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future of food
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Stay Out of My Kitchen, Robots
Some new cooking technologies may make the home chef more efficient—but they take the joy and serendipity out of the experience.
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Food’s Class Warfare
Do poor people eat badly because of limited options or personal preference?
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The Littlest Tasters
How do food manufacturers conduct sensory research on consumers too young to read, write, or make rational decisions?
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Why You Should Love Grasshopper Tacos and Kelp Pasta
How overcoming the yuck factor can help save the world.
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The Real Kitchen of the Future Won’t Involve Sous-Vide
You already own the most important cooking tools of tomorrow (plus maybe an electric rice cooker).
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Beyond Astronaut Ice Cream
How sci-fi writers like Arthur C. Clarke imagined we would feed space colonists.
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Death of “Frankenfood”
Is the GMO debate growing up in Europe just as it devolves in the United States?
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I Think, Therefore I Yam
When farmland is scarce, will we all eat roots and tubers?
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How To Make U.S. Agriculture Even Stronger
Open up more farmland and fix immigration laws.
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Bring Back Home Ec!
Parents don’t have time to teach kids basic cooking and housekeeping, so schools must do it instead.
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Waiting for the Wrap-ture
Soon, “smart” food packaging may keep fruit fresh and let you know if that seafood is spoiled.
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Big Bots in Little Agriculture
Will small-scale farmers use drones and other automated equipment?
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The Future of Food: Five Frontiers
How nanotechnology, vertical farms, and lab-grown meat may change the way you eat.
