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Onshore algae farms could feed the world sustainably (news.cornell.edu)

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I'd be down for some algae burgers if it helps the planet 🌿🍔

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years 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.