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Purdue Leading $10 Million Effort to Address Global Food Safety

August 20, 2019

Funding will help establish the first-ever Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Safety

Study Identifies Way to Enhance the Sustainability of Manufactured Soils

August 5, 2019

Soil degradation is posing a huge threat to global food security and every year, around 12 million hectares of cropland are l...

Meet the Six-Legged Superfoods: Grasshoppers Top Insect Antioxidant-Rich List

July 15, 2019

Grasshoppers and silkworms have antioxidant capacity similar to fresh orange juice, says study

Study: Global Farming Trends Threaten Food Security

July 11, 2019

Monocultures are increasing worldwide, taking up more land than ever

Building up an Appetite for a New Kind of Grub

July 3, 2019

The benefits of increasing insect consumption have been widely explored, but not the technological and processing approaches ...

The World Needs a Global System to Detect and Halt the Spread of Emerging Crop Diseases

July 1, 2019

In the same manner that nations collaborate to detect and stop human pandemics, a global surveillance system for crop disease...

Lab-Grown Insect Meat and the Future of Food

May 31, 2019

Cultured insect tissue could combine the planet-saving best of insect farming, GM livestock, labriculture, and plant-based me...

New Plant Breeding Technologies for Food Security

April 1, 2019

Genome editing techniques, such as CRISPR/Cas, could help to make agriculture more productive and environmentally friendly...

Aquaculture: The Front Line in the Fight for Global Food Security

September 10, 2018

First analysis of impacts to marine aquaculture production warns proactive measures needed to protect global food security...

Researchers Develop First Gene Drive Targeting Worldwide Crop Pest

April 19, 2018

Innovation establishes method to control invasive fly that deposits eggs in fruit crops, causing millions in damage

A Vaccine for Edible Plants? A New Plant Protection Method on the Horizon

April 6, 2018

Plant diseases and pests cause considerable crop losses and threaten global food security

Protecting Our Food Supply—New Microbial Research Discovers Warning Sign to Prevent Fish-Killing Algae Blooms

April 2, 2018

About 25 percent of the world’s food supply is discarded or burned because of contamination or spoilage

Software Aims to Reduce Food Waste by Helping Those in Need

March 7, 2018

A program that distributes leftover food from catered events to the homeless in India inspired the vision for the online, int...

Wood Fuels Key to Easing Food Insecurity Situation in Sub-Saharan Africa

February 27, 2018

Researcher says inadequate sources of cooking energy contribute to food insecurity, particularly for very low income, fo...

The Secret to Tripling the Number of Grains in Sorghum and Perhaps Other Staple Crops

February 26, 2018

Research team hopes to apply the same strategy to increase grain production in related plants that are vital in the glob...

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