7 robots that are replacing farm workers around the world
In the future, robots will increasingly replace farm workers, using artificial intelligence to plant, grow and harvest our food.In fact, many farms are already using fleets of robots, which can tend to...
View ArticleSee inside this vertical farm where 65,000 pounds of lettuce grow each year...
Los Angeles-based Local Roots' three farms are no ordinary farms. They're not even outside — but inside three small shipping containers.The startup uses vertical hydroponic farming, a method where...
View ArticleA former chef at the 'world's best restaurant' created these gourmet school...
Daniel Giusti, a former chef at Noma — a Copenhagen restaurant consistently deemed the "world's best" — has left the world of fine dining. Now, he's taken on an even more daunting task: redesigning the...
View ArticleI tried a chocolate bar that replaces sugar with mushrooms — and couldn’t...
Inside a lab in Aurora, Colorado, scientists at Mycotechnology have been trying to figure out a way to replace sugar with mushrooms. Certain mushrooms, the logic goes, can take away bitterness and...
View ArticleThe best veggie burger you can buy in a grocery store will soon be sold...
Burgers by Beyond Meat, the company that makes fake meat from plants, will become available in select Whole Foods stores nationwide by the end of 2016.Beyond Burger launched in two Whole Foods...
View ArticleFormer Apple engineers created this $1,500 oven that automatically recognizes...
If you're an amateur cook, roasting a rack of lamb or baking fresh bread in an oven can feel daunting.The June oven aims to make things simple. It uses a camera, sensors, and machine learning to bake,...
View ArticleThe world's biggest meat producer is planning to test out robot butchers...
In one of Scott Technology's "lamb boning rooms," a production line of about a dozen robots strips meat from 600 carcasses an hour. Automated arms clamp onto pieces of raw lamb, while others wield...
View Article7 up-and-coming healthy fast food chains that should scare McDonald's
Legacy mega-brands like McDonald's, KFC, and Burger King have dominated the fast food industry for decades.But within the last few years, many American consumers have shown a growing interest in...
View ArticleI tried the caffeine bracelet that promises to be the next best thing to a...
Like many people, I love (and will admit I'm addicted to) coffee. Absorbing caffeine through a patch on my wrist certainly sounds like a more efficient way to wake up.A new bracelet, called Perk, has...
View Article9 up-and-coming healthy fast food chains that should scare McDonald's
Legacy mega-brands like McDonald's, KFC, and Burger King have dominated the fast food industry for decades.But within the last few years, many American consumers have shown a growing interest in...
View ArticleThis robot can 3D-print and bake a pizza in six minutes
Today's robots are pretty extraordinary. They can paint incredible works of art, run lettuce farms, and even act like humans (sort of).One Silicon Valley startup called BeeHex has even invented a bot...
View ArticleThe CEO of Tyson Foods sees a growing demand for plant-based protein
Tyson Foods — one of the world's largest meat producers — believes that plant-based protein is a huge opportunity for his industry.In an interview with Fox Business, Tyson CEO Tom Hayes said he sees a...
View ArticleThis robot that grows animal feed is 400% more productive than a human farmer
In recent years, many small American farms have been struggling due to low commodity prices. As a way to cut down on expenses, some farm owners automate their labor, which helps them harvest crops and...
View ArticleAirline food shows a growing divide between premium and coach class
Airplane food is often disgusting. After paying hundreds (or thousands) of dollars for a flight, passengers are served sad trays of rubbery chicken, powdered mashed potatoes, and tiny iceberg salads...
View ArticleA former chef at the 'world's best restaurant' created these gourmet school...
Daniel Giusti, a former chef at Noma — a Copenhagen restaurant consistently deemed the "world's best" — has left the world of fine dining. Now he's taken on an even more daunting task: redesigning the...
View ArticlePepsiCo has experimented with mealworm powder for its snacks and drinks (PEP)
PepsiCo— the food company that makes snacks like Doritos, Cheetos, and Quaker Oats cereal — is looking for alternative protein sources for its products. On the open innovation site NineSights, PepsiCo...
View ArticleThe Bill Gates-backed vegetarian burger is coming to a national fast food chain
Just in time for Independence Day, burgers by Beyond Meat, the company that makes faux meat from plants, will be available at fast food chain BurgerFi starting July 3.It will launch in eight of...
View ArticleHampton Creek says it's making lab-grown meat that will be in supermarkets by...
Hampton Creek— the Silicon Valley startup known for its vegan mayonnaise — says it's working on growing meat in a lab.The food startup revealed to The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday that it plans to...
View ArticleThe Bill Gates-backed veggie burger that 'bleeds' like beef is coming to...
When Beyond Meat, a company that produces plant-based alternatives to animal proteins, claimed it invented a vegetarian burger that tastes like beef, it sounded too good to be true.But the Beyond...
View Article12 up-and-coming healthy fast food chains that should scare McDonald's
Legacy mega-brands like McDonald's, KFC, and Burger King have dominated the fast food industry for decades.But within the last few years, many American consumers have shown a growing interest in...
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