Nutrition & Wellness
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Nebraska greenhouse heated with geothermal energy produces citrus all year
This man found a way to produce lemons, grapefruit-sized oranges, green figs, and grapes year-round in Nebraska—for only $1 a day. He built a greenhouse that is heated with geothermal Read More...
How much can you save at the new lower-priced Whole Foods?
We already reported on Amazon’s initiative to lower the prices at Whole Foods. Yesterday was the first day of the lower prices and here’s a report on the changes. This shopper saved 12 percent on her groceries compared to last Read More...
Online start-up Crowd Cow wants to sell meat from small independent farmers
It is good for your health and for the environment to eat less meat. But if you do eat meat, it makes sense to eat meat to support small ranches and producers who adopt environmentally friendly farming practices. That’s what the online start-up Crowd Cow aims to facilitate. Crowd Cow promises Read More...
Amazon announces price cuts for Whole Foods to attract more customers
Amazon, the new owner of Whole Foods Market, has announced that it will begin lowering prices of the health food chain starting today. Amazon aims to help the grocer shed its “Whole Paycheck” reputation for high prices that are generally 15 to 25 percent above rivals. Amazon is also planning to Read More...
Norway is slashing food waste through selling out-of-date produce
It is well-known that “best by dates” on produce and food packages are mere guidelines. The dates don’t mean that the food will be bad for consumption by the given date. Nonetheless, supermarkets and consumers throw away a lot of food based on these dates. Norway is now aggressively fighting Read More...
New technology reduces food waste through dynamic pricing system
Each year 33 billion pounds of food is wasted in the U.S. alone. The problem is gaining more and more attention and that drives innovative solutions. Technology can help here as well. Wasteless is a real-time tracking solution for grocery stores, which allows the stores to offer variable pricing to Read More...
Finnish scientists use only electricity to make protein from CO2
Researchers in Finland have developed a process to turn CO2 into food using electricity. The process can run on renewable energy, and requires only a small amount of water and nutrients. It could eventually be used in a home appliance to make protein at home, or a production facility in a desert Read More...
Google’s chefs develop plant-based ‘power dish’ to get employees to eat less meat
Google likes to solve problems. It wants to be a more sustainable company too. This year, the company will hit its goal of purchasing 100 percent renewable energy to run its operations. Google also recognizes that meat consumption is an important part of its carbon footprint. That’s why many Read More...
Canada, one of the largest beef producers, now promotes a plant-based diet
Canada is one of the world’s largest beef producers. The country’s beef industry contributes $26 billion to the national income. Nonetheless, the Canadian government has issued new dietary guidelines that are very much focused on a plant-based diet. The guidelines promote unsaturated fats Read More...
Erasing hunger: Mushrooms can be grown everywhere and are just as filling as meat
Anyone can grow mushrooms almost anywhere. Mushrooms grow very well on used coffee grounds. They grow on the agricultural waste. Mushrooms provide easy opportunities for people to add more food to their diet at negligible cost—in that sense they can deliver a great contribution to eradicating Read More...