Food sustainability
Taste-testing the lab-grown future of meat and milk
Dozens of companies are trying to grow, ferment or even 3D-print meat substitutes. Here’s how they stack up against the real thing.
- by Liam Mannix
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The man who saved bananas from certain death – and next, 750,000 children
Professor James Dale’s bananas are the first genetically modified fruit approved for commercial growth. But would you eat one?
- by Angus Dalton
Developed in a lab and grown in a vat: It’s meat, but not as you know it
Global demand for meat is growing. Without innovation, this will put more pressure on land clearing and greenhouse gas emissions. Could cultured meat be the solution?
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Are wine drinkers too snobbish to drink wine from cans instead of glass?
Winemakers spruik the environmental credentials of canned wine, but retail sales suggest drinkers are yet to be convinced to give up the bottle.
- by Andrew Taylor
The farmers who want to look their livestock in the eye before slaughter
Driven by decreasing access to major slaughterhouses, this small pork and beef farmer will build its own abattoir after fending off a VCAT challenge by neighbours.
- by Benjamin Preiss
How Rupert Murdoch’s son-in-law solved crisis at family farm
Alasdair MacLeod was regularly escaping to the country with his young family when he realised something was going horribly wrong there – and needed a radical solution.
- by Catherine Naylor
Anna asked a climate sceptic for some advice. His words would reshape her career
Climate activist Anna Rose wanted to convince former Liberal senator Nick Minchin about climate change. Instead, the experience set her on a different path.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Avocado and ants on toast? Chef says buzz is building around edible insects
Insect-eating advocate Joseph Yoon wants to help us get over our phobias and embrace the benefits for both the body and the planet.
- by Nick Dent
‘A lot of trends start here’: Nespresso wants to win the cost of living war in Australia
Nespresso’s new Oceania managing director Stefan Vermeulen is focused on protecting the coffee pod maker’s premium brand and spruiking its sustainability credentials.
- by Jessica Yun
In an underground car park, something is growing under lights that may tickle your nose
By 2050, almost five billion people will be living in cities, representing 70 per cent of the global population. Urban farming on rooftops and underground may be a large part of the solution.
- by Julie Power
The inner-west farm where you dine among barramundi and mushrooms
Discover a new dining experience unlike any other in Sydney.
- by Bianca Hrovat
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