月度归档： 2026 年 7 月

There is a field in the American Midwest – you can find its equivalent in the Ukrainian steppe, the North China Plain, the agricultural heartlands of northern Europe – that has been farmed intensively for eighty years. Its organic matter content has declined from perhaps 5% to less than 1%. Its earthworm population has collapsed. Its mycorrhizal network has been severed. It produces approximately the same yield of commodity grain as it did twenty years ago, maintained by increasing chemical inputs.

As part of its Horizon Europe scheme, the EU is betting on artificial intelligence (AI) and plant cell culture to futureproof the cocoa industry.

Wicked Kitchen, the plant-based brand founded by Derek and Chad Sarno and now owned by Ahimsa Companies, is back on UK shelves following a partnership with local plant protein player Shicken Foods, with savoury dishes centred on tempeh and mushrooms, as well as sweet options like waffles and sticky toffee pudding.