Best Vegetable Chopper
Our favorite vegetable chopper is the [amazon link="B07VG4S38C" title="Fullstar Mandoline Slicer" /]. It offers a vegetable cutter, mandoline slicer, and spiralizer all in one package. On top of that you'll get a large collection bin and it's made fr.....»»
Biobased mulch spray curbs weeds in vegetable crops
Biobased sprayable mulch (BSM) films are a potential alternative to herbicides, polyethylene plastic mulch film, and hand weeding for specialty crops. Researchers at the American Society for Horticultural Science have developed a series of BSM films.....»»
Scientists assemble first semi-wild-type melon T2T genome
Melon (Cucumis melo L.) is an important vegetable crop that has an extensive history of cultivation, and has been classified into two subspecies, C. melo ssp. agrestis and C. melo ssp. melo......»»
Increasing vegetable crops will not ease hunger if supply chains don"t keep pace
We might think that if you want to feed more people in areas with food insecurity, you can just grow more food. But it isn't that simple......»»
Is there more to palm oil than deforestation?
Palm oil is the world's most produced and consumed vegetable oil and everyone knows that its production can damage the environment. But do consumers have the full picture? In fact, replacing palm oil with rapeseed oil would require a four to five-fol.....»»
South Africa"s smallholder vegetable farmers aren"t getting the finance they need, says researcher
Fresh efforts are being made to increase the share of black ownership in South Africa's agricultural sector. This follows decades of missteps and badly designed interventions that have failed to significantly change the ownership patterns in the sect.....»»
Microgreens: The health-giving shoots explained
Many of us germinated cress seeds on a bit of wet tissue at primary school, giving us a first introduction to edible microgreens. Recent interest in more diverse ways of getting flavor and nutrition into the vegetable components of our diets has incr.....»»
Could microplastics in soil introduce drug-resistant superbugs to the food supply?
Like every industry, modern farming relies heavily on plastics. Think plastic mulch lining vegetable beds, PVC pipes draining water from fields, polyethylene covering high tunnels, and plastic seed, fertilizer, and herbicide packaging, to name a few......»»
Grow-your-own households eat more fruit and vegetables while wasting less, research suggests
Household fruit and vegetable production, in allotments and gardens, could be key to a healthy and food-secure population, a new study from the University of Sheffield has found......»»
Scientists develop pineapple stem starch film for packaging fruits and vegetable
A team of scientists from Thailand and Malaysia, led by principal investigator, Associate Professor Taweechai Amornsakchai from Mahidol University, has successfully developed a low-cost and green method to make films prepared from pineapple stem star.....»»
Fish farm waste can be used to produce biogas, study shows
Digesting fish waste can allow circular fish and vegetable farms (aquaponics) to produce biogas that can be fed back into the energy system of these farms. This also generates excellent nutrition for plants, according to new research from the Univers.....»»
Tropical fruits are vulnerable to climate change. Can we make them resilient in time?
Plants provide almost every calorie of food we eat. Grains like rice, wheat and corn make civilization possible. For millennia, farmers have bred grains, fruit and vegetable varieties to get larger harvests and plants better able to tolerate differen.....»»
Researchers reveal novel module that influences soybean seed traits
Soybean (Glycine max) is an important economic crop, providing 28.7% of the world's vegetable oil and 70.7% of its protein meal. Seed weight is usually associated with seed size and is one of the most important agronomic traits determining yield. How.....»»
New breeding program produces purple tomatoes with high anthocyanin content
In 2011 Jim Myers did something no one had done before. The Oregon State University vegetable breeder released the first purple tomato containing the same healthy compound found in blueberries......»»
Mujjo’s new AirTag keychain accessory integrates clever hidden magnet design
is out with its newest Apple accessory today, the leather Canopy AirTag Keychain. Available in three colors of vegetable-tanned leather, the AirTag holder has a premium build with a clean black keyring. more… The post Mujjo’s new AirTag keycha.....»»
Berlin could produce more than 80% of its fresh vegetables locally, says study
Berlin has enough space for urban gardening, and up to 82 percent of Berlin's vegetable consumption could be produced locally, a new study finds. "The amount of vegetables represents a significant share of the annual consumption," highlights Diego Ry.....»»
Pollination loss removes healthy foods from global diets, increases chronic diseases causing excess deaths
Inadequate pollination has led to a 3-5% loss of fruit, vegetable, and nut production and an estimated 427,000 excess deaths annually from lost healthy food consumption and associated diseases, including heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and certain c.....»»
Chew on this: Personalized health care for mountain gorillas
A mountain gorilla walks in the forest of East Africa's Virunga Volcanoes conservation area. It stops at a piece of wild celery, sits down, and begins to chew. It strips the vegetable's fibrous threads through its teeth, extracting the fleshy, juicy.....»»
Report: Hurricane Ian farm loss could reach $1.56B
Agriculture losses in Florida from Hurricane Ian's high winds and drenching rains could reach $1.56 billion, with citrus, cattle, vegetable and melon operations among the hardest hit, the University of Florida reported Tuesday in a preliminary estima.....»»
Biodegradable plastic mulch: A climate-smart agricultural practice
During the growing and harvest seasons, vegetable producers often begin their day before sunrise and finish as the last light is seeping into the horizon. These long days are normal but varied. Challenges such as pests, disease, climate change, and w.....»»
Blonde Review
Ana de Armas stuns in Blonde, Andrew Dominik’s daring, enrapturing, and unconventional fictional biopic.Blonde will release in select theaters on Sept. 16, 2022, before streaming on Netflix on Sept. 28. Andrew Dominik’s first film, Chopper (2000).....»»