Future Food News Review #5: Food system cyber-attacks, Avoiding alt protein’s unintended consequences, Cashierless checkout's growth

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Welcome to the fifth edition of the very popular Future Food News Review, with foodtech, agtech and food systems' leading journalists. This week's headlines covered the spate of cyber hacking experienced by the food sector including meatpacker JBS, the rise of cashierless checkout technology and its social impact, a deeper look at plant-based meat and dairy alternatives and their impact on the environment, how New York delivery workers are rewriting the rules of gig work, how food delivery behemoths like DoorDash and Grubhub appeal to small restaurants, often to their detriment, Tesla's recent restaurant license, and the future for vertical farming in the wake of Bowery's $300m raise.