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AeroFarms (http://aerofarms.com/) has a mission to scale out their approach to city farmed veggies so that they are farming in cities around the world. No pesticides. Low water and land use. Potentially energy efficient. All this was enough to change one doubter’s mind (source: TreeHugger). Great sign of better things to come. I’d love to know how they taste and if the lack of a soil biome is a disadvantage in some way.
The world's largest retailer has just begun selling imperfect fruit and vegetables, marking a step-change for the buy-ugly movement.
Redefining the consumer’s expectations and lowering food waste? Brilliant!
Since 1974, the average number of items in a grocery store has increased from 9,000 to almost 44,000 today. Yet today, 75 percent of the…
As a species, we are becoming increasingly aware of the need to create healthy farming eco-systems that can be scaled to meet the world’s increasing desire for variety and sustainability. I think competition in the free market and good labelling on food products are enough to enable savvy consumers to make better decisions that suit their health and our planet.
Avocado smoothies
I was obsessed by avocado smoothies a few months ago. I’d drive out of my way to one of several Vietnamese restaurants in my area that make them and order one or even two at a time. That was happening a couple of times a week. Until...
I had the realisation that “hey, it can’t be hard to make”.
So I tried it the way they did it. 1/3 of an avocado plus sweetened condensed milk and ice in a blender. Some added other ingredients such as coconut cream and milk but that was the common core of it. Yum, but hey maybe I could do better.
I decided to do it my way. Here’s my recipe:
- 2 avocados - 1 can of coconut cream (full, not light) with ~80% coconut cream. The more expensive ones are not necessarily better in my meager experience. - 2 heaped tablespoons of sweetened coconut condensed cream
Blend thoroughly and be ready for a rich delicious experience!
A number of years ago, an entrepreneur and I sat down to see if we could do something about the future of growing food with minimal water needs, with sensors and with data sharing. The Open Agriculture Initiative has achieved all that and much more. They’re open sourcing their work and aim to empower “1 billion farmers”. Brilliant!
TechCrunch has a great article outlining the different models for distributing food and the challenges food startups are facing as they start to scale up in their delivery of perishable goods on demand.
http://techcrunch.com/2016/02/17/delivery-costs-are-devouring-food-startups/?ncid=rss&cps=gravity_1462_-3655672027574872239
Many of us have heard about how fish farming is causing problems for the planet. Now its time to hear how fish farming can be done right and feed the world sustainable high-quality protein.
We travel to Chile to meet a group of young scientists determined to develop smart plant-based food to save the planet.
Aljazeera video focussing on a Chilean startup aiming at developing a sustainable plant-based food that could replace meat.
A documentary about Polyface Farm and the effects and hope it has brought.
MyRain is a startup in India looking to make drip irrigation accessible to farmers in India by automating the process of designing systems for their small-plot farms, with a mobile app and low inventory cost methodology.
Shifting from a human-centered view to seeing how plants co-opt us into spreading them and getting rid of our competitors.
Michael Pollan mentions Joel Salatin and Polyface Farms and sustainable intensive farming. Joel wrote a great article on sustainable meat production and the environmental effects misinformation and the need to evolve beyond current industrial farming processes.
SCiO is a hand held molecular sensor that could revolutionize the crowd-sourcing of data around food quality. Consumers may soon be sharing genuine scientific data about what's in our food.
Dr Michael Mosley explores fasting and the science that says that it is potentially very beneficial to the human body. This covers the health benefits such as increased brain function and longevity in better health due to lower contributors to age-related diseases such as IGF-1. This BBC production also covers issues such as methods of maintaining regular fasting.
Lower calorie diets can help make our food production processes more sustainable in feeding our growing world population.
Here's a video on permaculture techniques used in the Dead Sea Valley to green the desert and remove salt.
Cute and great for kids I think! One improvement: Could the system use a hydraulic ram pump method to make the flow work without needing an electric air pump?
Ted.com: Allan Savory explains that greening the deserts may help reverse climate change! It suggests a smart approach to greening and balancing livestock with environmental issues. There has been various critics to this mostly claiming Savory needs to show more scientific evidence.
More exciting info about what's going on in farming can be found looking for Joel Salatin's work where he's rotating cattle and chickens.
http://ecologiadesign.com/2012/02/29/holistic-farm-management/