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The American chestnut tree is coming back. Who is it for?

Grist

For years, controversy has swirled around the ethics of using novel biotechnology for species conservation. White paper bags festooned the taller trees, their flowers covered to manage fertilization. (Transgenic organisms contain DNA from other species.) Powell met me there on a sunny July morning two summers ago.

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Behind from the start: The UK is failing to invest in alt-proteins while the world marches on

Business Green

There is also more to this industry than the climate and potential health benefits. The UK government is due to publish a Food White Paper (its response to the National Food Strategy) and a Levelling Up White Paper, both of which offer the opportunity to set out how the UK will take its place in the global alternative protein race.