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Guthman, Fairbairn, and Reisman @ the Science and Justice Center
October 28, 2020 | Works-in-Progress with Guthman, Fairbairn, Reisman...
Hot Off the Press: Check out Guthman and Biltekoff’s “Magical disruption? Alternative protein and the promise of de-materialization” in Environment and Planning E
Imagine a food system where you can have a lean, perfectly marbled steak without the moral implications of conventionally raised beef or a perfectly crisp mesclun salad without the slightest hint of pesticides? The burgeoning agri-food tech sector promises to make...
Rapid Response: Guthman and Fairbairn on “Agri-food tech discovers silver linings in the pandemic” in Agriculture and Human Values
When grocery shopping became the equivalent of entering a Chernobyl exclusion zone – suddenly, food delivery bots and other high-tech, low-touch interventions became viable solutions to the everyday problems of pandemic life. As the agri-food tech industry...
Kish on Food & AI panel, March 10 @ NYU
NYU’s Institute for Public Knowledge, NYU Tandon’s Department for Technology, Culture and Society and the 370🅙 Project invite you to a discussion on diplomacy in the series on “Co-Opting AI.” Featuring Gillian Gualtieri, Zenia Kish, Wythe Marschall and Mona Sloane in...
Biltekoff presents at Swissnex Farm to Table 2030
How can we keep food delicious, sustainable, and healthy? For this event, we take a “tour of the table” with researchers and startups whose work is shaping the future of food — from agriculture, distribution, preparation, nutrition, and our health. Farm to Table:...
Guthman and Zimberoff discuss Food & Tech, March 4 at CIIS
Join food journalist Larissa Zimberoff and social sciences professor Julie Guthman for a fascinating conversation exploring the intersection of food and technology. March 4, 7pm at the California Institute for Integral Studies...
“The protean character of protein: from Diet for a Small Planet to the Impossible Burger™” with Prof Julie Guthman
A growing middle class in the developing world, as well as increasing concerns about the healthfulness, environmental footprint and inhumaneness of conventional livestock production have given rise to neo-Malthusian concerns about how to address what seems insatiable...
Technological innovation is transforming agriculture…
A UC study funded by a $492,000 grant from the National Science Foundation will explore the booming connections between new technologies, agriculture and food. Charlotte Biltekoff, associate professor and chair of the UC Davis College of Letters and Science’s American...
Will Silicon Valley-style innovation transform food production and help feed the world?
From smart phones and video games to personalized medicine, Silicon Valley has transformed communications, entertainment, and health care. So what does the global hub of technological innovation and entrepreneurship have to offer agriculture and food production?...