Researchers at Corteva Agriscience have demonstrated that increasing and extending the expression of a maize gene, zmm28, alters vegetative and reproductive growth parameters and significantly enhances yield in large-scale field trials conducted over multiple years.

Research by scientists at Wake Forest School of Medicine suggests that diet has the potential to affect the gut microbiome in ways that could decrease the risk of Alzheimer’s disease.

While deciphering the genome of the Chardonnay grape, researchers at the University of California uncovered something fascinating: grapes inherit different numbers of genes from their mothers and fathers.

Bears Nutrition and its milk-based nutritional shakes for children were named the grand prize winner of the inaugural Real California Milk Accelerator dairy startup competition.

Low-fat potato chips often fall short in terms of acceptable texture compared to full-fat versions. A new technique offers insights into texture attributes and could be used to help manufacturers develop tastier low-fat chips.

To learn more about the nutritional needs that grasshoppers and crickets would need in a factory farming setting, scientists conducted a first-of-its-kind study showing that various types of feed affect the growth and development of the insects.

Bears Nutrition and its milk-based nutritional shakes for children were named the grand prize winner of the inaugural Real California Milk Accelerator dairy startup competition.

While plant-based meats have exploded in the retail marketplace and foodservice arenas and captured the headlines, its alternative meat cousin (i.e.,cell-based or cultured meat) has been making steady scientific and technical and poised to become a commercial reality in the near future.

Female Founders receive a very small percentage of the investment funds for agri-food tech startups.