Monthly Archives: May 2017

The shift from the petroleum economy is underway. With consumers more conscientious about the environmental impact of the items they buy, the days of the plastic-based food container are numbered. While researchers at the USDA are tinkering with milk proteins to engineer an edible plastic film, others are crafting entire plant-based food delivery systems that […]

From “Reefer Madness” in 1936 to “Hemp for Victory” in 1942, hemp – a member of the Cannabis sativa family – has always been a hotly contested product. The plants which astrophysicist Carl Sagan suggested may have been the world’s first agriculture crop have been both vilified and lauded, and continue to be an economic […]