Koichi Takahashi's Japan Food Ecology Center innovatively turns food waste into nutritionally beneficial pig feed via fermentation. This process cuts greenhouse gas emissions, improves pork quality, ...

Food waste, including leftover rice from making onigiris, is turned into high-value animal feed through fermentation (Credit: Rachel Nuwer) Rachel Nuwer gets a firsthand look at a unique fermentation ...

Popular Chinese influencer Kong Yufeng, known as "King Kong Liuke," has sparked health concerns by revealing her diet of pig feed, costing just 3 yuan (Rs 35) per day, to save money. Japan is making ...

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First, thank you for being an ardent reader of Smart Harvest. I am sure many other pig farmers are going through the feeding challenge you have highlighted. In pig-rearing, feeding gobbles 80 per cent ...

Rachel Nuwer gets a firsthand look at a unique fermentation method being piloted in Japan to transform edible leftovers and scraps into sustainable feed for pigs while saving money, reducing waste and ...