Thinking about getting one of those magical microwaves that can also air fry, bake, and broil, but you’re not sure which one is worth the investment? The staff at the Good Housekeeping Institute just tested more the 200 products for their annual Kitchen Gear Awards, so you don’t have to.
Fish and seafood are the only kind of commonly consumed animal protein that are still caught in the wild. When we think about plant-based or lab-grown substitutes for animal products, most of the conversation focuses on the environment. For fish, there’s also consideration for the environment impacting the quality of the natural product, with increasing levels of heavy metals and micro plastics. Overfishing and endangered aquatic-populations are also a concern. An ocean without fish, is not an ocean.
Being a new mom breastfeeding her baby has it challenges. Being a new mom working in a restaurant is almost impossible. But there’s an app for that. Pumpspotting, the online baby feeding and lactation support platform, specifically designed a version of its app to accommodate the fast-paced environment of the restaurant industry.
Funding is perhaps the key element to a successful food tech start-up. Typically, an entrepreneur has an idea and takes it to investors. The Production Board, based in California, has a very different approach. TPB is the entrepreneur, identifying problems and production issues that need to be solved across agriculture and food, human health, life sciences and biomanufacturing, and then build a team and company up around them.