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* [http://www.mtu.edu/news/stories/2014/november/bacterial-slime-its-whats-for-dinner-after-catastrophic-crop-failure.html Bacterial Slime: It's what's for Dinner (After a Catastrophic Crop Failure)] - MTU News, [http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-11/mtu-bsi111814.php Eureka Alert], [http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/626402/ Newswise], [http://www.bioportfolio.com/news/article/2144716/Bacterial-slime-Its-whats-for-dinner.html Bioportfolio] | * [http://www.mtu.edu/news/stories/2014/november/bacterial-slime-its-whats-for-dinner-after-catastrophic-crop-failure.html Bacterial Slime: It's what's for Dinner (After a Catastrophic Crop Failure)] - MTU News, [http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-11/mtu-bsi111814.php Eureka Alert], [http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/626402/ Newswise], [http://www.bioportfolio.com/news/article/2144716/Bacterial-slime-Its-whats-for-dinner.html Bioportfolio] | ||
* [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/11/141120081748.htm Bacterial slime: It's what's for dinner] - Science Daily | * [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/11/141120081748.htm Bacterial slime: It's what's for dinner] - Science Daily, [http://indianmonitor.com/index.php/asia/item/81534-bacterial-slime-it-s-what-s-for-dinner Indian Daily], [http://dailyme.com/story/2014112000004574 Daily Me] | ||
* [http://phys.org/news/2014-11-bacterial-slime-survivalist-solution-catastrophic.html Bacterial slime may be survivalist solution to catastrophic crop failure] - Phys.org | * [http://phys.org/news/2014-11-bacterial-slime-survivalist-solution-catastrophic.html Bacterial slime may be survivalist solution to catastrophic crop failure] - Phys.org | ||
* [http://news.discovery.com/human/10-foods-you-could-eat-after-a-global-catastrophe-141120.htm 10 Foods You Could Eat After a Global Catastrophe] - Discovery News | * [http://news.discovery.com/human/10-foods-you-could-eat-after-a-global-catastrophe-141120.htm 10 Foods You Could Eat After a Global Catastrophe] - Discovery News | ||
* [http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/10528/20141120/bacteria-and-bugs-could-help-humans-survive-food-shortage.htm Bacteria and Bugs Could Help Humans Survive Food Shortage]- Nature World News | |||
===International Press=== | ===International Press=== | ||
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* [http://www.neakriti.gr/?page=newsdetail&DocID=1188410&srv=94 Τι θα τρώμε μετά από μία παγκόσμια καταστροφή (What to eat after a global catastrophe)]- neakriti.gr | * [http://www.neakriti.gr/?page=newsdetail&DocID=1188410&srv=94 Τι θα τρώμε μετά από μία παγκόσμια καταστροφή (What to eat after a global catastrophe)]- neakriti.gr | ||
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* [http://www.rpp.com.pe/2014-11-20-diez-alimentos-que-se-podrian-comer-tras-una-catastrofe-global-noticia_743807.html Diez alimentos que se podrían comer tras una catástrofe global] - RPP (Peru) | |||
* [http://www.entornointeligente.com/articulo/4204641/Diez-alimentos-que-se-podrian-comer-tras-una-catastrofe-global-20112014%20style%20#7184529732844352211 Diez alimentos que se podrían comer tras una catástrofe global] - Entorno Inteligente | |||
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Feeding Everyone No Matter What: Managing Food Security After Global Catastrophe
- David Denkenberger and Joshua Pearce, Feeding Everyone No Matter What: Managing Food Security After Global Catastrophe , 1st Edition, Academic Press, 2014 (Nov).
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Key Features
- Summarizes the severity and probabilities of global catastrophe scenarios, which could lead to a complete loss of agricultural production
- More than 10 detailed mechanisms for global-scale solutions to the food crisis and their evaluation to test their viability
- Detailed roadmap for future R&D for human survival after global catastrophe
Description
Feeding Everyone No Matter What presents a scientific approach to the practicalities of planning for long-term interruption to food production.
The primary historic solution developed over the last several decades is increased food storage. However, storing up enough food to feed everyone would take a significant amount of time and would increase the price of food, killing additional people due to inadequate global access to affordable food. Humanity is far from doomed, however, in these situations - there are solutions.
This book provides an order of magnitude technical analysis comparing caloric requirements of all humans for five years with conversion of existing vegetation and fossil fuels to edible food. It presents mechanisms for global-scale conversion including: natural gas-digesting bacteria, extracting food from leaves, and conversion of fiber by enzymes, mushroom or bacteria growth, or a two-step process involving partial decomposition of fiber by fungi and/or bacteria and feeding them to animals such as beetles, ruminants (cows, deer, etc), rats and chickens. It includes an analysis to determine the ramp rates for each option and the results show that careful planning and global cooperation could ensure the bulk of humanity and biodiversity could be maintained in even in the most extreme circumstances.
Readership
Researchers, professionals and students in food security, food engineering, disaster management and public health, preppers
Table of Contents
- coming soon
Praise for Feeding Everyone No Matter What
- "This book lays out the agenda for a new research field: how to feed the world in the event of a global catastrophe. This could be the most important research we hope never to have to use. Denkenberger and Pearce take a hard-nosed look at where we could turn for food in the event of the collapse of agriculture. Their ideas are innovative and striking, and surely worthy of further development." -- Robert Wiblin | Executive Director | The Centre for Effective Altruism, housed in University of Oxford
See Also
Media
- KMO talks to Global Catastrophic Risk Institute researcher, Dr. David Denkenberger - KMO podcast listen
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Discussion
In the News
- Bacterial Slime: It's what's for Dinner (After a Catastrophic Crop Failure) - MTU News, Eureka Alert, Newswise, Bioportfolio
- Bacterial slime: It's what's for dinner - Science Daily, Indian Daily, Daily Me
- Bacterial slime may be survivalist solution to catastrophic crop failure - Phys.org
- 10 Foods You Could Eat After a Global Catastrophe - Discovery News
- Bacteria and Bugs Could Help Humans Survive Food Shortage- Nature World News
International Press
Greek
Spanish
- Diez alimentos que se podrían comer tras una catástrofe global - RPP (Peru)
- Diez alimentos que se podrían comer tras una catástrofe global - Entorno Inteligente