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Tractors, from the mule to the microchip
Since its inception agriculture had several technological revolutions, which have always gone in the direction of saving effort and increasing efficiency: animal traction, mechanization, precision and interconnection. Only robotics is lacking, and the farmer will not have to move a single finger to work in the field. The following spoke: Jordi Terrazas, Equibru, Joan and […]
Organic farming
Organic farming reverses the conventional agriculture. It uses invertebrates to combat pests, take profit of weeds and take care of all the underground ecosystem instead of seeing only as an inert support for the plants.
Olive oil, liquid gold
Olive oil is considered liquid gold because of the color but mostly because it is a food very beneficial to health. It has been shown to prevent cardiovascular disease and some cancers. A team from the UAB have discovered the molecular mechanism by which olive oil helps to slow breast cancer. It has also seen […]
The secrets of bread
Quèquicom investigates which are the parameters of quality of bread with experts from Girona Laboratories, responsible for the analysis of most flours processed in Catalonia. Pere Renom makes an experiment to evidence that different types of flour originate breads with different characteristics. He also discovers the importance of yeasts in the spongy texture of bread. […]
