A United Airlines flight from Chicago O’Hare to D.C. Reagan National is nothing to write home about, but the 100 people who were aboard United’s recent Wednesday service were part of aviation history. They were on the first passenger aircraft flight ever to be powered by 100% plant-based jet fuel, designed by Virent, and derived …
Picture Credit: A Medicago scientist working in a lab at the company’s headquarters in Quebec City. Medicago’s plant-based COVID-19 vaccine was found to be 75 percent effective. Courtesy of Medicago via AP The world’s first plant-based COVID-19 vaccine candidate has proven to be more than 75% effective against preventing the Delta variant of the virus, a …
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Changing eating habits holds the potential to undo damage from unsustainable food production Picture Credit: KALLIOPÉ ANVAR MCCALL/THE VARSITY Food production systems on earth are struggling to feed its 7.7 billion inhabitants. This is likely to continue: the United Nations projects food production would have to increase by 70 per cent, compared to 2009, in …
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Picture Credit: Migros Stocks initially limited for these soy-based products and not a laying hen in sight. The word’s first plant-based hard-boiled eggs have been launched in Switzerland. Developed and retailed by the country’s largest retail chain Migros and known as “V Loved The Boiled,” the product is being rolled out in selected stores this month. Migros notes that …
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New research has shown that by replacing petroleum-based aviation fuel with a plant-derived fuel, carbon emissions could be reduced by 68%. Dwivedi, associate professor in the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, said, “If we can secure feedstock supply and provide suitable economic incentives along the supply chain, we could potentially produce carinata-based SAF in the southern United States. Carinata-based …
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