Cambridge-based scientists develop ‘superwheat.‘ “British scientists say they have developed a new type of wheat which could increase productivity by 30%. The Cambridge-based National Institute of Agricultural Botany has combined an ancient ancestor of wheat with a modern variety to […]

Why the Ethanol Boom Means More E. Coli Burgers. “Back in 2007, amid a boom in US corn-based ethanol, researchers at Kansas State University released a sobering study involving distillers grains—the mash that’s left over after corn has been fermented […]

7 Dodgy Food Practices Banned in Europe But Just Fine Here. Six of them are directly related to livestock production. “Atrazine, Arsenic in chicken, turkey, and pig feed, ‘Poultry litter’ in cow feed, Chlorine washes for poultry carcasses, Antibiotics as […]

Remember the BP Oil Spill? Malformed Fish Do. “Three years ago, the blowout at BP’s Macondo well spewed more than five million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. Despite attempts to recover it, much of that oil made […]

Scientists Use DNA From Poop to Track Rare Tigers. “Bengal tigers can be elusive. They’re classified as an endangered species, they’re mostly nocturnal, and if they had their way, they wouldn’t see many humans, either. Native to Southeast Asia, there […]