Fungi could transform leftovers into lifelines
February 25, 2026
February 25, 2026
ITHACA, New York, Feb. 25 -- Cornell University posted the following news:
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Fungi could transform leftovers into lifelines
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As the global population climbs toward 10 billion and climate change strains farmland, scientists are searching for new ways to feed the world. A group of Cornell food science researchers say one answer may lie not in fields of soy or herds of cattle, but in networks of fungi quietly transforming agricultural waste i . . .
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Fungi could transform leftovers into lifelines
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As the global population climbs toward 10 billion and climate change strains farmland, scientists are searching for new ways to feed the world. A group of Cornell food science researchers say one answer may lie not in fields of soy or herds of cattle, but in networks of fungi quietly transforming agricultural waste i . . .