#First look at complete sorghum genome may usher in new uses for food and fuelalthough sorghum lines underwent adaptation to be grown in temperate climates decades ago a University of Illinois researcher said he
systems for both food and fuel. Brown is working on the project through the Energy Biosciences Institute at the U of
They are looking at compounds that will prevent you from absorbing all the nutrition in your food in the small intestine he said.
The University of Nottingham's Plant and Crop sciences Division is acclaimed internationally as a centre for fundamental and applied research underpinning its understanding of agriculture food production and quality and the natural environment.
when supplemental food started and at what age it was weaned said Katie Hinde professor of human evolutionary biology at Harvard university and an affiliate scientist at the UC Davis Primate Center.
Although there is some variation among human cultures the accelerated transition to foods other than mother's milk is thought to have emerged in our ancestral history due in part to more cooperative infant care
Sunflower and other oilseed crops are the source of the vast majority of vegetable oil used for cooking and food processing.
#Turning algae into clean energy and fish food; helping Africans to irrigate cropscould algae that feast on wastewater produce clean biofuels and a healthful supply of fish food?
Can impoverished African community gardeners learn to use and maintain a simple centuries-old nonelectric water pump to grow more vegetables?
while dining on these pollutants the plant-like organisms could then be used to produce renewable biofuels or food for fish farms.
and thwart the plans to produce biofuels and fish food. With an initial EPA grant the student team tested 20 species of algae.
whether fish food or biofuel production is the most economically viable use for algae grown in wastewater.
Potential food source derived from non-food plantsa team of Virginia Tech researchers has succeeded in transforming cellulose into starch a process that has the potential to provide a previously untapped nutrient source from plants not traditionally though of as food crops.
This new development opens the door to the potential that food could be created from any plant reducing the need for crops to be grown on valuable land that requires fertilizers pesticides and large amounts of water.
This discovery holds promise on many fronts beyond food systems. Besides serving as a food source the starch can be used in the manufacture of edible clear films for biodegradable food packaging Zhang said.
It can even serve as a high-density hydrogen storage carrier that could solve problems related to hydrogen storage and distribution.
The new approach takes cellulose from non-food plant material such as corn stover converts about 30%to amylose
and cosmetic skin creams and monosodium glutamate is used a food additive to enhance the flavor of some foods.
Synthesized from the sugars in the cellulosic biomass of grasses other non-food crops and agricultural waste advanced biofuels represent a sustainable nonpolluting source of transportation fuel that would also generate domestic jobs and revenue.
but the reaction required a food source that made the process too costly for mass production.
because they need to move around to look for more food but there's no place to look
and his team managed to remove the ability of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa microorganism to resist the antibiotic medication tetracycline by limiting its access to food and oxygen.
and the associated antibiotic-resistant genes that find their way into the ground water and ultimately the food supply.
and after more than a decade of research on improving the enrichment process have started to distribute omega-3 enriched ground beef to retailers and food vendors.
The ground beef is part of the company's line of omega-3 enriched foods which includes pork chicken cheese milk butter and ice cream.
It will be the first ground beef to carry the U s. Food and Drug Administration's seal of approval for containing omega-3 fatty acids.
which includes conducting the additional studies needed to apply to the U s. Food and Drug Administration to begin studies in human patients.
#Automated imaging system looks underground to help improve cropsplant scientists are working to improve important food crops such as rice maize
and beans to meet the food needs of a growing world population. However boosting crop output will require improving more than
Beyond improving food crops the technique could also help improve plants grown for energy production materials and other purposes.
and how they provide us with food and alternative materials. This imaging technique provides data needed to accomplish this.
when to germinate grow make food flower and even age. Like eyes the phytochrome is a light sensor that converts sunlight into chemical signals to get these jobs done.
and consequently make the food we eat and the oxygen we breathe says Vierstra. Vierstra and his team found that by making specific changes to the light sensor they can dupe it into staying in its active state longer.
and produces a new food with high nutritional value. HHP is a nonthermal technology that keeps the quality attributes of the persimmon
and tannins increasing its antioxidant potential explains Amparo Quiles researcher at the Group of Microstructure and Food Chemistry of the Universitat Politã cnica de Valã ncia.
The work by researchers of the UPV has been published in Food & Function journal. Story Source:
Researchers are continuing that tradition by designing robots to work in a deep-space habitat tending gardens and growing food for astronaut explorers.
The team's project will focus on designing a Deployable Greenhouse for Food Production for deep-space missions.
#which is designed to apply basic research on plants to sustainable food and biofuel production. â#oeour research is aimed at understanding the fundamental mechanisms
#Reorganization of crop production, trade could save Chinas water supplychina's rapid socioeconomic growth continues to tax national water resources--especially in the agricultural sector--due to increasing demands for food.
and importing food commodities from other provinces or nations instead could help China conserve more water.
Through food trade these water resources are transferred across borders in what's called a virtual water trade.
and consumption of water-intensive food continues to boom. While growing crops in the wetter regions would be more water efficient land in those places is either urban or industrial or difficult geographically (mountainous terrain etc.
and Japan--combined a hydrological model with domestic and international trade simulations to determine the efficiency of China's food trade in terms of water use as well as the role of foreign trade in this virtual water-trade system.
These products accounted for 93 percent of China's domestic food supply in 2005 the last year with available data.
and irrigation sources--and determined how much water was transferred between provinces through food trade. To obtain estimates of these water transfers the researchers analyzed how much food was traded between provinces
and the water amount needed to produce each type of food. They determined the amount of water transferred in kilograms by multiplying the traded volume of a specific food item by the water used to produce a unit of this item (the item's virtual water content) in the exporting province.
The researchers found that irrigation accounts for about 25 percent of water used to produce crops
and for 16 percent of water used in meat production in China. However those numbers skyrocket in Xinjiang Ningxia and Inner Mongolia where irrigation water is used predominantly for crop production (85 percent 69 percent and 49 percent respectively.
Finally the researchers investigated whether Chinese food trade leads to global water savings. They found that domestic corn trade leads to significant losses of irrigation water resources (such as rivers reservoirs and groundwater.
and barley in a greater range of food products according to a June 24 panel discussion at the 2014 Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) Annual Meeting & Food Expoâ in New orleans. Oats and barley are ancient food
and that they moderate blood glucose concentrations following a meal according to a presentation by Susan M. Toth Phd research scientist Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.
In addition there is also research to support that oat and barley foods increase satiety after meals a sensation of feeling full after meals
and noodles to beverages and flat bread said Bo Jiang Phd professor of food science and executive director of the State Laboratory of Food Science and Technology at Jiangnan University in China.
Oats are now the third largest food staple in China growing in popularity as that country deals with rising rates of cancer diabetes heart disease and intestinal issues.
or fractionalize into edible and easy to use food components said Keshun Liu Phd research chemist United states Department of agriculture (USDA) National Small Grains and Potato Germplan Research Unit.
Food uses of barley and oats are limited rather due to lack of palatability of whole grain foods
And yet recent discoveries of the varied health benefits of oats and barley have spurred food scientists to develop new
However added Liu food scientists and engineers have more work to do to commercialize these methods
The above story is provided based on materials by Institute of Food Technologists (IFT. Note: Materials may be edited for content and length g
At stake the study emphasizes are the futures of food production our climate and water security.
Together with Neiker-Tecnalia the public body that reports to the Sub-Ministry for Agriculture Fisheries and Food Policy of the Government of the Basque Autonomous Community the following are part of this project:
Teagasc-The Agriculture and Food Development Authority (Ireland) IRSTEA (France) INTIA (Navarre) the University of Glasgow Caledonian (Scotland) and the Higher Institute for Agronomy (Portugal.
and death--food and water tainted with pathogens from fecal matter results in the deaths of roughly 700000 children each year.
Vertimass anticipates that the ORNL technology will be in demand by existing corn-based ethanol production plants as well as new refineries coming online that aim to convert non-food crops such as switchgrass
Bioethanol which is made from the remains of plants after other parts have been used as food or other agricultural products and therefore termed second generation is seen as a strong potential substitute candidate
Corn cubs and sugar canes are in fact plant parts that can also be used directly as food so there is a great public resistance to accept producing this kind of bioethanol.
which cannot be used for food. The goal is to produce bioethanol from cellulose. Cellulose is very difficult to break down
and therefore cannot directly be used as a food source. Cellulose is found everywhere in nature in rich quantities for example in the stems of the corn plant.
and keep the corn cubs for food we have come a long way says Per Morgen professor at the Institute of Physics Chemistry and Pharmacy University of Southern Denmark.
The organisms live in the large intestine where they enhance the breakdown of food. Some have proposed that restricting this activity of methanogens could help alleviate obesity.
These bats of which there are almost 200 species eat a variety of foods including insects frogs lizards fruit nectar and even blood.
snouts of species that eat other foods are intermediate in shape. The team's approach to identifying natural selection for mechanical function combined both evolutionary and engineering analyses.
They set out to tackle this by examining almost 200 species of New world leaf-nosed bats that exploit many different food niches:
Species that eat other foods have shaped snouts somewhere in between. Dumont explains further We knew diet was associated with those things
and food safety while keeping food affordable for consumers is top-of-mind for many farmers
History of beta-agonist usefeedlots have used beta-agonists a cattle feed supplement approved by the U s. Food
it's raising food prices. They're desperately trying to lower the cost of their input to make that food.
You can force them to do it, but you need to think of their economic model. Smartplanet:
Nahmias is no stranger to food robots. He grew up in Mexico city, and his private school had a French fry machine.
There are machines for all sorts of food and beverage products, but he said there's something special about the human touch with coffee.
or HIV patient that can't hold down food because of the disease's affect on their appetite.
but others criticized it for ushering in an age of monoculture in which farmers turned their backs on biodiversity in the interest of maximizing food production per acre.
Trains and planes and ships revolutionized the food market, he said. It really transformed the way people move
corn is used for food. So we're using cellulosic biomass waste streams--corn cobs, treetops and limbs, dead pine trees from pine beetles.
why notã Â put the acids in everyday foods such as sauces and soups? That was among the more interesting details of Craig Binetti's presentation at the 11th Jefferies Global Clean Technology Conference on Thursday.
Increasing food production. Reducing dependence on fossil fuels. Protecting people & the environment. Growing in developing markets.
Drop in fuels and non-food feedstocks are needed. Drivers: energy security, rural community growth, fewer greenhouse gas emissions, food constraints, green jobs.
Binetti outlined the advantages of cellulosic ethanol: 60 percent reduction in greenhouse gases. Grown on marginal land.
Food cooperative improves safety, productivity with IBM analyticsanalytics technology that has enabled a Michigan agricultural cooperative better account for the source of fruits
collects, stores and analyzes data about the food being handled by Cherry Central Cooperative from the time it is harvested and processed,
-based Cherry Central's supply chain business partners as the food makes its way to grocery or market shelves.
Steve Eiseler, vice president of operations at Cherry Central Cooperative, said the IBM-based technology has allowed his organization to significantly reduce the amount of paperwork necessary to remain in compliance with government food traceability requirements
We take our responsibility in the food supply chain seriously, Eiseler said. We wanted to feel more comfortable in
This collaboration is helping us create a well-connected and visible food supply chain to make it easier and faster to track the food items we market
I've seen that in the food and beverage industry. Folks like Coca-cola, Pepsico, Inbev, Nestle, Heineken.
The food and beverage industry is very proactive, and I spend time with my counterparts, chief sustainability officers at other companies,
and food products companies to apply the sensors to measuring the isotopes in foods. The intention:
and what the food itself tells you are the same thing. Iain Green, vice president of business development for Picarro, said every food gives off a unique isotope signature.
It's nature's bar code, he said. So, for example, it would be possible to distinguish corn-fed cattle from Vermont from their cousins from Texas or Idaho.
Technology for tracing food origins has been available for decades. What is different now is that it is now cost-effective enough to be used more widely in food quality control operations
or on processing plant manufacturing floors, Green said. Picarro's technology costs about $100, 000,
Picarro expects food companies to use its technology to prove the authenticity of food origins, and the company is already working with a number of the larger ones.
and consumers understand that there is more of an imperative for people to know where their food is really coming from,
This is another evolution in food tracing and sourcing verification. Related stories: PG&E first utility to embrace new gas leak detection technology From predicting weather to tracking greenhouse emissions
Some of the motorists located by police have been stranded for up to 24 hours without food or water and have walked long distances through dangerous terrain to get phone reception.
As well as in the food that we eat. Roughly half the people on the planet would not be around
and the Food Pillthe FUTURIST magazine has featured recently potential oefixes and uncommon solutions to various big problems facing the world.
Unlike corn or even sugar ethanol, halophyte algae (algae that grow in saltwater) do not compete with food stocks for freshwater. oewhen the cost of pumping ocean water into so-called wasteland regions such as the Sahara
could lessen the world food and water shortages. Some 68%of the freshwater that is now tied up in conventional agriculture could
most of these people will be born in the countries that are least able to grow food.
000 liters of water is needed to produce a person daily food requirements. Futurist Fixes 1. The Food Pill.
In the future, we may see a type of pill for replacing food, but experts say it likely would not be a simple compound of chemicals.
A pill-sized food replacement system would have to be extremely complex because of the sheer difficulty of the task it was being asked to perform
more complex than any simple chemical reaction could be. The most viable solution, according to many futurists, would be a nanorobot food replacement system.
Dr. Robert Freitas, author of the Nanomedicine series and senior research fellow at the Institute for Molecular Manufacturing, has described several potential food replacement technologies that are somewhat pill-like.
The key difference, however, is that instead of containing drug compounds, the capsules would contain thousands of microscopic robots called nanorobots.
but don t like what a food-indulgent lifestyle does to their body, Freitas has two other nanobot solutions. oenutribots floating through the bloodstream would allow people to eat virtually anything, a big fatty steak for instance,
as much as 5, 000 liters of water is needed to produce a person daily food requirements.
A pot for more-efficient food storage, a bicycle rigged to carry hundreds of pounds of cargo,
With sections focusing on food, water, shelter, health and sanitation, energy and transportation, and education, oedesign for the Other 90%focused on problem solving for the vast majority of the world people who survive under the poverty level
and crops could halve food price inflationresource conservation technologies in agriculture could potentially halve the staggering increases in food prices in the face of climate change,
the International Food Policy Research Institute has found. IFPRI will release key findings on agriculture and soil degradation at this month's Rio+20 conference on sustainable development in Rio de janeiro.
will hold a side event at the conference to unveil preliminary results in scientific and economic research work from food policy experts."
and I think that we're at a point where it will be very good to see how these resource-conserving technologies can perform to help solve food insecurity issues."
But full adoption of these improvements could cut food price inflation almost in half, he said.
Low-cost sensors, clever software and advancing computer firepower are opening the door to new uses in energy conservation, transportation, health care and food distribution.
using computing intelligence to create more efficient systems for utility grids, traffic management, food distribution, water conservation and health care.
How technology gave us cheap food in huge quantities and why it has to stopin the fairly near future,
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.
Citing Elanco acquisition of Chemgen a private food specialization company Aukerman promoted food enzymes earlier this year as oenatural digestives.
His concerns regarding food delivery are shared well. A 2010 symposium hosted by the Global Harvest Initiative in Washington
DC, promoted a need for continuous innovation to meet global food demand, with Jason Clay of the World Wildlife Fund arguing that
in order to do so, oethe footprint of food must be frozen. oeholding crop area fixed and assuming only historical yield growth,
food production will fall far short of the needs by 2050, Clay colleague, IHS global insight managing director of agricultural services John Kruse,
biotechnology genetic manipulation of food DNA to meet consumer desire has frequently been cited as the cause,
supply constraints mean that a 50%increase in food demand will exist by 2030. And Nestle Chairman Peter Brabeck-Letmathe also cited rising production of biofuel
and the high subsidies it receives as the direct cause of rising food prices. oethe only difference is that with the food market you need 2,
Advances in bioechnology have helped us push food production to its limit. But with the exit of cheap food a strong reality, it is worth assessing how technology has allowed it to be produced in mass amounts
what the potential consequences of genetically modified organisms (GMOS) are, and what the global public role is in their use or disuse.
The world population of three billion that had arrived by 1960 gave way to the industrialized agriculture that defines food production today.
genetic modification involves manipulating the genetic makeup of food to create or enhance characteristics that are desired by humans.
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
Mixed-use 2. 0: The office building of the futuresocial forces and advances in communications technology are driving changes in how and where people work.
whether synthetic biology that utilizes plants for food, energy, and medicine might lead to an increase or loss of biodiversity.
synthetic fuels, biofuels, electricity, hydrogen, etc. â agriculture and food production: engineered crops, pest control, fertilizers, etc. â environmental protection and remediation:
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