“Ethical Markets is happy to share this report of how far jojoba farming has developed in Israel’s Negev Desert, using saline, brackish water irrigation. Jojoba, native to the Americas, produces valuable oil, sold worldwide mostly for cosmetics. With thanks to our colleague Gijs Graafland, Planck Foundation in Amsterdam, who has also seen …
Innovators are turning to the sea to tackle food security
You may already know that the world wastes an overwhelming amount of food, with more than a third of the food produced being thrown away. But our global food system is currently also plagued by another urgent problem. Over the past four decades, the world has lost up to one-third …
Heron Farms grows Salicornia and sources to local chefs
Sam Norton grows Salicornia at Heron Farms, the world’s first indoor saltwater farm located in Charleston. You might expect Sam Norton’s lab at the College of Charleston to be filled with tasty samples of Salicornia, the edible plant that’s the subject of both his master’s thesis and his various business …
Kelp is coming: How seaweed could prevent catastrophic climate change
“Ethical Markets highly recommends this article in NEW SCIENTIST on the overlooked role of seaweeds, kelp and ocean farming to diversify and expand our global food system so perilously dependent on the planet’s dwindling 3% of freshwater. It is now time to go beyond our over-reliance on freshwater plants, while …
Project: “HALOPHYTES AND THEIR RHIZOSPHERE RELATIONSHIPS”
“Ethical Markets thanks NASA Chief Scientist Dennis Bushnell for alerting us to this ground-breaking study on the potentials for applying halophytes and their rhizosphere relationships as tools for adaptation of traditional agriculture to climate change. We salute this group of Spanish researchers. ~Hazel Henderson, Editor“ Halophytes and their rhizosphere relationships: …
Veggie-loving fish could be the new white meat: Aquaculture potential of the monkeyface prickleback
February 19, 2020 Source: University of California – Irvine Summary: A secret to survival amid rising global temperatures could be dwelling in the tidepools of the US West Coast. Biologists studying the genome of an unusual fish residing in those waters offer new possibilities for humans to obtain dietary protein …