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Straight to links this week. I got feedback to send this on Mondays (and to create a podcast). Planning on getting them out in the morning vs evening moving forward. If you think either of those is a bad idea, take a 60-second survey or just reply to this email. Last week I spoke on blockchain in the food chain at the Animal Ag Alliance Summit. Recording of that coming soon.
Thanks!
🙌 Andy Brudtkuhl
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🥼 Agriculture faces a scientific innovation drought
Cattle ranches and their cowboys used to be economic anchors for our nation’s growth across North America. And they remain a way of life for much of the High Plains of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska.
🍅 Scientists are gene-editing tomato plants for growth in space
Go tiny or get out. Scientists at the University of California, Riverside, have gene-edited tomatoes to have tinier leaves and stems, which could make them more a productive crop for farmers with limited space to grow food.
🌾 $16B invested in plant-based and cell-cultured meat since 2009
Capitalizing on "a global shift in meat production," investors have put more than $16 billion into U.S. plant-based and cell-based meat companies in the past 10 years — $13 billion of it in 2017 and 2018. That's according to two reports released Monday from The Good Food Institute.
🚰 How the Blockchain Could Protect California's Aquifer
California is sinking. In the Central Valley, the most productive agricultural region in the US, some areas drop an inch or two per year. Telephone poles slump, roads crack, canals fail. In time, all that sinking adds up.
🥩 The Problem With Lab-Grown Meat
Lab-grown meat could end up replicating some of the existing problems with our industrial food system.
🤓 Wanted: Digital Whizzes to Work in Agriculture
To the uninitiated, it can be hard to imagine. Robots with fingers designed to pick mature tomatoes, among the most delicate of crops. A Fitbit-like collar that monitors the wellbeing of a cow. Drones with sensors to identify dry areas of a field or discover crop production inefficiencies.
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🍣 Alaskan halibut, caught by a century-old Seattle boat, provides a glimpse of Amazon’s strategy with Whole Foods
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