | Continue reading


@newfoodeconomy.org | 4 years ago

Should restaurants donate excess food? The answer is not so simple

Despite an increased focus on food waste, restaurants still toss a startling 94 percent of their excess food. | Continue reading


@newfoodeconomy.org | 4 years ago

In Memoriam: Sustainable Seafood, 1992-2019

The owner of a direct-to-consumer seafood company reflects on climate change, sustainable seafood, and our rapidly evolving future. | Continue reading


@newfoodeconomy.org | 4 years ago

New York just introduced Meatless Monday in city jails

Citing the potential health and environmental benefits of plant-based meals, corrections officials hope other cities will follow suit. | Continue reading


@newfoodeconomy.org | 4 years ago

America is about to experience a sugar shortage

Rainy weather in the spring and fall upended sugar beet and cane production. That has food and beverage companies worried. | Continue reading


@newfoodeconomy.org | 4 years ago

Is Instacart the worst of the food delivery apps?

New research from Columbia University and City University of New York calls its dispatch system a “despotic algorithm.” | Continue reading


@newfoodeconomy.org | 4 years ago

By 2025, 43M children under the age of five will be overweight

A new UNICEF report highlights evolving dietary challenges facing children around the world. Key factors? Climate change and industrial ag. | Continue reading


@newfoodeconomy.org | 5 years ago

The first fungi-based “steaks” just announced

Cultivated from a fast-growing micro-organism, Emergy Foods' fungi steaks may be a paradigm-shifting meat alternative. I visited the company's headquarters for a taste. | Continue reading


@newfoodeconomy.org | 5 years ago

Google misleads restaurant customers with a big blue “Order Online” button

What looks like a direct link to a restaurant website is often funneling money to the biggest delivery apps. | Continue reading


@newfoodeconomy.org | 5 years ago

The bowls at Chipotle and Sweetgreen are supposed to be compostable

Plant-based bowls contain troubling "forever chemicals," even when they're certified compostable. It gets worse from there. | Continue reading


@newfoodeconomy.org | 5 years ago

GrubHub is buying up thousands of restaurant web addresses

It also appears to publish shadow pages without owners' consent—sometimes in direct competition with real websites | Continue reading


@newfoodeconomy.org | 5 years ago

Stop and Shop now has big robots patrolling its aisles. Why?

Marty the supermarket robot may take your picture, but his corporate owners say he doesn't want to spy on you. | Continue reading


@newfoodeconomy.org | 5 years ago

A farm in Missouri got $2.8M in Trump trade war money

Payments are supposed to be capped at $125,000. They're being distributed with no Congressional oversight. | Continue reading


@newfoodeconomy.org | 5 years ago

Florida sugar companies sued for unhealthy practice of burning sugarcane

Residents in America’s top sugar-producing county say the burning leads to increased infant mortality, asthma, and “black snow.” | Continue reading


@newfoodeconomy.org | 5 years ago

An ag company could prove itself more disruptive than Netflix or Airbnb

The number-one spot on CNBC's Top 50 Disruptors List went to a brand that’s not yet a household name: Indigo Agriculture. Why? | Continue reading


@newfoodeconomy.org | 5 years ago

Walgreens and Kroger test cameras that guess age and gender

Facial recognition is already being used in grocery stores. They're not legally required to disclose this practice. | Continue reading


@newfoodeconomy.org | 5 years ago

5G technology is coming to rural America

The FCC just announced a $20 billion plan to bring high-speed mobile access to remote parts of the country—but will it work? | Continue reading


@newfoodeconomy.org | 5 years ago

The farm industry is pushing for tighter right-to-farm laws across the country

What does that mean for farm neighbors? | Continue reading


@newfoodeconomy.org | 5 years ago

Backyard chickens hit hard by a long-gone, extremely contagious disease

More than a million chickens have already been euthanized due to Virulent Newcastle Disease fears. | Continue reading


@newfoodeconomy.org | 5 years ago

The Terminator of harvesting berries is around the corner. What comes next?

Robots don’t need sleep or visas.The Terminator of harvesting berries is around the corner. What comes next? | Continue reading


@newfoodeconomy.org | 5 years ago

Why do so many farmers have diabetes?

A new study on diabetes rates among different occupational groups shows a concerning trend for farmers who use pesticides. | Continue reading


@newfoodeconomy.org | 5 years ago

Rural broadband is about to get $600M in funding–but there’s a catch

The companies responsible for delivering access to information in rural America are blocking access to information. | Continue reading


@newfoodeconomy.org | 5 years ago

What will leaders at this week’s UN climate summit be eating?A whole lot of meat

Ameat-free menu would've shown that mainstream policymakers are considering the role meat consumption plays in a warming globe. | Continue reading


@newfoodeconomy.org | 5 years ago

GM's investment in Epic Provisions nearly tanked the bison industry

A Native-owned business invented the commercial bison bar. But Epic took credit, built an empire on a foundation of misleading claims, promised ranchers investment that never materialized, and left an industry struggling. | Continue reading


@newfoodeconomy.org | 5 years ago

An algorithm kicks businesses out of food stamp program on dubious fraud charges

This piece was published in partnership with The Intercept. In Washington Heights, a hilly neighborhood at the northern tip of Manhattan, 128 P&L Deli Grocery is the busiest hub on the block. Outside, neighbors lounge in... Read more » | Continue reading


@newfoodeconomy.org | 6 years ago

Here’s the ugly truth about the ugly produce movement

VC-backed startups are commodifying need and undermining food banks and CSAs while they're at it. It's a market solution disguised as activism. | Continue reading


@newfoodeconomy.org | 6 years ago

Using smartphones to trace our food on the blockchain

Foodies interested in the provenance of their groceries may have to give up something in return: their privacy. | Continue reading


@newfoodeconomy.org | 6 years ago

Can A.I. usher in a new era of hyper-personalized food?

Artificial intelligence is helping to develop flavors tweaked precisely for your age, ethnicity, and gender. Think beer and snacks as unique as your fingerprint. | Continue reading


@newfoodeconomy.org | 6 years ago

Rural Kansas is dying. I drove 1,800 miles to find out why

A native Kansan returns home to find that the broken promises of commodity agriculture have destroyed a way of life. | Continue reading


@newfoodeconomy.org | 6 years ago

Hornless holsteins, Enviropigs, and other gene-edited animals lost to history

For the first time ever, FDA has approved an animal genetically modified for human consumption—the AquAdvantage salmon. Here are six other bioengineered animals that could’ve changed food but never made it to market. | Continue reading


@newfoodeconomy.org | 6 years ago

Rural Kansas is dying. I drove 1,800 miles to find out why

A native Kansan returns home to find that the broken promises of commodity agriculture have destroyed a way of life. | Continue reading


@newfoodeconomy.org | 6 years ago