{"id":30438,"date":"2025-07-29T17:09:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T17:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/30438\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T17:09:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T17:09:11","slug":"can-we-build-with-food-circular-experiments-at-the-matter-matters-lab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/30438\/","title":{"rendered":"Can We Build with Food? Circular Experiments at the Matter Matters Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"js-image-size__link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/1032203\/can-we-build-with-food-circular-experiments-at-the-matter-matters-lab\/6877ae7730ea97018759bc96-can-we-build-with-food-circular-experiments-at-the-matter-matters-lab-image\" rel=\"attachment nofollow noopener\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%;\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Can We Build with Food? 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