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Ways delivering food will get even more convenient

A recent Grubhub partnership with 7-Eleven and other moves in this space show how the importance of delivered “convenience” is spilling into virtually every category within food and beyond.
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How indoor farms make food more accessible

Iron Ox and other indoor farming ventures aim to solve two problems at once. First, to make farming itself more sustainable. But just as important is creating more efficient growing techniques to maximize how much quality food can be produced.
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How brands can synthesize a business from a desired ingredient

Paraxanthine, a synthesized component of caffeine that shows promise to provide focused energy without the jitters or a caffeine crash, is the star ingredient in a new generation of energy drink called Update that’s being targeted to the crypto, NFT and blockchain-based Web3 builders.
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Why paleo for pets is the new sustainability

Dogs and cats are historically carnivorous, but they don’t typically eat cows and chickens in the wild. Cultured meat, which is grown in a lab, is being developed by Because Animals to create evolutionarily appropriate and sustainable pet foods.
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THE QUIRK’S EVENT

Join Ipsos’ Matt Carmichael for a timely session focusing on the critical role that market research plays in how researchers should think about the future and how those scenarios can guide the questions we ask today.
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Earth

The future of Earth’s climate is worsening and is the dark cloud that hangs over all other futures. But brands have a critical role in collaborating with governments and people to blunt climate change and create a more resilient tomorrow. This issue of What the Future: Earth shows how.
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How we could live in a changed climate

We’re running out of time to act on climate change and life could get increasingly difficult. Robert Lempert, a coordinating lead author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) convened by the United Nations, explains what we must do now if we want a livable future.
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Here’s who people think can solve climate change

Americans lag their global peers in concern about the climate emergency and government leaders turn over with regularity. That’s why Gayle Schueller, senior vice president and chief sustainability officer at 3M, says that companies need to make longer-range sustainability decisions.
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How the stuff we buy can become a climate solution

Decades ago, plastics were considered the future. Now there’s too much of it. Ann Tracy, chief sustainability officer of Colgate-Palmolive Company, explains how the world’s biggest maker of toothpaste tubes is redefining the future of plastics.