A cena su Marte nasce da una domanda semplice e concreta: quando gli esseri umani realizzeranno la loro fantasia coloniale sul pianeta rosso, che cosa mangeranno? Quali saranno gli alimenti disponibili in un ambiente desertico, con una gravità un terzo della nostra e con una temperatura media di oltre 60 gradi sotto zero? Evan D.G. Fraser e Lenore Newman ci mostrano come la risposta a questi interrogativi potrebbe aiutarci non solo a mettere qualcosa sulle nostre tavole spaziali, ma anche ...

A menu for an edible future.In a world expected to reach a staggering population of 10 billion by 2050, and with global temperatures rising fast, humanity must fundamentally change the way it grows and consumes food. Uncertain Harvest brings together scientists, chefs, activists, entrepreneurs, farmers, philosophers, and engineers working on the global future of food to answer questions on how to make a more equitable, safe, sustainable, and plentiful food future.

A menu for an edible future.In a world expected to reach a staggering population of 10 billion by 2050, and with global temperatures rising fast, humanity must fundamentally change the way it grows and consumes food. Uncertain Harvest brings together scientists, chefs, activists, entrepreneurs, farmers, philosophers, and engineers working on the global future of food to answer questions on how to make a more equitable, safe, sustainable, and plentiful food...

From Impossible Burgers to lab-made sushi, two witty, plugged-in food scientists explore leading-edge AgTech for the answer to feeding a settlement on Mars—and nine billion Earthlings tooFeeding a Martian is one of the greatest challenges in the history of agriculture. Will a Red Planet menu involve cheese and ice cream made from vats of fermented yeast? Will medicine cabinets overflow with pharmaceuticals created from engineered barley grown using geothermal energ...