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Onshore algae farms could feed the world sustainably (news.cornell.edu)
submitted 1 year ago by Dee_Imaginarium@beehaw.org to c/science@beehaw.org
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I'd be down for some algae burgers if it helps the planet πŸŒΏπŸ”

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[–] Cattypat@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Anyone here read Artemis by Andy Weir? Yeah...

[–] realChem@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

I have it's a great book!

I feel like this kinda thing is a bit of a trope in sci-fi and cyberpunk, where one staple crop is used to cheaply feed a large number of people. In some works the staple crop is algae, in some it's soy, etc. Arguably, in the real world US it's corn.