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• Categorized in Space

  The quest to figure out farming on Mars

  If we’re going to live on Mars we’ll need a way to grow food in its arid dirt. Researchers think they know a way.
• Categorized in Biotechnology and health

  These companies are creating food out of thin air

  A new crop of biotech startups are working on an alternative to alternative protein.
• Categorized in Climate change and energy

  Africa fights rising hunger by looking to foods of the past

  Researchers, farmers, and global agricultural institutions are embracing long-neglected crops that promise better nutrition and more resilience to the changing climate.
• Categorized in Climate change and energy

  The weeds are winning

  As the climate changes, genetic engineering will be essential for growing food. But is it creating a race of superweeds?
• Categorized in Q&A

  How refrigeration ruined fresh food

  Nearly everything on the American plate is processed, shipped, stored, and sold under refrigeration. In her new book, Nicola Twilley reflects on what it means to be entirely dependent on artificial cooling.
• Categorized in Fiction

  Azalea: a science-fiction story

  Author Paolo Bacigalupi imagines a future shaped by climate change and other forces.
• Categorized in Biotechnology and health

  GMOs could reboot chestnut trees

  A startup called American Castanea has joined the quest to revive the American chestnut tree, the first step in its plan to give forests a genetic upgrade.