Savory Seitan Written by Ciara Danay Gradillas I was scrolling through YouTube some years back, and I came across what, at the time, looked like a crazy dish to me: It was called seitan. Although I have a vegan...
Microgreens and Food Safety By: Allyson Hamilton A group of researchers, including the present author, recently surveyed and interviewed ~50 microgreen growers in the United States to better understand the common microgreen growing practices, hurdles, and food safety concerns...
Wait…coconuts aren’t tree nuts?! By: Ahhria Kirkendall You read that right, friend. Now, you might be wondering, “How so? It’s got ‘nut’ in its name, and grows on a tree,” and that would seem to make perfect sense! Believe...
IFTSA’s Developing Solutions for Developing Countries Competition 2020 Winning Team: Making Bonbon Bouye, A Peanut Nutrition Bar By: Edwin Allan Sub-Saharan Africa remains unable to rely on its domestic agriculture to feed its population. Over 70% of consumed food...
Pesky Pesticides: Cranberries in Crisis By Eleanore Hansen The Great Cranberry Scare of 1959 Cranberries are a staple on the plates of many Americans during the fall and winter holidays. Their presence is practically ubiquitous, and who could forget...
Going Bananas! The science and tradition of eating on banana leaves By : Prerana Balasubramanian What do Nasi lemak, tamales and Liboké de Poisson have in common? All of them are cooked in leaves. Cooking and eating on leaves has been...
Select the best energy drink for your needs By: Janice Cheng This previous blog post talks about what makes an energy drink an energy drink, and typical ingredients in an energy drink. But how do you pick the best...
By Emanueli Backes Even though cannabis cultivation, sale, and recreational use are prohibited or restricted by most countries, it seems like it is everywhere (and that is because it is). In the current century, the legalized medicinal and...
By Emanueli Backes Nutritional health concerns Its common knowledge that consuming a balanced diet with the presence of fruits, legumes, seeds, vegetables, and variable protein sources is always welcome to people who are trying to eat better and...
By Hafida Mazoud Imagine a world in which we have power over our genetics, how they manifest, and how our diet determines our destiny. Epigenetics is the scientific discipline that gave this unreal theory a chance to exist,...