by editor | Jan 16, 2020 | Farm to Future
By Christian Hald-Mortensen With delicious animals increasingly under fire for their part in climate change, the market for meat substitutes is growing fast. Old and new brands alike are racing to provide environmentally conscious consumers plant-based or...
by editor | Jan 11, 2020 | Farm to Future
“The H‑2A Touchback Requirement Makes No Economic or Security Sense” By David Bier, courtesy of the Cato Institute The House of Representatives passed the Farm Workforce Modernization Act (H.R. 5038) last month. The House bill made some improvements to...
by editor | Nov 28, 2019 | Farm to Future
“Thanksgiving Dinner Costs Less and Other Reasons to Be Thankful” By Chelsea Follett, courtesy of the Cato Institute Watching the news or discussing it with your family at Thanksgiving dinner, it is not hard to fall into the trap of thinking that the...
by editor | Nov 22, 2019 | Farm to Future
Startups and agri-giants all over the world are engaged in a race to make fake meat that looks, feels, and tastes real — combining the virtues of plant-based protein or lab-grown cells with the enjoyment of a slab of real beef (or pork or chicken). And for...
by editor | Nov 22, 2019 | Farm to Future
Illegal vaccines threaten to exact a heavy toll in conjunction with China’s continuing epidemic of African swine fever, which has killed (or forced authorities to preemptively cull) hundreds of millions of pigs since it began spreading in spring 2019....