Stockholm-based craft brewery, Nya Carnegie has produced Sweden’s first beer crafted from purified sewage water. New Carnegie Brewery, Carlsberg Sweden and IVL, the Swedish Environmental Research Authority collaborated to create PU:REST, with the brilliant idea stemming from Swedish researchers.
Fellow Lafayette alumni Rob Elliot, and Nathan Littlewood met at Columbia University in early 2016. They bonded over the idea of sustainability. Rob has a background studying plants, and Nate has a background in food and business. Their joint passion for urban farming led them to the creation of Urban Leaf. A project where growing food in urban environments is possible –shortening the “supply chains by putting fewer miles between food and eaters, creates less waste, uses less packaging and has a higher nutritional density.”
Hotter summers in Bordeaux are making winemakers and farmers weary of whether their grapes will survive global warming. Since 1950, the average temperature in Bordeaux has risen close to four degrees Fahrenheit. Due to the scorching summer heat, farmers in this region began picking their grapes earlier so they did not over-ripen. The fruit becomes too sweet and too ripe leaving a less acidic, more alcoholic wine which is not comparable to the traditional wine of Bordeaux. This, unfortunately, causes an imbalance in the maturation of the grape leading to less preferred wine.
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