“By inspiring our customers to live more sustainably at home in an easy and simple way, we’re doing our part as a business to have a positive impact, from our supply chain through our retail stores, and into our customers’ homes,” explains Johanna Andren, head of marketing for IKEA Canada. Read more (Drum)
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Marijuana and Makeup Are New Growth Areas for Vertical Farms
South Korean startup Farm 8 Co. is among a proliferation of indoor urban growers that saw sales jump during Covid-19. It’s looking to increase sales by almost 50% to 90 billion won ($79 million) this year, partly by boosting production of medical and cosmetic-based plants such as ginseng, centella asiatica and artemisia campestris, Chief Executive Officer Kang Dae Hyun said. In August, the company joined the country’s first regulation-free zone for medical cannabis, growing and processing hemp for cannabidiol (CBD). Read more (Bloomberg)
What is the dining table really for?
Dinner happens everywhere now: on the couch while streaming a television show, hunched over a kitchen countertop, on a commute home. The shift happened right under our noses — in a 2019 survey about cooking at home, while 72 percent of respondents grew up eating at a dining room table, only 48 percent of them still do so now. The American dining room is dying a slow death, and we’ve barely batted an eye. For the sake of convenience, we don’t sit down for capital-D dinner anymore. What has this fade into obsolescence done to the dining table, and to the people who once gathered around it to share a meal? The dining table hasn’t disappeared — there are plenty next to my family’s on Facebook Marketplace — but its meaning seems to have been altered forever. Read more (Vox)
Cannabis will drive a reboot of agriculture innovation in the USA
Agriculture is a large and major industry in the US. About 40 percent of the US land is for agriculture, as over 2.2 million farms are covering about 922 million acres of land. But, what is the future of agriculture in the US? The US agriculture is setting its edge on improvement. This upgrade in the agricultural sector has caused some changes, fulfilling the US economy’s needs. The US economy needs sustainable agriculture, bringing about the cause for changes in the agricultural sector. This article gives details about these changes, keep reading to know more. Read more
The 10 most innovative dining companies of 2021
The dining companies on this list are doing more than survive the COVID-19 crisis. They’re setting themselves—and the entire industry—up for future success. Read more (Fast Company)
Comparing Luxury Investment Around the World
Unlike traditional investments in financial assets, luxury goods can be difficult to value if one does not have an appreciation for their form. A rare painting, for example, does not generate cash flows, meaning its value is truly in the eye of the beholder.
To gain some insight into the market for luxury goods, this infographic takes data from Knight Frank’s 2021 Wealth Report to compare the preferences of nine global regions. Read more (Visual Capitalist)
Future Focus Searching for Yield? Keep an eye on The Psychedelic market.
How the Cookbooks of 2020 Tell the Stories of Our Pandemic Kitchens
From beans and baking projects to vegan and global recipes, the year’s best sellers show the ways home cooking changed, and what may lie ahead. Read more (NY Times)
What if USPS delivered local produce in the mail?
Farmers Post would let people sign up for cheap boxes of fresh produce from their local farms and get them delivered to their door. Read more (Fast Company)
