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Category: How do we feed people now and in the future?

How do we make farming more sustainable? What does sustainable even mean? What kinds of farming do researchers study and what are the improvements?
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Edible food packaging may cut down on waste

Posted on December 17, 2017June 24, 2025 by Erica Curles

Have you ever been pre-occupied and taken a bite out of something, only to get a mouthful of plastic wrap or paper lining? Well in the…

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    Saving Sushi: Groundbreaking Progress in Bluefin Tuna Farming

    Posted on November 12, 2017October 24, 2022 by Erica Curles

    Do you love tuna sushi? Did you know that the number of tuna in the ocean has gone down drastically due to overfishing? The law of supply…

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      Pesticide exposure is harmful for queen bees

      Posted on September 11, 2017December 5, 2023 by Sciworthy

      Bees are important pollinators for plants not only in our home gardens, but in productive agricultural fields and natural environments…

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        New Study Elaborates on What Aquarium Owners Already Know

        Posted on June 21, 2017October 24, 2022 by Gina Misra

        Researchers in Germany and Switzerland used next generation sequencing to study an active aquaponics system. They sampled a biofilm from the…

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          Is Organic Farming Really Better? It Depends.

          Posted on May 2, 2017June 24, 2025 by Gina Misra

          Organic farming and conventional farming each have their own strengths and weaknesses that depend on application.

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            Growing plants with colored light changes their nutrient content

            Posted on January 23, 2017June 25, 2025 by Gina Misra

            Plants have five basic needs – food, water, air, light, and space. Outdoors, plants get everything they need from nature and some…

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              People power in Kenya greatly improves local fisheries

              Posted on November 17, 2014October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

              Harnessing ‘people power’ to manage fisheries in the developing world has significantly benefited local communities and coral…

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                Decline in Fish Stocks at Puget Sound Hurts Diving Birds

                Posted on October 18, 2014June 24, 2025 by Sciworthy

                Birds that dive for fish while wintering in the Salish Sea, located between British Columbia and Washington, are more likely to be in…

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