Agricultural Industry

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF At first the genetically engineered chickens were resistant to bird flu, but then the researchers found that the virus mutated…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Many people query the ethics of using foetal bovine serum to grow lab based meats, but this new synthetic protein…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Meat that’s made in a lab, rather than by an animal, will revolutionise food production and could help end global…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Quantum computers are already proving themselves to be the world’s most powerful computers, and IBM wants to push them further….

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF In this keynote session futurist Matthew Griffin discusses how technology is changing how and where we produce food, and how…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF This year, you might not know it, your food costs will increase not necessarily because of scarcity but because the…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Have you ever wondered what Woolly mammoths tasted like? Now you can find out with sci-fi foodtech!   Love the…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Why grow cows in fields when you can just grow the steaks sustainably in a lab? Food is being re-invented…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Why raise chickens for meat when you can just grow that meat in a lab without all the anti-biotics, environmental…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Oddly if a plant could have evolved “that way naturally” even if you genetically re-engineer it then it’s not a…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Finally researchers have been able to grow a global staple “Tier 1” crop in vertical farms and it opens the…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF New technologies and materials are transforming all our foods and our eating experiences, and this is just another example of…