hannahmacready
@hannahmacready
writer/journalist. bylines: @globeandmail, @ambrookresearch, @fastcompany. Fiction in @SADmag, @the_temz_review, & more.
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http://www.hannahmacready.com 05-12-2018 06:53:22
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The mega-viral "carnivore diet is driving all kinds of offal-forward trends — and profits — among livestock farmers. From hannahmacready: ambrook.com/research/lives…
My latest for AmbrookResearch: Learning to Speak Plant. Unraveling the technology rising to translate plant communication, and the researchers who trailblazed our current understanding of it. ambrook.com/research/techn…
We've known for decades that plants communicate with each other, alerting each other to dangers. Now, AI is helping us decode their language. New from hannahmacready: ambrook.com/research/techn…
New: “Adapt or Die” for AmbrookResearch examines the rise of #droughtresistant crops, both natural and genetically engineered, in American farms. ambrook.com/research/crops…
In the face of repeated, record-breaking dry seasons, farmers are exploring more drought-resistant crops, while researchers scramble to edit their genes. New from hannahmacready: ambrook.com/research/crops…
My plant language piece is in Fast Company today, “This new wave of startups is using AI to decode the secret language of plants” fastcompany.com/90983510/this-…
Farmers are tentatively embracing AI, though concerns about accuracy, utility, and environmental damage abound. From hannahmacready: ambrook.com/research/techn…
“Around planting time you have a very small window to get stuff in the ground … you’re fighting rain and mud, you need your seeds on time.” New legislation would force America's truckers to slow down — farm groups aren't having it. From hannahmacready: ambrook.com/research/legis…
Janet Manley Literary Hub "Is Every Farmer an Influencer Now?", hannahmacready for AmbrookResearch ambrook.com/research/techn…
Chicken Feathers Could Fuel the Future. My latest for AmbrookResearch. ambrook.com/research/susta…
Swiss researchers have figured out a way to turn billions of pounds of chicken feather waste into electricity. Here's why we may never see it in the United States. New from hannahmacready: ambrook.com/research/susta…
Do you know about "phages," which are tiny predator viruses that can be released in the body to find and destroy say, E.coli or listeria? They're a cheap and effective antibiotic replacement, but the U.S. isn't into them. hannahmacready looks into why: ambrook.com/research/lives…
Hi, periodic reminder that AmbrookResearch is always on the lookout for smart pitches, and our rates start at 0.50/word. [email protected] Poke around the website a bit to see what we're up to! ambrook.com/research
Ever heard of phages? These tiny viruses are the most abundant organism on Earth, and may hold the solution to the recent rise in #antimicrobialresistance. Read my latest for AmbrookResearch: ambrook.com/research/lives…
Back in The Globe and Mail today, exploring how Canadian cities are innovating out of traffic gridlock with #AI. Check it out: theglobeandmail.com/amp/featured-r…
My latest for AmbrookResearch explores how rising rates of pesticides found in beeswax are contributing to honeybee losses across the U.S. ambrook.com/research/susta…
The American beef industry is increasingly propped up by the consumption habits of middle-aged men. hannahmacready dives into what this portends for the future: ambrook.com/research/studi…
Brought to tears by this incredibly important piece from Omar Mouallem and Maclean’s Magazine today. It’s so sad to see harm reduction become a political tool rather than what it truly is: a life saving measure. macleans.ca/society/the-wa…