In September, UC Davis was awarded the first federal funding given to a university to research cultivated meat, positioning the Capital Region to serve as a hub of the advancing technology. Efforts to advance the emerging food market using science and technology have ignited worldwide to address the global challenge of food access and proper nutrition for a growing population and the unsustainable environmental and ethical practices of industrial animal agriculture as it barrels toward the planet’s capacity on land and at sea.

Written by Jennifer Junghans

Read and produced by Robin Epley

Read more here: https://www.comstocksmag.com/longreads/promise-new-proteins

Q: This has been a terrible year. Unfortunately, as a business, we’re just scraping by — and that’s despite the Paycheck Protection Program loan from the Small Business Administration. There’s no money for a lavish holiday party, year-end bonuses or even anything more than a $5 gift. What can we do to show our employees how much we appreciate their hard work at year-end?

This Evil HR Lady column ran in the November 2020 issue of Comstock's magazine. 

Written by Suzanne Lucas.

Produced by Shoka.

Audio engineering by Phillip Baldwin.

Read more here: https://www.comstocksmag.com/article/dilemma-month-easy-ways-thank-employees-hard-year