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Apr

Another Covid Myth Dies the Death

Going to the grocery store in Massachusetts in 2020 guaranteed you would breathe heaps of sanitizer. A full-time employee scrubbed down shopping carts between customers. Conveyor belts at the checkout counter were blasted and wiped between every sale. Glass surfaces were sprayed...

Apr

Mapping a Path Forward for Farmers in an Alt-Protein Landscape

This is The Spoon’s weekly Future Food newsletter. Most working in the alt protein space are familiar with research showing that traditional animal agriculture is both bad for the planet and highly un-sustainable as the primary source of calories if we plan to feed 10...

Mar

The Restaurant Trash Problem Is Actually a Major Opportunity

This is the web version of our newsletter. Sign up today to get updates on the rapidly changing nature of the food tech industry. Here’s a small silver lining alert. The restaurant industry’s urgent shift to off-premises meal formats has created an urgent need...

Feb

Pandemic led to ‘complete breakdown’ of procurement process in South Africa

By: Calum Rutter 8 Feb 21 Many public officials in South Africa abandoned procurement procedures amid the Covid-19 crisis, investigators have found while looking into corruption allegations. Beginning in July, the Special Investigation Unit has been looking into 10.5bn rand (£500m) of...

Feb

Rise of the Plant-Based QSR

Those of us of a certain age will remember a time when eating “vegan” at a QSR meant the Wendy’s salad bar. Fast forward to 2021, and advances in both food technology and the restaurant biz have made the concept of eating...

Feb

Innovative policy will help America lead the transition to electric transportation

By Asaf Nagler Transitioning the transportation sector to electricity is going to be transformative, and not just to the incumbent industry; it will create new companies, jobs, and change how we interact with our cars, trucks, buses, trains and ships. Industry transitions...

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