With animal-free dairy products and convincing vegetarian meat substitutes already on the market, it’s easy to see how biotechnology can change the food industry. Advances in genetic engineering are allowing us to harness microorganisms to produce cruelty-free...
Former NFL QB Jake Plummer is now a mushroom farmer in Colorado If you ever wondered what former Arizona Cardinals and Denver Broncos quarterback Jake Plummer is doing now, wonder no longer: Plummer is a co-founder of Mycolove Farm, which has been selling locally...
New fungi species unearthed in Cairngorms mountains Two species of fungi new to the UK and another previously unknown to science have been discovered in the Cairngorms. Amanita groenlandica is an Arctic species, while Acrodontium Antarcticum was first recorded on the...
PHOENIX – Officials with the Arizona Department of Health Services announced on June 23 that multiple marijuana establishments and dispensaries have started a voluntary recall of a number of marijuana products due to possible contamination with Salmonella or...
The future of meat substitutes may not involve plants. While food manufacturers race to bring new soy, wheat and pea-based products to market, a handful of start-ups have been hard at work developing a new kind of meat alternative from fungi. Two companies in the...
A local man turned his love of foraging into a mission to bring the healing qualities of mushrooms to the masses. It’s not an easy thing to do. Most people are put o by the taste of mushrooms like Lions Mane and Turkey Tail. But Woodland Hills’ Shawn Dunn...
