Insects may be the food of the future.
In Western societies, eating insects is considered disgusting or even primitive. But 2 billion people elsewhere consume insects on a regular basis. According to a report released last month by the UN, the benefits of using insects as food is so great that it is high time we convert the other 5 billion people into insect-eaters.
Tens of thousands are returning home with money and skills, hoping to cash in on a farming boom that is remaking the continent.
Last year, Kojo Anku left a high-paying job on Wall Street to return to his native Ghana. He didn’t go there to replicate his financial career but to launch an aquaponics farm, raising organic lettuce, tomatoes, and herbs indoors in nutrient-rich vats. His business, in central Accra, is now booming. “I feel I’m making a bigger difference in the lives of others by applying my knowledge and capital to food production,” Anku says. “Sure, my family and I are adjusting, but it’s worth it to help Ghana leapfrog to the forefront of innovative farming.”
Continue reading… “The Untold Story of Africa’s Farming Boom”
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Watch the grant-winning prototype print some synthesized chocolate.
NASA awards a $125,000 grant to Anjan Contractor, head of Systems & Materials Research Corporation, to develop a 3D food printer. Under the six-month grant, the first device Contractor plans to build is based on epRap’s open-source hardware and will be designed to print a pizza comprised of three layers of nutritional powders mixed with water and oil.
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Anjan Contractor’s 3D food printer might remind you of the “replicator” popularized in Star Trek where Captain Picard was constantly interrupting himself to order tea. Contractor’s company, Systems & Materials Research Corporation, just got a six month, $125,000 grant from NASA to create a prototype of his universal food synthesizer.
Continue reading… “The plan to end world hunger with 3D printed food”
What if shadows were inverted?
Quote of the Day: “Some people say that I must be a terrible person, but it’s not true. I have the heart of a young boy in a jar on my desk” – Stephen King
Men consumed more sugar per day (an average of 335 calories) than women (239).
Sugar. Honey. Maple syrup. Molasses. High fructose corn syrup. These are all “added sugars,” that you are probably eating and drinking way too much of them.
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Everyone deserves a burrito when they want it and so that dream has become a reality. Darwin Aerospace is proud to introduce: Burrito Bomber — truly the world’s first airborne Mexican food delivery system.
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Would you ever use a meal delivery service?
Are meal delivery services the future of groceries? The sheer volume of venture-backed meal delivery services that have cropped up over the last year can only mean one of two things: Either there is a sudden, massive demand for this service, and it has finally figured out an economically viable model.
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What is the shelf life of food?
Are you one of those people who absolutely swears by expiration dates on food? Yuck, the milk expired today! The bread smells fine but it says it’s not BEST BY today anymore. You don’t have to blindly adhere to those labels anymore. You can now follow the rough estimate of this infographic that shows the shelf life of food in the pantry, fridge and freezer. (Infographic)
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What’s for dinner at your local sushi joint? Pretty much anything but what’s on the menu. Oceana
Oceana, a nonprofit ocean protection group, took 1,215 samples of fish from across the United States and genetically tested them in order to bring us the following astonishing facts:
Continue reading… “59 percent of tuna in the U.S. isn’t actually tuna”
Aquaculture provides many products for food consumption like these sockeye salmon.
Jeffrey Silverstein, aquaculture program leader for the USDA, points out that 70 percent of the Earth is covered in water, yet only 1.5 percent of human food is drawn from it.
Continue reading… “A sustainable future for next-generation fish farming”
Hunger ranked first on the list of the world’s Top 10 health risks.
Today, one in 8 people will sleep on an empty stomach. There are about 870 million people in the world who suffer from hunger due to food scarcity based on Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) data.
Continue reading… “Hunger: Solving the world’s most solvable problem”