Qingdao Tianrui Poultry Technology Co Ltd general manager Li Chao said chicken egg production in his farm in Qingdao,
we used 100%antibiotics in our animal feed for the chickens. But now, we have reduced it to only 30%and mixed the feed with others like Orgacids
and locally-made probiotics, he told representatives from Sunzen Biotech and Malaysia ambassador to China Datuk Iskandar Sarudin who visited the farm recently to see for himself how the green product fared in China.
probiotics, acidifiers and other green products in animal feed as part of their efforts to phase out the harmful antibiotics. oeafter using Orgacids and probiotics,
we managed to save about 5%the volume of animal feed. We will continue using them and
Another egg farmer, Zeng Xiaoyong, said he blended Orgacids with other ingredients like palm kernel extracts in his animal feed to improve absorptivity by the chickens.
He said he saved about 700 yuan (RM350) a day on his feed cost after switching from soy bean to the cheaper palm kernel extract for its mixture with animal feed.
Not only is the Orgacids product being used in chicken egg farms it is used also in feed for pigs, fish, prawns and cattle in China.
whose family runs a pig farm in Yantai in Shandong said he was happy with the results yielded using Orgacids as they managed to save about 4%on the volume of feed for the pigs. oewe have reduced the use of antibiotics
starting of with three chicken and pig farms in Shanxi recommended by China Agricultural University.
Sunzen Lifesciences research and development director Dr P. C. Kok said Orgacids could be added to animal feed
It is unlike antibiotics where you have to stop using it during the withdrawal period to let the body system clear. oethe recommended dose is 1. 5kg of Orgacids to a tonne of animal feed.
E coli and Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus in the livestock digestive system. oesalmonella will be cured within two to three weeks after the chicken is fed with Orgacids
The first lab-grown hamburger will cost $345, 000how much would you pay for a hamburger?
How about US$345, 000? No, it's not wrapped in edible gold leaf and held together with a skewer made out of a diamond stick pin that you get to keep.
It's an ordinary burger that doesn't include the bun, lettuce, pickles or onions.
That's because even though it is a real hamburger made from real meat, it doesn't come from a cow at all.
is one of a handful of scientists around the world working on the problem of cultivating meat artificially in a laboratory.
The idea is to find a way to create the meat without the animal by growing it directly.
and make lab-grown beef (or pork or chicken or fish) as cheap, if not cheaper,
He also believes that the advantages of in vitro meat as it is called, are such that it will go a long way toward alleviating world hunger
A long predicted dish The idea of growing meat in a vat without the animal middle-creature has been around longer than many people realize.
The most famous prediction of the coming of in vitro meat was from none other than Winston churchill.
In this he wrote-"We shall escape the absurdity of growing a whole chicken in order to eat the breast or wing,
by growing these parts separately under a suitable medium.""Chicken heart Growing a chicken leg bone and all wasn't even a remote possibility in the real 1982,
but Churchill did have some basis for his prediction that this would come about within a half century.
and is serviced by butchers who trim off steaks from it with great flensing knives like those used by whalers.
Radio author Arch Oebler took this a step further in his short radio play"Chicken Heart"where Carrel's experiment breaks loose
so frightening as a child that he smeared Jell-o on the floor and set fire to the couch to keep the monster at bay.
the conclusion was that cultivating meat wasn't as simple as first thought. Still, the idea remained.
and ethically-challenged DREADCO corporation that allegedly experimented on new ways to cultivate meat, such as genetically engineering alligators with salamander DNA so their huge,
The growing trunk would then be wrapped automatically in pastry and passed through an oven to produce a continuous stream of fresh, delicious elephant trunk pie.
Meanwhile, on a more practical tack, food scientists in the wake of the food shortages after the Second world war often speculated on the possibility of manufacturing meat
and NASA showed periodic interest in the idea as a way of feeding astronauts on extremely long space missions.
In recent years, the animal rights organization PETA offered a $1 million prize for anyone who could come up with a commercially successful way of cultivating meat as a way to reduce livestock farming,
where more than 300 essential grocery items are available in just 160 square feet of space.
With chickens on the roof, pigs roaming the yard, and mushrooms growing in the basement, FARM:
More than just a place to grab a sandwich, Farm: shop is an experiment in food cultivation within a constrained urban environment
or an outdoor greenhouse planted with tomatoes, peppers, herbs and greenery. Brightfarms: Solar panels are one way for grocery stores to optimize their otherwise unused rooftops
£200, 000 test-tube burger marks milestone in future meat-eatinglab-grown burgers will be served up in October Link to video:
Lab-grown burger to be served up in October Lurking in a petri dish in a laboratory in The netherlands is an unlikely contender for the future of food.
The yellow-pink sliver the size of a corn plaster is the state-of-the-art in lab-grown meat,
He hopes Heston Blumenthal, the chef and owner of the three Michelin-starred Fat Duck restaurant in Berkshire
"Meat demand is going to double in the next 40 years and right now we are using 70%of all our agricultural capacity to grow meat through livestock,
"Post said.""You can easily calculate that we need alternatives. If you don't do anything meat will become a luxury food
and be very, very expensive.""Livestock contribute to global warming through unchecked releases of methane, a gas 20 times more potent a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide.
and feels and hopefully tastes like meat"."Post is focusing on making beef burgers from stem cells
because cows are among the least efficient animals at converting the food they eat into food for humans."
Chickens are more efficient and fish even more,"Post said.""If we can raise the efficiency from 15%to 50%it would be a tremendous leap forward."
that will be minced together and pressed into a patty. Each piece of muscle is made by extracting stem cells from cow muscle tissue
which contains scores of nutrients the cells need to grow. The slivers of muscle grow between pieces of Velcro
If lab-grown meat mimics farmed meat perfectly and Post admits it may not the meat could become a premium product
just as free range and organic items have. He said that in conversations with the Dutch Society of Vegetarians,
the chairman estimated half its members would start to eat meat if he could guarantee that it cost fewer animal lives.
Meat grown in the laboratory could have several advantages, because its manufacture is controlled at each step.
"We could make panda meat, I'm sure we could, "Post said. He believes it will be a relatively simple matter to scale up the operation,
"The soft membrane could be surrounded by a harder egg-like shell if necessary--something made out of chocolate, rock candy,
or even algae. If that hard to imagine, think of it this way: a tomato and basil membrane that houses gazpacho, a chocolate membrane holding hot chocolate,
We make something that looks like mozzarella cheese, but when you cut it with a spoon it all yogurt inside,
which also makes an edible --though currently flavorless--packaging was featured recently in Fast Company. The hygiene of edible packaging is, of course, also an issue.
USGC President and Chief executive officer Thomas C. Dorr presented a preview of Food 2040 at the U s. Department of agriculture annual Agricultural Outlook Forum. oegrowing affluence in China could change people diets
Google and Facebook are just a few of the companies that feed their employees for free and it seems to work well.
but this doesn t mean you can t treat your employees to a nice meal once a month.
Or you can tie meals to specific company objectives, such as buying lunch on Fridays for employees after you know they have achieved their weekly goals.
When feeding your employees you don t have to pick the fanciest restaurants. Just pick a unique place that has a fun vibe.
Joachim loves the possibilities of cellular engineering, pointing out the similarities between the structure of a building's wall and the exterior skin of a piece of meat.
He even proposes a theoretical"meat house, "grown in a lab--a throbbing piece of meat that could function as a building.
These biopolymers often have comparable (if not superior) strength to conventional building materials like concrete. The emphasis there is heavily on the theoretical, of course."
Earth will have nine billion mouths to feed. To solve this dilemma, Rob Aukerman, president of U s. operations at Elanco Animal health, has been a vocal advocate of oeproven technologies to assist farmers in delivering more food using fewer resources.
The Guardian Larry Elliott argues that as demand for protein-heavy diets in developing nations increases,
600 litres of water to produce one litre of pure ethanol if it comes from sugar,
and the 2000 discovery that modification can enrich foods using nutrients and vitamins has made biotechnology a global giant in the world of food production
A phasing out of export of livestock for meat over the next ten years or so may be a necessity for a viable industry in the long term.
Markets for meat The long-term prospects for beef and sheep meat exports from Australia are good.
Demand, especially for beef, is increasing as developing countries become more affluent and change to a Western style diet.
On another plot, instead of red clover the researchers planted a fourth-year crop of alfalfa, which can be used to feed livestock.
When red clover and alfalfa were mowed, weeds were chewed up before they flowered. As for insect problems, low pesticide use
Thanks to clover and alfalfa, the experimental plots also used 86 percent less synthetic fertilizer.
"Generally, people with asthma do not have to follow a special diet. In some cases, certain foods, such as cow's milk, eggs, fish, shellfish, yeast products, nuts,
and some food colourings and preservatives, can make symptoms worse. Malayka Rahman of Asthma UK, said research suggests that a person's diet may contribute to their risk of developing asthma
and that eating healthily may have a beneficial effect.""Evidence suggests that the vitamins and antioxidants found in fresh fruit
and vegetables have a beneficial effect on asthma therefore Asthma UK advises people with asthma to eat a healthy,
balanced diet including five portions of fruit or vegetables every day, fish more than twice a week, and pulses more than once a week
which is derived from tanks of hormone-free tilapia offering up nutrients to the plants in a controlled environment that ensures optimal growing.
-herbicide-and pesticide-free leafy greens--including basil, arugula, mints and other greens--to the Chicago area once it hits full production.
Farmedhere's products are sold also in Chicago-area Mariano's locations as well as Green Grocery and Hardej told Crain's last year she was also in talks with Meijer
turning it into a dough and putting it under pressure. That, plus the shipping, requires energy
The authors of the paper, Kent H. Redford, William Adams, Georgina Mace, Rob Carlson, Steve Sanderson,
The Guardian goes on to say that similar stories will soon be told for vanilla farmers, patchouli farmers, rubber producers, coconut farmers and saffron growers.
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