Food News Now: How biodiversity conservation can help manage future pandemics—for plants and for humans and more

For the International Day for Biological Diversity, we caught up with Dave Hodson, senior...

Subscribe Monday, May 24, 2021 IFT Digital Exclusives Consumers Seek Immune Boost At IFT's "Time to Kick Start Healthy Eating" virtual meeting, Mintel's Lynn Dornblaser explained that the COVID-19 pandemic underlined consumers' need to optimize health, especially immunity. The Counter How biodiversity conservation can help manage future pandemics—for plants and for humans For the International Day for Biological Diversity, we caught up with Dave Hodson, senior scientist at CIMMYT: The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, to discuss why conservation may be... Reuters Greta Thunberg aims to change how food is produced Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has set her sights on changing how the world produces and consumes food in order to counteract a trio of threats: carbon emissions, disease outbreaks and animal... Business Insider Noodles and Co. has opened its first ghost kitchen Fast-casual chain Noodles and Company is testing its first ghost kitchen in Humboldt Park, Chicago. The location doesn't have a dining room and is tasked solely with cooking food for delivery and... UCL Intensive agriculture could drive loss of bees and other tropical pollinators Pollinators in the tropics are less likely to thrive in intensive croplands, finds a new study led by UCL researchers suggesting bees and butterflies are at risk of major losses. Sponsored Content Quality Garlic Grown, sown, and family-owned in California. The Garlic Company offers a complete line of quality garlic products. We have the form your application requires. Contact our experts today. USDA Be sure to invite food safety to your next pig roast Roasting a pig requires a lot of planning before, during and after the meal to ensure food safety. Over the past few years, there have been foodborne illness outbreaks associated with pig roasts in... AGFunder News Oatly debuts at $13b, but execs say plant-based industry 'still has work to do' Oatly appears to fit squarely into an ESG portfolio for public market investors, especially in comparison to many companies being touted as ESG bets. Thomson Reuters Foundation News Zero-waste food bus fights hunger in South Africa With food insecurity rising due to COVID-19, an activist decided to bring affordable groceries to low-income communities in Johannesburg Smithsonian A brief history of the Cheez-It In the early 20th century, Green & Green cracker company cooked up its Edgemont product line, which included a flaky one-by-one-inch cheese cracker. On May 23, 1921, the company trademarked the snack... Institute of Food Technologists | 525 W. Van Buren St. | Suite 1000 | Chicago, IL 60607 | USA This newsletter made Smart by Subscribe | Report | Learn More | Unsubscribe | Contact