Dan Blaustein-Rejto

@danbr.bsky.social

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Researching sustainable food & agriculture at Breakthrough Institute. Sustainable food future = lower-carbon livestock, plant-based and cultivated meat, biotech / GMOs, intensive and industrial production. thebreakthrough.org/people/dan-blaustein-rejto

Photo of a regular banana browning next to a non-browning one. Source: https://tropic.bio/best-inventions-2025/

Chart showing declining insecticide application rates as adoption of Bt corn and peppers increases. Figure 3-D from Dively, G. P., Venugopal, P. D., Bean, D., Whalen, J., Holmstrom, K., Kuhar, T. P., ... & Hutchison, W. D. (2018). Regional pest suppression associated with widespread Bt maize adoption benefits vegetable growers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115(13), 3320-3325.

AAAS figure showing proposed cuts to USDA research agencies from Trump budget and a mix of proposed cuts and increases from Congress.

Flyer for webinar July 30 at 1pm ET

Graph showing how the price of California gas compares to the average national price and how much of that premium is caused by gas taxes and environmental programs.

Committee text proposing to exclude indirect land use change from calculating lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions from biofuels for 45Z

Screenshot of USDA webpage with charts showing greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural and land forestry sources