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SmartPlanet stories related to the technologies, processes and policy encompassed by the production of food, as well as the businesses and organizations delivering it.
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Veterinary drugs found in Asda beef product supply chain
Perhaps we should all take the hint and stop buying budget meat.
3 | April 10, 2013 7:00am |
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The Cuban diet helps you lose weight, live longer
Havana has the answer, says the British Medical Journal.
10 | April 10, 2013 5:36am |
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Turnaround Artist | Donnie Smith, CEO, Tyson Foods
We talk to this everyman leader about how to transform a company.
April 9, 2013 3:00am |
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Q&A: Kent Larson, director, MIT Media Lab's Changing Places group
Most future population growth will occur in cities. To make them more livable, Kent Larson is developing technologies for shared-use vehicles and tiny apartments that feel twice as big.
1 | April 8, 2013 3:00am |
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Whole Foods store will grow veggies on its rooftop farm
A smart partnership will bring ultra-fresh produce to a new Whole Foods store.
5 | April 3, 2013 12:25pm |
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How 3D printed food will move from labs into the mainstream
A hip designer who has pioneered 3D printing in the realms of fashion and home furnishings predicts how "printed" food can be monetized and influence attitudes toward "ownership."
4 | April 3, 2013 12:01pm |
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A fresh model for urban conferences: the Ideas City initiative
An experimental event hosted by the New Museum in Manhattan expands into a global series of interdisciplinary festivals, suggesting art and culture drive urban innovation.
April 1, 2013 6:54pm |
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Q&A: Gretchen Daily, ecologist, on quantifying nature's value
As people push against the limits of what nature freely offers us in terms of fresh water, climate stability and more, how can we use our resources to achieve the greatest return for society?
3 | April 1, 2013 3:00am |
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Does money buy happiness?
A happiness researcher tells us why the path to continual bliss might lie in how we think of it.
4 | March 29, 2013 4:02am |
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Books | Footloose
A review of Barefoot Walking: Free Your Feet to Minimize Impact, Maximize Efficiency, and Discover the Pleasure of Getting in Touch with the Earth, by Michael Sandler and Jessica Lee
2 | March 29, 2013 3:00am |
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Crowdfunding is growing U.K. businesses
Growing businesses in the U.K. are having trouble getting bank loans. Fortunately, crowdfunding is coming to the rescue.
March 28, 2013 1:27pm |
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Innovation boot camps: big business looks to the little guy
Some of the world's biggest companies are sending their employees on a new kind corporate field trip.
4 | March 28, 2013 9:24am |
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Will Panera's pay-what-you-want experiment work?
Can Panera afford to not enforce payment for a bowl of chili in St. Louis? We're about to find out.
5 | March 28, 2013 4:00am |
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Can luxury resorts solve the global water crisis?
Decades ago, only the rich drank imported bottled water. Now, two women are hoping the elite will start a new (old) trend: drinking local water.
7 | March 28, 2013 1:45am |
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Join 1 million others in the biggest heart study ever
Using data collected from smartphones, the Health eHeart Study hopes to come up with precise ways to predict heart disease in people without obvious risks.
March 27, 2013 12:41pm |
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French try improving entrepreneurship by drinking less wine
It's revolutionary. The Republic's old guard is fighting back.
3 | March 27, 2013 5:40am |
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Biofuel blues: Mascoma ends IPO plans
Just when it looked like the biofuels industry was starting to make some progress, one of its own has withdrawn its IPO due to difficult market conditions.
8 | March 25, 2013 3:24pm |
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We need to be smarter about managing water
As we mark World Water Day, it's time to get smarter about water usage.
Sponsored | March 22, 2013 8:05am |
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Do Google's playful perks spark creativity?
We've all heard about Google's famously fantastical offices, with free food and massages and colorful decor. Do such details play a role in innovation -- or are they more about fun?
March 18, 2013 7:16pm |
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Bloomberg's next ban? Cigarette displays in stores
Bloomberg has already banned smoking in most public places. But is he going too far in wanting to prohibit stores from displaying cigarettes?
1 | March 18, 2013 5:53pm |
