What’s in season in June – plus recipes and forager’s notes
Middle Eastern markets are bursting with the color and aromas of summer's soft fruits. This is the guide to getting the most out of June.
Food
What’s in season May
Sour green plums the size of large marbles are in the local Middle East markets now, a seasonal favorite of the Iraqis. Eat them out of hand as a snack, sprinkling each bite with a little salt. The classic Iraqi way to cook them is to pair them with meat in a flavorful stew. And if you want to ask for them in Persian just say "Gojeh sabz!"
Israeli Alt Dairy Startup Imagindairy Raises $15M Seed
Alt Dairy, Alt Meat and Alt Fish are hot trends in the food tech industry. Vegans are pushing for the conversion to non-animal sources of milk, meat and fish, and the planet needs it badly too.
Saudi Aramco invests in hydroponics with Red Sea Farms
Saudi Aramco has led a $18.5 million USD investment round with the The Savola Group to grow soilless agriculture at the Red Sea Farms in Saudi Arabia.
DuPont to make synthetic salmon from algae
DuPont, the chemicals company that makes teflon, lycra, polyester, and lucite, will now be making artificial salmon, using spirulina, a type of algae.
What’s in season April
April's biggest bargain is fresh, green garlic
Humans possess intelligence when it comes to selecting a nutritious diet
Studies have shown animals use flavour as a guide to the vitamins and minerals they require. If flavour serves a similar role for humans, then we may be imbuing junk foods such as potato chips and fizzy drinks with a false ‘sheen’ of nutrition by adding flavourings to them. In other words, the food industry may be turning our nutritional wisdom against us, making us eat food we would normally avoid and thus contributing to the obesity epidemic.
Food in season in March
If you live in the near Middle East or the middle Middle East, or are just visiting - take this handy guide with you to find and taste what's in season for the month of March.
5 Vitamin-Rich Foods To Incorporate Into Your Vegan Diet
Here is a guide to help vegans find more Vitamin D.
Future Crops gets $30M investment for hydroponics with substance
Gary Grinspan of Future Crops. Aiming to make hydroponics more closely resembling nature.
Yemen is starving, Ukraine war is making it worse
Ongoing conflict, poverty, and draught have millions of Yemenis in the crossfire. They are starving.
How Much of an Environmental Impact Do NFTs and Cryptocurrencies Have?
Crypto can be connected to blockchain data that helps save the world. But running cyrpto servers damage the world in special ways.
Indigikitchen shows the young and indigenous their food roots
Mariah Gladstone’s childhood laid the perfect foundations for the work she does these days, breathing new life into Indigenous Peoples’ food traditions through her online cooking show Indigikitchen.
The plants our ancient ancestors ate
Finding bones at an archeology site reveals the kind of animals our human ancestors would eat. But plants? Remains in the kitchens and pots of our ancients and their plant matter is much more elusive because plant remains disintegrate over time.
How to live a healthy vegan life
We love vegan burgers but are you getting Vitamin B12?