Letters: Emerson Hospital clarifies role in Youth Risk Behavior Survey; Massachusetts senators should support cultured meat research

Emerson Hospital clarifies role in Youth Risk Behavior Survey Some parents from the Groton-Dunstable Regional School District recently had questions about the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) taken by students in grades sixth, eighth, and ninth through 12th in March 2021. I am writing to clarify Emerson Hospital’s role. For 25 years, Emerson Hospital has…

New Cultured Meat Factory Will Churn Out 5,000 Bioreactor Burgers a Day

In August 2013, food critics in London sampled the world’s first lab-grown hamburger. Opinions on taste and texture varied, but most agreed it wasn’t all that different than meat from an animal. At the time, the cultured meat’s taste and texture didn’t seem like too big of a concern, because the cost of making the…

The National List | Agricultural Marketing Service

The National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances identifies the synthetic substances that may be used and the nonsynthetic (natural) substances that may not be used in organic crop and livestock production. It also identifies a limited number of non-organic substances that may be used in or on processed organic products.In general, synthetic substances are…

Swiss voters reject proposal to ban synthetic pesticides

Voters in Switzerland have rejected a proposal to ban the use of synthetic pesticides on farms and gardens.The measure was included as part of a wider package to help Switzerland meet targets under the Paris Agreement on climate change.Sunday’s (13 June) referendum vote on synthetic pesticides, which took place under Switzerland’s system of direct democracy,…

Should lab-grown meat be labeled as “meat?” Lawmakers are weighing in.

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Three Meat Pizza

INGREDIENTS: ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), WATER, LOW-MOISTURE PART-SKIM MOZZARELLA CHEESE (CULTURED PART-SKIM MILK, SALT, ENZYMES), MARGARINE (PALM OIL, WATER, SOYBEAN OIL, SUGAR, MONO & DIGLYCERIDES, SOYBEAN LECITHIN, POTASSIUM SORBATE AND CITRIC ACID [PRESERVATIVES], ANNATTO AND TURMERIC COLOR, VITAMIN A PALMITATE ADDED), PEPPERONI MADE WITH PORK, CHICKEN…

Cultivated meat | State of the Industry Report

$366Mwas raised by cultivated meat companies in 2020 — nearly six times the amount invested in 2019.70+companies focused on developing cultivated meat inputs, services, or end products had publicly announced themselves by the end of 2020, up from 55 total in 2019.15+types of cultivated meat are being pursued by startups, including beef, chicken, pork, shrimp,…

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