Before we ask how to produce more, perhaps we should ask whether we have understood the full value of what we already have. For generations, we have built industries around a relatively simple question: “What can we make from this resource?” We grow a crop for a particular product. We harvest seaweed for a particular […]
War, climate and disrupted supply chains are exposing the fragility of how we grow food. Perhaps resilience begins by making better use of the biological resources already available to us. “Food security cannot depend indefinitely on everything going right at the same time. We need agricultural systems capable of functioning when things go wrong.” – […]
And why manufacturing economics are as important as nutrition Beetroot doesn’t have an awareness problem. Its naturally occurring nitrates and their relationship with nitric oxide have been extensively studied, particularly in relation to exercise performance and vascular health. As a result, beetroot has become a familiar ingredient across sports nutrition, functional foods, powders, supplements and […]
Recovering value is becoming more important than producing volume. “The greatest untapped natural resource isn’t hidden beneath the ground. It’s already being harvested every day.” [Roy Henderson, CEO GCT®] For more than a century, industrial progress has been measured in volume. More steel. More coal. More wheat, timber, fish, milk, oil and so on… More production has almost […]
As the industry moves from cultivation to commercialisation, are we investing enough in processing infrastructure? The Seaweed Industry’s Next Bottleneck As the global seaweed industry gathers in Gothenburg for Seagriculture EU 2026, much of the conversation will rightly focus on scale. How does it move beyond pilots? How does it attract investment? How does it […]
A recent FoodNavigator article on functional beverages highlights a challenge that extends far beyond drinks. The article makes a simple but important point: functional beverages can no longer rely on health claims alone. Consumers expect products that taste good, deliver credible benefits, feel natural, are priced correctly, and fit into their everyday lives. That is not just a […]
Why Do We Eat? And How We Lost Our Way We eat for fuel.At least, that’s what food was always meant to be. Fuel for the body.Fuel for the brain.Fuel for growth, repair, resilience, and health. And yet, somewhere along the way, we stopped eating to live – and started living to eat. This shift did […]
From Waste to Value: How Intelligent Processing Will Shape Our Future As another year draws to a close, the global conversation around sustainability, circularity and food security grows louder. There are more panels, more pledges, more reports, and more “bold visions” than ever before. And yet, a quiet truth is emerging beneath the noise: Despite all […]
The New Frontier of Waste Utilisation Why the world’s most overlooked resource may also be its most profitable From waste to wealth: the hidden opportunity in agro-residues Every harvest produces two things: a primary crop, and everything else.For decades, that everything else – husks, stems, pulp, peels, and by-products – has been treated as waste. Globally, we generate billions […]
From Cultivation to Consumer Why processing must be the next leap in the biomaterials economy – how next-generation processing technologies will determine who wins in the bio-based future. Around the world, industries are racing to replace petrochemical feedstocks with renewable, biological ones. From kelp-based packaging to mushroom leather, from hemp fibres to food waste-derived biopolymers, the biomaterials revolution is well underway. But […]