Fermentation

Brewing up the future: using the power of fermentation to transform waste and byproducts into sustainable food

Conrad Astley

Researchers are using fermentation to turn agricultural waste into oils for food, using a process that could reduce methane emissions, improve food security and produce essential ingredients more sustainably.

A cow’s worth of protein every two minutes – how fermentation could feed millions

Sophie Armour

It might get less attention than some of the latest plant-based and cultivated meat innovations – but its flexibility, low production costs and the sheer simplicity of its inputs mean fermentation could soon be feeding millions of people.